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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 6137860" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Issue 320: June 2004part 2/8Scale Mail: Time for the opposing opinions bogaloo again in the letters section.  First up is someone who was initially annoyed at having to update to 3.5 just a few years after 3e, but pleased with the changes once they did, followed with someone who's so pissed off with the edition churn that they aren't going to spend their money on it anymore. You can't afford to rush these things, as it only costs you more in the long run. Second, we have one person who thinks fantasy staples like ninjas, pirates and dinosaurs are too niche for the magazine, and they should get rid of the comics for yet more game material, while two others love them. I think I'll go for the option that doesn't result in them running out of "suitably wide appeal" topics within a couple of years. Next, we have someone who thinks Gary's ramblings have had their day and become repetitive, so they ought to figure out a way to gracefully retire his column. Whether they published this because they were already planning to do so, or the decision to quit was Gary's, I'm not sure, but I'm certain it's not a co-incidence. And finally, we have one person who hates fiction in the magazine, while another loves it, but is frustrated by multi-part stories where they don't have all the pieces. These days, it shouldn't be too hard to fill them in with a quick internet search. Zogonia strikes out. What a surprise. Seems like there's a lot of that going round. A retrospective of the best game in history: Just 20 issues ago, we had a retrospective on the magazine. Given how tied up with D&D in general the magazine is, it's kind of inevitable that they wind up repeating themselves a bit. And yes, they do whitewash the bad bits more than they did in issue 300, acting as though even the darkest bit of the late 90's was just a brief stumble on the way to bigger and better things. However, while that was limited to the magazine editors, and not even all of them, this casts a wider net in terms of both the products it celebrates, and the people it brings back to reminisce about them, so there are some good points about this. In the end though, it's just back-patting self promotion, especially as it devotes a fair chunk at the end to promoting their current and upcoming products, including a new basic set, and a 352 page book filled with even more reminiscing stories from those who were there. Like most retrospectives of still alive properties, this now seems more dated than the things it was looking back on. And we'll probably be seeing another one in just 2 years for the magazine's 30th anniversary too. I hate it when they spend too much time looking back.</blockquote>

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