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''Game Informer'' is a American based [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gaming magazine]] (website [[http://www.gameinformer.com/ here]]) that started in 1991. It features articles, news, and strategy relevant to games and the industry and reviews new and old video games on the PC and consoles.

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''Game Informer'' is a an American based [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gaming magazine]] (website [[http://www.gameinformer.com/ here]]) that started in 1991. It features articles, news, and strategy relevant to games and the industry and reviews new and old video games on the PC and consoles.
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Per TRS, Camera Screw is YMMV; marking it as in-universe since it's acknowledged in the magazine


--> ''The problem with video game movies is they are never faithful enough to the source material. That's why we're hoping ''Ratchet & Clank'' finally gets it right. The movie better have hours of [[RewardingVandalism mindless box smashing]], and hours more of shooting the same enemy types over and over. The script also needs to focus on [[GottaCatchThemAll finding pointless collectibles]], and the cinematographer should periodically [[CameraScrew lose control of the camera]] to replicate the gameplay experience.''

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--> ''The problem with video game movies is they are never faithful enough to the source material. That's why we're hoping ''Ratchet & Clank'' finally gets it right. The movie better have hours of [[RewardingVandalism mindless box smashing]], and hours more of shooting the same enemy types over and over. The script also needs to focus on [[GottaCatchThemAll finding pointless collectibles]], and the cinematographer should periodically [[invoked]] [[CameraScrew lose control of the camera]] to replicate the gameplay experience.''
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* CallBack: The [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWW_Lt5VUAAgLb0?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 special cover]] for the June 2022 issue that features ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' is a homage to the [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWXEN8TXkAUqS3G?format=jpg&name=medium very first cover]] of the magazine, which featured the Blue Blur shortly after the release of his [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1991 first game]].

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* CallBack: The [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWW_Lt5VUAAgLb0?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 special Gold cover]] for the June 2022 issue that features ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' is a homage to the [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWXEN8TXkAUqS3G?format=jpg&name=medium very first cover]] of the magazine, which featured the Blue Blur shortly after the release of his [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1991 first game]].
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* CallBack: The [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWW_Lt5VUAAgLb0?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 special cover]] for the June 2022 issue that features ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' is a homage to the [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWXEN8TXkAUqS3G?format=jpg&name=medium very first cover]] of the magazine, which featured the Blue Blur shortly after the release of his [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1991 first game]].
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* UnexpectedCharacter: [[invoked]] Their top 10 list in Issue 313 (May 2019) is all about calling out unexpected characters in fighting games (as it's The Fighting Issue), including [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Mokap]], [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Yoda]], and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken Bad Box Art Mega Man]].
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* {{Paperworkaholic}}: In one of the magazine's "Game Infarcer" April Fools pranks, they had a parody reviewer who listed, among his list of favorite games, "Microsoft Word" and "Paperwork." Listed among his dislikes? "Fun."

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* {{Paperworkaholic}}: In one of the magazine's 4/06 "Game Infarcer" April Fools pranks, prank, they had a parody reviewer who listed, among his list of favorite games, "Microsoft Word" and "Paperwork." Listed among his dislikes? "Fun."
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* WhatIsThisX: In the November 2002 issue, Matt Helgeson's [[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117203043/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200211/R03.0731.1103.40122.htm review]] of ''Shox'' starts off with: "What is this, National Mediocre Games Month?"
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* CouchGag: While the rest of the descriptions for their review scores are always the same, the "1" rating is always something different that usually makes light of something that happened in the gaming industry within the month. For example, the August 2018 issue's says "Sorry, your global account is not visible on this platform.", seemingly a jab at how ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'''s Epic accounts that are linked to a PSN account are barred from being used on or cross-playing with the Switch by Sony.

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