TangoPunk Issue 1
A downloadable project
The very first issue of TangoPunk - A hobby gaming zine that turned into a long-running series with hundreds of issues shipped worldwide!
Created with the memories of classic game magazines in mind, where the author would find out more games from screenshots and contextual imagery instead of lengthy text writeups.
Rated 18+ as covering adult games shouldn't be taboo for a gaming magazine!
40 bright colourful pages covering the following games:
- Crypt Killer
- Street Fighter II Turbo Revival
- Hareraiser Prelude
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Sankyo Fever
- Sankyo Fever 2
- Pocket Bowling
- 10-Pin Bowling
- Hentai Memory Leak
- Lucy Shot
- Jurassic Park (NES)
- Jurassic Park (GB)
Purchase
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Small review, here; I'm an avid zine-buyer. Most of the last five years, my impulse purchases have been zines. Music zines, hobby zines, you name it.
This is the first, and so far, only time I've felt strongly enough to leave a review. I picked up the backlog hardcopy version via store, which is an option in addition to the digital option here and at Tango's Patreon.
I don't think explaining what a zine is will help you decide if this is for you; they're small publications, often slabs of oral history or personal memory made paper and ink or bits and bytes. You're likely already familiar with 'em if you've found yourself here. And you're probably wondering - should I buy this..?
Maybe you remember having to decide which Big Cool Gaming Publication you'd splurge on.
Maybe you couldn't do it very often; or even subscribed, and felt sorrow when it bust.
Maybe you missed that era entirely, and felt nostalgia for something you didn't have.
Tangopunk is a bright and cheerful burst of sound, a friend you haven't heard from in years driving by and honking at 3:00 AM that it's time to go rent videogames. You won't find long-winded reviews here; each article may be a mini-review, a note about something odd, a personal recollection, a cool fact. Something that feels authentic and personal, even now.
A lot of publications claim to channel that punk-doujin-do-it-yourself energy, and I don't think they quite hit the mark. Which is fine! Sometimes, that's even awesome, what you or I might crave.
But Tangopunk nails that rebellious joie de vivre, knocks it out of the park, and then comes back for more. Not being bound to text or images, and being able to include them anarchically means that every flip of the page could go in any direction. It is an incredibly joyful and aesthetically cosy experience, and one I can't recommend enough. If it warmed my gloomy heart enough to write about this, then I think that says it all, really.
If you're looking for something that reminds you why you like games and gaming errata, this is it. (Just - don't read it in front of your parents, natch. Sometimes, it's a bit naughty.)
Can't recommend enough, and if you take a peek, I hope it brings you those same feelings, too.