Evolving the Publication Over the past year, covid-19 has put a real strain on the remaining team and we haven't been able to publish a new issue for quite some time. We don't have the writers we once had and my time and gmafogs time has been sliced up due to real life so we are unable to put out the content at the pace we used too.�
February 28th, 2021 | Read More | 1,045 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Magazine Crosses 2 Million Reads What started as a little hobby publication has grown to include 20 issues over the course of 6 years. Our articles this month crossed the 2,000,000 reads milestone which is a huge victory for our community and magazine. We thank our Gaiscioch Magazine team for their endless, selfless pursuit of knowledge and enlightenment!
August 24th, 2020 | Read More | 1,079 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 20: Epic Battles & Grand Adventures Out Now Be sure to head over to the Gaiscioch Magazine site and check out Issue 20 of Gaiscioch Magazine. It's filled with guides, reviews, and previews of some of our favorites. We're targeting Fall 2020 for our next issue and it should be filled with a lot of good content. The lineup this fall is looking pretty good.
June 27th, 2020 | Read More | 1,423 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Time... The one currency we never have enough of. These past couples of months have been crazy and chaotic. But they did give me a bit of time to reflect and think about all the things we could become moving forward. I have been thinking really hard about creating a wiki-lite system inside our Gaiscioch Magazine so we can develop game guides over time. Where we can outline features and add screenshots and build our very own Wiki-style site.
April 23rd, 2020 | Read More | 1,096 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Moving Forward - Help Critically Needed Over the last couple of years our staff has dwindled to next to nothing. We have had a total of 10 authors this year that wrote 180 articles. 152 of those were written by me. Compared to 2 years ago where we had 219 articles by 14 authors. We currently have 4 active authors. We are in dire need of more content if we want to keep this magazine going and I simply can't do it alone.
December 27th, 2019 | Read More | 1,081 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Magazine Launches Issue 19 Be sure to check out our latest issue featuring Trine 4, Guild Wars 2, Onward, World of Warcraft: Classic, GreedFall, Witchstone, and Lord of the Rings Online. You can check out the latest issue at: https://www.gaisciochmagazine.com/issue/19/
October 28th, 2019 | Read More | 1,068 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 19 Is Shipping Soon! We are just waiting on one last article to arrive then this one will be wrapped up and sent out the door. It's been a bit of an adventure getting the content for this one wrapped up but we are certain it's a good read.
September 27th, 2019 | Read More | 1,110 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
A Medium.com Experiment - Training on Oct 5th Among the self-publishing platforms, Medium.com offers a lot of really unique traffic opportunities and exposure. On Saturday, October 5th at 2 PM PT we will be holding a Medium.com walkthrough. We plan to put all of Issue 19 on there as an experiment to see how well this publishing platform drives traffic and readership. If you would like to learn more please feel free to join us. If you are a medium.com user, be sure to follow us at: https://medium.com/gaiscioch-magazine
September 27th, 2019 | Read More | 1,096 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Help Wanted You may have noticed a bit of a slowdown on how often articles come out. Over the past few years, various life changes have pulled members away from the team and we haven't really had any new volunteers join the team. We are looking for people who would like to write articles. Even if you don't think your good at spelling or grammar we have a team of editors ready and waiting to make you sound like a rockstar.
July 30th, 2019 | Read More | 1,108 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 18: Relentless Pursuit Out Now! For those of you looking at Torchlight Frontiers we have an exclusive interview just for you! Be sure to check out our latest issue and be sure to share it with your friends!
April 30th, 2019 | Read More | 1,103 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Magazine Targeting News360 for Next Partnership With our successful inclusion into Flipboard we've set our sights on the next highest news syndication service called News360. News360 is currently ranked #3 among the news aggregators. I managed to get my primary company added to News360 a few days after our inclusion into Flipboard so it shouldn't take long before we're feeding content into this platform as well. All of this means big things for our magazine as it expands our reach even further into the news space.
