   alternatives to game developer magazine
  I went to the website to subscribe and ended up cussing out my monitor after seeing the $50 a year price tag. Maybe if they cut that in HALF i would consider subscribing...Are there other magazines about1- game development (which are not LARN Two MKAE TerTRIS!!``~~)2- general programming which are insightful and helpfuldo not cost an arm and a leg. Thanks 
  Dude, $50 bucks a year? That's a little over $4 a month. You can't afford that?Consider yourself lucky. It costs a hell of a lot more than that where I am.However, you may want to check out the IGDA. Student membership is US$35 a year, and that includes a subscription to Game Developer mag.   [edited by - Plasmadog on February 12, 2004 6:18:26 PM];quote:Original post by Plasmadog  Dude, $50 bucks a year? That''s a little over $4 a month. You can''t afford that?Consider yourself lucky. It costs a hell of a lot more than that where I am.However, you may want to check out the IGDA. Student membership is US$35 a year, and that includes a subscription to Game Developer mag.Just a question, do you have to have a ''paid'' membership to be part of the IGDA chapter meetings? ;quote:Original post by Rob Loach  Just a question, do you have to have a ''paid'' membership to be part of the IGDA chapter meetings?   In my area (Orlando), you can just show up and attend the meetings.and also... doesn''t Game Developer give out free subscriptions to people in the industry/students? I know they gave me one. ;  Yes, they do give them to people in the industry for free. Mulligan: Its a good magazine, I have been known to read it religiously. I personally think its worth the $50 a year and to be honest I think its less expensive than most of its competitors but I could be wrong.   [edited by - tiffany_smith on February 12, 2004 7:41:55 PM];  yeah, they send it to me for free, its awfull nice of them, you just have to ask politely ;  Will an email to their ''contactus'' address get this done?  Id like to get this mag, but it is a bit out of my budget...   My home page!!!Find out about my diy LCD projector and programming projects!;quote:Original post by Dominicds  and also... doesn''t Game Developer give out free subscriptions to people in the industry/students? I know they gave me one.   Im a student in Computer Science, so would they give me one free? If so, how do i go about getting it?Also, for those of you who did get it for free, how did you do it?Thanks for the replies! ;quote:Original post by Mulligan  Also, for those of you who did get it for free, how did you do it?By "fudging" our answers to their questioner to make it sound like we worked on the periphery of the game development industry ("I work for a text-to-speech vendor, with possible applications in multimedia programs.") Et cetera. ;quote:Original post by Oluseyi  quote:Original post by Mulligan   Also, for those of you who did get it for free, how did you do it?By "fudging" our answers to their questioner to make it sound like we worked on the periphery of the game development industry ("I work for a text-to-speech vendor, with possible applications in multimedia programs.") Et cetera.   Someone I know at a university gets it free and and they don''t have much relation to game programming.  She''s in electrical engineering, so she gives me the magazine each month. It''s a pretty good deal. 