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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5627418" data-attributes="member: 22424">Topicality of content.The White Dwarfs I still have are filled with previews of upcoming minis that are long since out of print (indeed, in materials that aren't used any more), games that are long since out of print, convention reports from more than a decade ago, battle reports for a game that has moved on three editions...Technology magazines have some short-term usefulness, but a comparitive review is only really useful if you're in the market to buy now - in six months the technology has moved on so the review is of little use.Movie magazines tend to have previews of upcoming films, or interviews with actors/directors/writers heavily slanted to talking about their upcoming films. All of which looks somewhat ridiculous once you have the film itself on Blu-ray sitting on your shelf.And so it goes. These things tend to have precious little reuse value. They get kept, but largely because of a hoarder's instinct.Dragon and Dungeon were rather different. (As were some other gamer mags.) In addition to the previews and the reviews, they also included material that would be of later use - a bunch of new feats, adventures, how-to guides for building campaigns...(Okay, they weren't alone - DIY mags, for example, probably have that same ongoing utility. But taking a quick scan of the magazines in my local shop, they did seem very much in the minority.)</blockquote>