March 29th, 2019 | Read More | 1,068 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Magazine Becomes Publishing Partner of Flipboard In probably our biggest news of the month, our publication has been accepted into the partner publishing program of Flipboard. This is a very prestigious honor and puts our content at the forefront of the gaming news on Flipboard.
March 29th, 2019 | Read More | 1,142 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Looking for Writers! We are very hard pressed for writers these days and could really use some reinforcements. This is a great chance to get your work out there and be a part of a team. We would like to find someone who can take press releases and rewrite them for use on our site.
February 27th, 2019 | Read More | 1,184 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Article Manager Reconstruction Over the past month, since launching the new Magazine style and issue we also retooled Gaiscioch.com to give a more mobile friendly feel. While reformatting the manager for mobile readiness, I have begun streamlining the process to allow for a more fluid publishing process. You can look forward to a vastly improved work environment soon. We have our first round of articles on their way through the manager now.
January 28th, 2019 | Read More | 1,064 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 17 Wraps up in December We are almost there! We revamped the site over the summer to prepare it for our new issue format. Now we'll be aiming to release at least 1 article a week to fill the site with content. We're almost ready to deploy our last issue of 2018 and will be shooting out the announcement email to subscribers mid December.
November 28th, 2018 | Read More | 879 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
New Magazine Site Released After months of work, I finally finished it. The new magazine site is built for Mobile first, lazy loaded to speed up browsing and presents large colorful pages. It's our natural transition from a print style magazine to a digital platform. We now have a full Games list that can be browsed and sorted by types of games. I want to encourage everyone to head over to the new site and let us know what you think. The Livestreams section is epic. Have a look!
October 29th, 2018 | Read More | 1,172 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Magazine Meeting August 11th at 3PM Gaiscioch Magazine is actively looking for writers. We need people who like games enough to write about them. This is a great opportunity to support the community while building a portfolio of journalistic quality. Our articles are averaging over 1,000 reads for traditional articles and over 10,000 reads for guides and walkthroughs. It's also a way you can earn those Artisan points which go into your Family Honor Point and Family Vault Credit totals. Most importantly, we're running out of writers and if we don't find more soon there won't be much of a magazine left. We need your help. I can even hook you up with games sometimes for reviewing. If your interested in learning more please join us August 11th.
July 23rd, 2018 | Read More | 1,007 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Rebuild in Progress The Gaiscioch Magazine site is undergoing renovations. I am hoping by the end of August we'll have our new 100% https enabled website ready to go. It's not going to be a fast process but hopefully soon we'll have a new format that streamlines the process and gives you guys a reason to look at it daily.
June 25th, 2018 | Read More | 1,118 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Magazine Website Under Construction June is the month I planned to start the revamp of the Gaiscioch Magazine site to prepare for Issue 16's phased launch. Our new style of publishing will launch new issue cover stories every 3 months and will expand the content of that "issue" over the course of 3 months. The Table of Contents will grow as we move forward. We've put together an agenda for each issue that we will do our best to follow and fill the needs. Instead of the old method of browsing our site, we've decided to move to a more streamlined approach. Our new primary content sections will be:
May 30th, 2018 | Read More | 1,199 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
The Road Ahead Next issue we move to our new Web Only view and will likely have a new web based layout for the magazine that will automatically generate based on the articles available. I have been prototyping some concepts using CSS Regions, Multi-Column Layouts and Flexbox. These are all very new tech and some browsers don't support them all yet. But I've always liked the cutting edge and have looked for a reason to create the next gen magazine experience so for the next few months I plan to reinvent Gaiscioch Magazine and how it works. Our next issue will be entirely distributed over time as the articles become available and automatically become part of the digital magazine that will be found on our site. We are targeting 1 Cover Story, 2 Feature Stories, Several Chapter Stories (Guides, Fiction, Interviews, Etc), 2-4 Previews, 2-4 Reviews, and 2-5 Life/Inspiration articles for each issue.
