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Originally Posted by Rufio
Scandal? It was a pretty solid magazine that seemed fairly unbaised and interesting to read
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That's what it became after it was sold to Ziff-Davis, and before Ziff dropped it when Hearst bought 1UP. But way back when it started, under Harris, it was a different beast.
From Ravidrath over at Gaming Age:
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Under Mr. Harris, Sendai Publishing and its editors (Todd Mowatt, Ed Semrad, etc.) were largely reviled by the industry. They were known to sometimes "find" builds of games they shouldn't have, and generally bullied PR people for exclusives. While I'm not exactly a fan of the industry's PR arm, either, they are generally honest and professional, qualities generally lacking in the editors of EGM under Steve Harris' tutelage.
There were various plagiarism incidents under Mr. Harris as well, one of which even resulted in a settlement that created Intelligent Gamer magazine. While with Intelligent Gamer, there was also a fair amount of distressing talk about "getting in bed" with some publishers.
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Now, if Dan Hsu takes the position offered by Steve Harris, and is allowed a decent amount of control over the magazine's direction, and they can hire a bunch of writers that can actually write intelligently about games, then great, it's an awesome magazine - probably better than EGM ever was if they do it right. But a lot of the writers for EGM have moved on. John Davison owns his own company in What They Play, for example. Shane Bettenhausen is now a marketing executive for a game publisher. Shawn Elliott works for 2K Boston. Jeff Green works for EA. Numerous writers have gone to work for other magazines and websites, and many stayed at 1UP, which is completely separate from EGM at this point.
I wouldn't get my hopes up
just yet.