Info about The Entropian 24 Jan 2006News on The Entropian – Why is the magazine late?
We write from MMM Publishing in London, the publishing company responsible for producing The Entropian. Many of you who have pre-ordered the magazine are now asking ‘why have I not yet had it?’ Rather than give you some cock and bull story about this and that, allow us to explain where things are at, and when you will get your magazine. It is fair to say we slightly jumped the gun on our expectations of when we could deliver the product we knew we wanted to deliver. That is to say, we are a professional publishing company, with very high standards, and we set ourselves a somewhat unrealistic timeframe in which to produce the first issue.
A magazine of this nature, which relies on a large degree of bespoke material, takes as much as six months to produce, not because we are slow, but because we want every single page to be perfect, to reflect the game, to enrich the players’ experience of the game, to make them feel proud of the game in which they spend so much time.
So why are we telling you all this? Because we want to produce the best PE magazine possible. Exciting, educational, inspirational, surprising – a magazine reflecting the dedication and passion put into the game by MindArk and the PE community. This, as anyone involved in publishing magazines will confirm, requires a lot of resources – resources which we ran a little too short of in the weeks leading up to the anticipated printing date.
MindArk is 100% committed to The Entropian, as is MMM Publishing. We are between us now pulling together the final bits and pieces to complete the magazine. The first issue will now ship on February 28th 2006. Allow us to reiterate a little information about the Entropian. It is a 68-page glossy magazine, perfect bound and dedicated purely to Project Entropia. It will not contain just a load of re-hashed forum topics and other stuff readily available on the web. What it will contain is page after page after page of specially written and illustrated news, stories, interviews, in-depth features and guides, all carefully designed and produced to enable you, the PE player, to get more out of your game play and more out of Project Entropia.
Pre-orders for issue 1 are still available, through the in-game auction system under Real World items. If you want to be a part of the future of PE, head for an auction terminal today and do the clicks. And plan to take a day off work in early March...
Please find below comments from players about other dedicated game magazines produced by MMM Publishing Ltd.
“I've just read through pretty much the whole thing and all I can say is... amazing. An extremely well-made magazine filled with interesting article after article. I'll definitely be getting the next issue, well done MMMP and co.”
“Absolutely gorgeous! Very impressed with the quality of the images and the journalism. I was a bit sceptical whether a 2D mag could bring anything to a 3D game like this, but my doubts have all vanished. Love it.”
“Wow... just... WOW. You guys put a lot of effort into this, and it has REALLY paid off.
“Got mine, yesterday. Looks very nice and I can understand the price given the quality of the printing.”
“It’s produced to a great degree of quality (better than some gaming magazines I’ve read in the past) and truly is a great achievement.”
“Got my issue. Smells good. Tastes not so good but I had to try…”
“I received my mag in France a few days ago. I was really impressed by the quality of the printing, illustrations, design, and the overall look of the mag. Very nice.” “Denmark - got mine. Excellent production value, totally professional and then some.” “Yay! mine came, its freaking awesome! the pics look amazing.”