April 25th, 2018 | Read More | 1,113 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
I Swear It's Almost Done This has to be the roughest issue i've ever made. It's been a nightmare. I've got more excuses than Kmart has blue light specials, but in the end the responsibility and accountability falls entirely on me. I just haven't made the time necessary to get it all wrapped up and done. I've been so bombarded by so many things I've let my commitment to the magazine slip and for that I apologize. Good news is we have a cover :D, and about 75% of the magazine laid out.
April 25th, 2018 | Read More | 969 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 15 Coming in April The long overdue Issue 15 finally has a cover story! We are hard at work flushing out the issue. Keep your eyes peeled for the release announcement. This will be our last issue in the current format. After watching the analytics for the past few issues we've noticed we get more reads in the average article publishing it on our site than we do in the actual browsable magazine.
March 28th, 2018 | Read More | 1,115 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Migrating to a new Format This has led us to decide to go straight to web and classify our Issues as Quarters. We will publish content direct to the site as articles come in and each "Quarter" will have an Issue with it's articles grouped together. Each Issue will still be browsable on our website for easy access to content but we will be ditching the magazine layout for a modern mobile friendly web layout. Combined with RSS Feeds, a Flipboard, and a quarterly email issue guide we hope that we can explore a new future of Gaiscioch Magazine.
March 28th, 2018 | Read More | 1,114 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 15 Set To Launch March 30th Real life push back can be blamed for the late release of this issue. Over the past 3 months I've been submerged in a huge project. Now that my head is above water again I’m moving full steam to get issue 15 out the door. This one will feature several interviews so be sure to check it out!
February 26th, 2018 | Read More | 1,074 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Magazine News - February 2018 Issue 15 Nears Editorial Deadline
We're in the final weeks of pulling together content for the newest issue. We've already received a few of our exclusive interviews coming this issue and hope to get in the last of them. If you're working on an article be sure to get them in so we can publish on time.
January 22nd, 2018 | Read More | 1,034 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Magazine Meeting Gaiscioch Magazine Meeting
On Saturday January 6th, 2018 we will hold a Gaiscioch Magazine meeting 2PM PT. We will be discussing workflow and our progress on Issue 15. We encourage all who wish to be a part of the team to join us. All are welcome. It is a great opportunity to develop your professional skills and earn those mysterious lore points. We will be meeting in Discord and it will be open to the public.
December 28th, 2017 | Read More | 1,036 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Magazine Meeting Gaiscioch Magazine Meeting
On December 2nd at 4PM PT we'll be holding our Gaiscioch Magazine Team meeting. If you would like to get involved in the magazine be sure to join us there. We'd love to have you on board for the meeting. We are desperately seeking writers and a person who loves page layouts and has access to Adobe InDesign. Even if you just want to come to the meeting to offer up some ideas please feel free to come. All are welcome. We will be meeting in Discord and it will be open to the public.
November 29th, 2017 | Read More | 1,036 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Magazine News - November 2017 Slight Delay in Issue 14
Well sometimes life just pops up and delays those plans you worked so hard to make. This month i've been slammed with work and preparations for Extra Life and Great Tyrian Adventure. I haven't nearly had the time to finish the magazine I hoped. We have moved our launch date back to Nov 15thish. We will be releasing several articles direct to site between now and then so keep an eye on the website for more.
October 30th, 2017 | Read More | 1,015 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 14: Quite Possibly Our Largest Issue to Date With more than 20 articles our fall issue is sizing up to be massive. This issue features a cover story on Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire and is laced with highlights from Gamescom & PAX West. We've got a few interviews lined up and a wealth of content. Next month I will be hard at work making it all into a magazine. Stay tuned for more!
September 28th, 2017 | Read More | 1,070 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Interviewapalooza 2017 So... We might have just a "few" articles this next issue. It is shaping up to be, quite possibly, one of our largest issues to date. Between me at PAX West and Screenager at Gamescom, we should have a wealth of new articles and videos about what's coming to the video games world. This year's conventions have been absolutely insane. I know Screenager’s schedule was packed so tight he barely had room for a bio break. My schedule is so packed I can't even see all the things I want to see during the event. There are so many great games on the way, and we're in for a real treat. Needless to say, keep an eye out for Issue 14 as it will be packed with the games you love, and the loves yet-to-be.
