Gameshow (magazine) - Interregnum and Decline

Interregnum and Decline

For a year, some of the authors tried to get the magazine back in stores while others argued that they had failed, and it was time to accept defeat. The people who had started the project had lost their courage. Readers wanted Gameshow back, but the lack of proper leadership made it impossible to put the crew back together again.

Finally, the magazine came back with a new crew: While some of the first-generation authors were still willing to participate, they were not numerous enough to run the entire show. The readers were glad — they had taken their favorite pastime back.

However, there was a new challenge that was much bigger than Gameshow, and indeed any other magazine: The Internet. Its use had become widespread recently, and there were millions of web pages that offered information about computer games. Millions of Turkish people had access to it, and the demand for computer game magazines had declined.

The editors tried to adapt by giving promotions. They gave CDs and made preparations for posters. This tactic proved to be counterproductive: Gameshow rapidly lost her readers, as it was now perceived as a commercial investment rather than an amateur magazine. The criticism that it received was not really justified, the authors and editors had, by this point, given up all hopes of profit and they were merely trying to save the magazine from bankruptcy.

But their final effort was in vain: Gameshow disappeared again in 2002, never to return.