like "The Way Games Ought To Be" (originally written every month by game designer Chris Crawford) that would attempt to provide constructive criticism on standard practices in the video game industry. The magazine's construction and design was decidedly simple and clean, its back cover having no advertising on it initially, a departure from most other gaming magazines. The first several years of Next Generation'' had a heavy matte laminated finish cover stock, unlike the glossy paper covers of its competitors. The magazine moved away from this cover style in early 1999, only for it to return again in late 2000. Issue history References External links Complete collection of 85 front-cover images Next Generation Wayback link for Next Generation Online Wayback link for Imagine Publishing Archived Next Generation Magazines on the Internet Archive Archived Next Generation Magazines on Retro CDN 1995 establishments in California 2002 disestablishments in California Monthly magazines published in the United States Video game magazines published in the United States Defunct computer magazines published in the United States Magazines disestablished in 2002 Magazines established in 1995 Magazines published in California