August 31st, 2017 | Read More | 1,017 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
July 25th, 2017 | Read More | 1,075 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 13, Reinventing Histories Coming Soon In our 4th year of publishing now, we're looking forward to releasing our big Morrowind issue. Still waiting for the array of interviews to return from ZeniMax Online. We have a producer, lore writer, and artist all sharing their experience with you on their way. We've even taken a trip back to the original Elder Scrolls games to take an in depth look at the history of the series.
May 30th, 2017 | Read More | 1,138 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 13: History Reimagined In Production Gaiscioch Magazine rolled over it's 3 year mark with a huge force of momentum. Issue 13 has quite the lineup of interviews coming. In issue 13 we will have a huge feature about Morrowind, the Elder Scrolls Online expansion coming this June. We will also have interviews from The Hive Leader and from our friends over at Sinister Swarm. Be sure to stay tuned for more.
April 29th, 2017 | Read More | 1,066 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Magazine Team Meeting - April 1st @ 2PM PT Want to join the magazine team? Be sure to join us on Discord for our Magazine Team meeting on April 1st. We are looking to build our team back up and get our magazine back into the 200 page range. We're looking for Fiction writers, Editors, Game Previewers, Reviewers, and Guide Writers. Pretty much if you want to get published, we want to publish. Join us! You might even score a new game or an opportunity to interview one of your favorite devs. Did I mention that you might be able to get behind the scenes at conferences if you write enough?
March 31st, 2017 | Read More | 996 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Slight Delay for Issue 12 Don't worry it's coming. I had a last minute business trip come up the last week of February and we've given a few of our interviews more time to get their content in. Thus, we've pushed the magazine release back a few weeks so we can get all the content in. Be sure to stay tuned for our Magazine Release announcement that should ship mid March.
February 24th, 2017 | Read More | 933 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 12 Prepping for Release This next issue is likely to be a pretty big one. We've got some great content coming our way including a full on interview with the team behind Ashes of Creation and an artist behind the collectable card game Fangold. We also talk with the esports community Omni Gamerz and EDM musician SizzleBird.
January 25th, 2017 | Read More | 1,012 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 11 Prepares to Ship With the holidays we've delayed the release of Issue 11 until mid December. This issue will feature an awesome interview with a very talented cosplayer and a wealth of previews, guides, and reviews from all your favorite games. It also features our best of 2016 list. Stay tuned for more!
November 28th, 2016 | Read More | 894 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Help Our Magazine Survive! In the past I've put calls to arms to try to get more writers involved, but not much has helped. This past magazine had a total of 5 authors. The majority of the stories were written by Ed and I and this pace is not going to allow us to survive long. If we want to keep this magazine going I need a few people to volunteer to write 1 article, guide, review, preview every 3 months.
September 23rd, 2016 | Read More | 1,138 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Pre-Registration (Beta) for Magazine Site Calling all Gaiscioch Members! I am currently looking for people to help me test out the account registration / login side of the Gaiscioch Magazine & Livestreams site. There are 2 ways to go about linking your account to your Gaiscioch.com profile.
August 31st, 2016 | Read More | 908 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 9 Has Shipped! Be sure to head over to http://gsch.info/mag and check out the latest issue of Gaiscioch Magazine. This issue is packed with games. The most games we've ever featured in a magazine in fact. Additionally don't miss out on your chance to advertise your business in our magazine with the Free Ad Giveaway contest on the Gaiscioch Magazine site. Only a few days left to enter!
June 30th, 2016 | Read More | 1,147 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 9 Enters Production Phase This issue is shaping up nicely and we are set to release the last monday of June. In this issue we look at Exploring Futures. I have decided to share with our readers the process that Gaiscioch goes through when selecting chapters to best enable our success for the first time in this issue. This will feature our full comparative matrix and the process in which we run through to identify and select optimal chapters. In addition we have interviews from a professional livestreamer and the team behind Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. Be sure to stay tuned for more exciting news.
