Apparently if you have kids, grandkids, neices etc, the opportunity to meet the Spice Girls and get stuff signed was worth way more than any money. Stephen Fry was in SpiceWorld the Movie and on his RHLSTP he was asked why he agreed to it. Peruse the contents and see what you think. I find this fascinating because of all the things CVG could have put on the cover, they put the one thing which I would never, ever have considered a good idea. Or did the publisher basically pay them loads and loads of cash to forcibly make it the cover item? Because I'd guess the Spice Girls PR agency had deep pockets for that sort of thing. ![]() Would it have boosted sales? Or would it have discouraged young men from taking it to the counter? (Like I almost didn't.) But I still have to ponder what were they thinking?ĭid they hope that young girls would buy the mag on a whim, and regular readers would just look inside and buy it anyway because of stuff like FF7? Because that's technically what I did. So in hindsight the decision made me money. I've since sold my magazine collection, and this went for £15 to a collector of Spice Girls memorabilia. Either way, that month there was a gluttony of high-scoring games which were internationally recognised as fantastic and would have sold issues. Plus other items that could have made a decent cover (Time Crisis, maybe?). * Castlevania: Symphony of the Night review That specific issue had the following big ticket items: My demographic was more into Prodigy, Nirvana, Iron Maiden, or maybe Oasis / Blur (remember that rivalry?). But not for teenagers like myself for played games. I think I probably bought it for the Final Fantasy 7 review, despite the cringe of taking it to the checkout. I didn't buy it for Spice Girls, i bought it because I bought lots of magazines at that time and this was my favourite era of CVG.
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