This is a bit of an odd review, it’s not a game review though it is game related. Mostly though it is a review of the traditionally print based PC Gamer’s attempt to transcend the paper medium without ditching the cost of admission. This is a pretty rapidly growing trend amongst the print media, but just as many of them that try seem to miss the mark entirely.

In this particular instance PC Gamer has opted for the multimedia experience angle. Most of your traditional media guys think the stuff they’ve been making for years is perfectly appropriate to toss on a scanner, plop the scans into a slide show, and toss it onto an iPad and charge you retail price ads and all. Instead PC Gamer Digital has brought together a medly of interactive content and placed them within a controlled ecosystem that also provides a social experience on the backbone of Valve’s Steam platform. ↓ Keep reading