(It's a rant. I swear and talk about dookie. You've been warned.)
So,
Electronic Gaming Monthly went tits-up right after I subscribed to it. What do they do instead of offering me my money back? They start sending me
Maxim. FUCKING
Maxim. Without even bothering to ask what I'd like done. (In fact, I get one issue yesterday and another immediately afterward today.)
What. The. Hell. ?
I guess I can
completely see how my interest in video games means I would want to receive a softcore TnA men's magazine about chicks, cars, beer, and man-crap...OK, I'm lying. I can't. At all.
In a strange coincidence, this is like
when I suddenly started receiving FHM, except there was no discernible reason for that happening. In this case, someone, somewhere
actually made a decision to do this and
thought it was a good idea.
I'm sure all the parents of underage kids who receive EGM are going to be wildly happy when Maxim shows up. So great plan, guys! (Though I figure if you're dumb enough to write and publish Maxim, you aren't exactly brain trusts to begin with.)
More amusing: last time, I joked about what a bitch it would be to suddenly start receiving Maxim. Is there a pattern here I wonder: will I receive a surprise subscription to GQ in June 2012? WE SHALL SEE!
(FUCKING
Maxim!? SERIOUSLY?! WTF?!)
So I'm calling tomorrow. I'd better get all my damn subscription money back. Then I'll go outside and shit on this garbage and send a picture of it to the publishing offices as a review of their replacement policies and cultural and literary merit as a periodical.
OK, I won't.
Maybe.
