After talking to my friend, Denny (from Supreme Nothing), this zine was recommended by eir after I had picked it up at AMC 2003. You Idiot is done by Nate (from Pick Your Poison), and seems to be a mix between Alco-Beat and Get the Strap. Discussing a slew of video games, including those with moralizing messages like NARC and Wally Bear and the No Gang, Nate continues to pound eir’s reader with a spot-on sense of humour. Moving onto religious video games, You Idiot dictates the history of Color Dreams/Wisdom Tree, which came from the ranks of secular game producers to slightly modify each of their games to pander to a Christian audience that “number about 9000 at any given time, and they all wanted to have our games. That’s even more stores than Toys R Us.†Moving on, and still focusing on fundamentalist Christianity, Nate tackles anti-Rock pamphlets in “Satan Lurks Within Journey Albumsâ€, making sure to take a number of examples from “Why Knock Rock?â€. All and all, You Idiot reads well, not too fast and not too slow, and Nate writes in a style that uses a laid-back feel. You Idiot is definitely a zine to check out.
Rating : 7.9/10
You Idiot #1 / Half-Sized / 28 Pages / $1 / Nate Gangelhoff, PO Box 8995, Minneapolis, MN 55408 / pickyourpoison@beer.com / Reviewed 09 December 2003
John Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous digital publishing experience, he has written thousands of hands-on game and record reviews, conducted in-depth hardware field testing, and analyzed digital media monetization trends. His work prioritizes first-hand evaluation and long-term product testing.
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