April 25th, 2016 | Read More | 997 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Next Issue In Production: Exploring Futures In the next issue of Gaiscioch Magazine I will be revealing an inside look as to how we select chapters for the Gaiscioch Community. I will also be writing a piece about the demise of games past that highlights the changes that decimated games in hopes that modern game developers can take note and steer clear of these changes.
March 29th, 2016 | Read More | 1,016 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaisicoch Magazine Issue 8 Now Available! The Gaiscioch Social Gaming Community is proud to announce the conclusion to their second year of publishing Gaiscioch Magazine with the release of Issue 8: Dream Builders. In this issue they discuss the challenges that come across our path to realizing our dreams.
February 29th, 2016 | Read More | 1,045 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Looking for Beat Reporters If you would like to join the team, now that we have a better homepage for content presentation, I will be trying to recruit some people who like to write hot stories about news in the industry. These will not be for the magazine itself but fast tracked directly to the website. Occasionally we come across things that need a faster turn around than the next issue and we want to have a team able to produce and schedule these articles for release on a faster pace. In addition it would be nice if we could publish a brief on the website and a larger article in the magazine covering multiple briefs. There are a few new columns I would like to launch and would like at least 1 dedicated writer who is passionate about the topic to cover the stories and monitor the news.
January 31st, 2016 | Read More | 1,010 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
New Homepage Layout Be sure to head over to the the Gaiscioch Magazine site and check out the new format. Now that we have a library of more than 100 articles we've shifted our focus on the homepage from industry news to our articles & magazine. We also have new methods of sorting news so we have pulled some popular categories to streamline your news browsing.
January 31st, 2016 | Read More | 1,105 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 8 Enters Editorial Phase For all those still sitting on articles, be sure to get them turned into the Edit 1 folder and update the spreadsheet so that our editors know they’re ready to edit. My hope is that by February 15th we can be done with edits and be well on the way to laying out the new magazine. This issue is an important one as it marks the conclusion of our second year in publishing.
January 31st, 2016 | Read More | 994 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Magazine Year In Review Can you believe this next issue marks our completion of 2 years of publishing Gaiscioch Magazine! It seems like yesterday that we started this fun little project and it's grown so vast. We now have a developer contact list of over 40 major players in the industry. Gaming studios are now supplying us game keys for reviews and so many developers continue to support and advise our magazine even after we've published articles featuring them. It's opening so many new opportunities we've never had in the past and making introductions that otherwise were impossible.
December 31st, 2015 | Read More | 997 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Looking for Writers & Beat Reporters Our team of writers is getting pretty thin for the magazine and we could use a few more enthusiastic people who can kick out an article every 3 months on their lunch break. This is a very, very, very small commitment that only requires the time it takes to eat a sandwich. You don't have to be good at writing as we have a team of editors that can make you sound like a pro. Spelling, wlel hcek my rlea splleling is jaceked. These guys do that too :P.
September 30th, 2015 | Read More | 1,034 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Issue 7 In Production For issue 7 we are tackling the Human Connection as a topic. If you have a good story about a relationship that was forged in game that crossed over to the real world please share it with us by contacting us at: [email protected]. We share profound connections in games and want to show there is more to gaming than just the game. As always we are looking for members who would like to join the Magazine Team. Keep an eye on the monthly calendar for our monthly Magazine Team meeting.
August 25th, 2015 | Read More | 996 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Gaiscioch Magazine Issue 6 Has Shipped In Issue 6, Gaiscioch Magazine takes on the toughest foe we as humans ever face: Ourselves. In this Person vs Self focused issue we take a trip down the spiritual and psychological side of gaming. Learning to conquer yourself and take control of your emotions can better your lives in many ways both in game and out.
August 25th, 2015 | Read More | 1,091 Reads | 0 Likes | 0 Comments
