Ever since issue #34 of DRAGON, and ever since the very first issue of DUNGEON, I have enjoyed these wonderful monthly gaming magazines.
One article that I know would fascinate me -- and perhaps interest other readers -- would be an insider's "virtual tour" of the overall effort that goes into just one month's issue of both magazines. The article could perhaps describe the kinds of work each staff does, the overall (immense) workload, how some decisions are made, what the staff talk about when putting together an issue, etc.
Granted, this article is tangential to gaming in general, but perhaps it might be enough of a human interest type thing that people would enjoy it.
Of course, I appreciate the irony of asking someone on staff to write an article (i.e., do more work) to describe how much work they do already...
Just a thought.
Contributor
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I think this sounds like a lot of fun. We'd want some forewarning, though, so we could hide all the magic 8-balls, our enlarged charts listing the effects of confusion (designed for and by magazine editors), the IV drip-lines of pure caffeine, and the bins of Prozac. ;)
(That's a joke, by the way... They're more like IV flood-lines...)
Yes, but what I REALLY want to know is whose picture is posted on the wall that you guys fire darts and spit balls at.
(At my work place, it's a close up photo of the former governor -- looking grumpy -- who is facing corruption charges. But I haven't the foggiest who the staff of a fantasy magazine would choose for target practice. Maybe Iuz?)
Director of Games
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Yes, but what I REALLY want to know is whose picture is posted on the wall that you guys fire darts and spit balls at.
(At my work place, it's a close up photo of the former governor -- looking grumpy -- who is facing corruption charges. But I haven't the foggiest who the staff of a fantasy magazine would choose for target practice. Maybe Iuz?)
We are not allowed any sharp objects to throw around, one of us would be dead by now if that were permitted. We do however, have a number of soft plushy bits that get tossed with great frequency... including a big yellow foam dark and a dead rubber duck.
Hmm... an article about the process.. that would be really good.. then we would know what it is. :-)
Last time I was at the Paizo office I got a whiskey bottle thrown at my head. Hmph.
;-)