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* BrickJoke: Most issues featured a question posed to the writers; the responses would begin with Chris and end with Bill. There was a RunningGag of Bill making some reference to Chris's answer in his own.
-->'''Question:''' If you suddenly went completely bald, what would you have for dinner?\\
'''Chris:''' Gee, that's a strange question, Bill. Have you been licking the mold on the pipes again?\\
'''Bill:''' (''*at end of the line*'') I'll never go bald! There's a secret ingredient in pipe mold which prevents hair loss! Plus, it tastes great, too.
-->'''Question:''' If you suddenly went completely bald, what would you have for dinner?\\
'''Chris:''' Gee, that's a strange question, Bill. Have you been licking the mold on the pipes again?\\
'''Bill:''' (''*at end of the line*'') I'll never go bald! There's a secret ingredient in pipe mold which prevents hair loss! Plus, it tastes great, too.
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Its editors and writers moved on elsewhere -- Chris Slate has had the most success of the group; he would eventually become editor-in-chief of the now-discontinued ''Magazine/NintendoPower'', and is now editor-in-chief of ''Mac Life''. Bill Donohue, who worked with Slate at ''Magazine/{{PSM}}'', still writes ''Jaded Gamer'' columns (they debuted in the ''Ultra'' era), Frank O'Connor eventually wound up at Microsoff in charge of the ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' franchise, Chris Charla is running the new UsefulNotes/XboxOne Independant Developers division, Francesca Reyes is editor-in-chief of ''Official Xbox Magazine'', and Mike Salmon is Director of Research and Planning at 2K Games.
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Its editors and writers moved on elsewhere -- Chris Slate has had the most success of the group; he would eventually become editor-in-chief of the now-discontinued ''Magazine/NintendoPower'', and is now editor-in-chief of ''Mac Life''. Bill Donohue, who worked with Slate at ''Magazine/{{PSM}}'', still writes ''Jaded Gamer'' columns (they debuted in the ''Ultra'' era), Frank O'Connor eventually wound up at Microsoff in charge of the ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' franchise, Chris Charla is running the new UsefulNotes/XboxOne Platform/XboxOne Independant Developers division, Francesca Reyes is editor-in-chief of ''Official Xbox Magazine'', and Mike Salmon is Director of Research and Planning at 2K Games.
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* TakeThat: They were not above knocking crappy systems, and all but called-out various pieces of garbage for their lameness. ''Rise of the Robots'' was a big victim, as was the ''Platform/VirtualBoy'' console and the 32X add-on to the ''UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis''. ''Creator/{{Nintendo}}'' got called out a great deal for their VaporWare that they were known for in the 1990s.
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* TakeThat: They were not above knocking crappy systems, and all but called-out various pieces of garbage for their lameness. ''Rise of the Robots'' was a big victim, as was the ''Platform/VirtualBoy'' Platform/VirtualBoy console and the 32X add-on to the ''UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis''. ''Creator/{{Nintendo}}'' Platform/SegaGenesis. Creator/{{Nintendo}} got called out a great deal for their VaporWare that they were known for in the 1990s.
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* TakeThat: They were not above knocking crappy systems, and all but called-out various pieces of garbage for their lameness. ''Rise of the Robots'' was a big victim, as was the ''UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy'' console and the 32X add-on to the ''UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis''. ''Creator/{{Nintendo}}'' got called out a great deal for their VaporWare that they were known for in the 1990s.
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* TakeThat: They were not above knocking crappy systems, and all but called-out various pieces of garbage for their lameness. ''Rise of the Robots'' was a big victim, as was the ''UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy'' ''Platform/VirtualBoy'' console and the 32X add-on to the ''UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis''. ''Creator/{{Nintendo}}'' got called out a great deal for their VaporWare that they were known for in the 1990s.
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* PreemptiveDeclaration: Played with. Chris Slate, who was a hardcore Nintendo fan, often joked that he would assign himself the job for reviewing the next ''Super Mario'' game and give it a perfect score no matter what, as a way to tease the Sega and Sony fans on the staff. However, the next Mario game that came out was ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', which ended up being pretty much universally praised, Slate gave it a 10 out of 10, and none of the staff challenged the rating because they all admitted the game was ''just that good''.
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* PunnyName: Gazuga B. Yeruler (Gazuga Be Your Ruler).
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* SlasherSmile: For some reason, Chris Slate sports one (with his face partially hidden in shadows) in his profile pic in the May 1995 issue.
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Its editors and writers moved on elsewhere -- Chris Slate has had the most success of the group; he would eventually become editor-in-chief of the now-discontinued ''Magazine/NintendoPower'', and is now editor-in-chief of ''Mac Life''. Bill Donohue, who worked with Slate at ''PSM'', still writes ''Jaded Gamer'' columns (they debuted in the ''Ultra'' era), Frank O'Connor eventually wound up at Microsoff in charge of the ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' franchise, Chris Charla is running the new UsefulNotes/XboxOne Independant Developers division, Francesca Reyes is editor-in-chief of ''Official Xbox Magazine'', and Mike Salmon is Director of Research and Planning at 2K Games.
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Its editors and writers moved on elsewhere -- Chris Slate has had the most success of the group; he would eventually become editor-in-chief of the now-discontinued ''Magazine/NintendoPower'', and is now editor-in-chief of ''Mac Life''. Bill Donohue, who worked with Slate at ''PSM'', ''Magazine/{{PSM}}'', still writes ''Jaded Gamer'' columns (they debuted in the ''Ultra'' era), Frank O'Connor eventually wound up at Microsoff in charge of the ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' franchise, Chris Charla is running the new UsefulNotes/XboxOne Independant Developers division, Francesca Reyes is editor-in-chief of ''Official Xbox Magazine'', and Mike Salmon is Director of Research and Planning at 2K Games.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The 1989-1993 era, which is virtually unrecognizable compared to its more famous format from 1993-1996, both in terms of the layout and the lack of humor, not to mention the writers not being at the forefront.
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* ShoutOut: The cover for the final issue of ''Ultra Game Players'' is a parody of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue's 1998 edition.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: In some respects, PC Accelerator was this for Game Players/UGP, especially since it had a couple former GP staff like Mike Salmon and Dan Egger. It had similar wacky humor but aimed at a more adult reading audience, with HotterAndSexier being the key difference.
** PSM could also be considered as such, since Bill Donahue, Chris Slate, and Francesca Reyes were all part of the writing staff, and while it didn't have the same level of humor as ''GP'', some of it did carry over.
** PSM could also be considered as such, since Bill Donahue, Chris Slate, and Francesca Reyes were all part of the writing staff, and while it didn't have the same level of humor as ''GP'', some of it did carry over.
