Best Amiga Magazine & Column

[Controller]

Best Amiga magazine: Amiga Future
Best columns: Classic Reflections and the Workshops

[Matt_H]

Amazing Computing always printed a great quote in their back issues section:
"Great magazines don't just happen, they are built one issue at a time."

Not sure if they came up with that or if it's originally from somewhere else, but I love the sentiment of it. A stack of ACs (or almost any other Amiga mag) is a tremendous source of technical information and history.

[swoslover]

Amiga Power

Natch

[Lurch]

Zzap... that's the one, http://amr.abime.net/issues_27 :-)

[Epsilon_]

Had to think a bit about this one...Depends on the era..

Best Magazine in the 1990's - Amiga Format. It's the magazine I bought more than any other and always checked first when deciding which mag to buy each month. CU Amiga a close second. Both mags ran good tutorials and guides.

Special mention to Commodore and Amiga review, a local Australian magazine which ran from the 80's to 1996 - it couldn't compete with AF and CU for content, but made up for it with Australian relevant Amiga content. I kept going back to the last issue until a few years ago because it had the mountlist configs needed for zip drive mounting...which I could never remember.

Best Magazine in the 2000's - Total Amiga. After Amiga Format folded, AmigaActive was interesting, but Total Amiga was by enthusiasts and for enthusiasts, and covered what we wanted to read and learn about.

Best Magazine in the 2010's - Amiga Future. The English version covering NextGen Amiga developments, exclusive interviews, game and application reviews, where are they now features and interesting tutorials too. Keep up the good work!

To be honest I didn't pay much attention to regular columns so I can't comment on those...I did enjoy the "oh dear" columns in the first few issues of Amiga Power - that was a one of a kind magazine - always biting the hand that feeds it to provide honest reviews.

Catcha,
Epsilon

[SteveH]

This thread has brought back many fond memories - like remembering how excited I was when Amiga Format first came with a cover CD instead of the usual cover floppy! That and Amiga Shopper were my regular purchases.
But does anyone remember JAM (Just Amiga Monthly)? It proudly described itself as "the world's most black-and-white Amiga magazine", if I remember correctly. The editor was a guy called Jeff, I think, and the magazine specialised in DTP.
'Clubbed' was also a great magazine in its day - its changed its name to Total Amiga before merging with Amiga Future.
My favourite column these days is Trevor Dickinson's Classic Reflections column in AF - and I'm not just saying that because of the change in site ownership!