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Casual Games
We’re on the hunt for the
very best time-wasters—free
or cheap games that are just
as enjoyable in small doses
as they are for long stretches
of time. It’s a tough job, but
someone’s got to do it.Maximum PC Turns 10!
Join us as we recall the best
technologies, the biggest
blunders, and the most
memorable moments of
the last 10 years. Yes, we’ve
really been doing this for
that long!Dream Machine 2008
It’s our annual sacred
task to build the most
outrageous, over the top,
superfast machine that
money can buy. What will
2008 bring? That’s our little
secret—until next month!We Stand by Our
Verdict
I have always held you guys
in high regard for judging
the quality of a machine out
of the box. In your review
of CyberPower’s PC (July
2008), you say the machine
“occasionally failed to
boot...” and you scored it
a 9? Are you kidding me?
The machine is overclocked
too far, is unstable, and is
failing to POST. This is what
I’d expect from our friends
at TigerDirect and their
CyberPower clunkers. Oh
yeah, $5K is a bargain. I’ve
been with you since the boot
days, but you missed the
mark on this one.
—Justin Lindee
Senior Editor Gordon Mah
Ung Responds: We chalked
up the booting issue to the
soft-touch technology used
in the Cooler Master case. It’s
somewhat similar to the soft-
or no-touch sensors used in
some bathroom-towel dis-
pensers—and sadly, as unre-
liable. And no, the PC was not
unstable; it passed our stress
testing and all of our system
benchmarking without
issues. And yes, when you
get $5,500 in hardware for
$5,000 and you don’t have to
put it together yourself, it’s a
bargain.
In the Eyes of the
Beholder
I’ve been looking through
my June issue of Maximum
PC, and I am beyond
impressed. At first, I was a
bit wary of another rede-
sign of the magazine, but
after I read your introduc-
tion to the new design and
turned the page all I couldsay was, “Wow.” The fonts
that were used to build the
magazine are very easy on
the eyes, and the various
font sizes and transparen-
cies of headlines are a real
treat. This issue of Maximum
PC reminds me more of
one of my graphic design
magazines, with a lot of
dedication given to the
typography.
So I commend you and
your design staff for featur-
ing two things that are a
big part of my life: comput-
ers and art. Put those two
together and we’ve got a
nice new design that should
not be changed again!
—James HusteadYour new format is nice, but
the printing is too small. I
compared it to last month’s
issue and the old issue
was much easier to read.
Remember, some of us no
longer have 25-year-old eyes.
—Dan MouleEditor in Chief Will Smith
Responds: First, I want to
thank everyone who’s written
in about our redesign. We’ve
received a ton of email,
mostly positive, but there
have been a couple recurring
complaints, which I want to
address here. Font size: The complaints
are mostly along the lines
of, “I don’t want to have
to put on my glasses to
read your magazine.” As
someone with poor vision,
I’m sensitive to legibility
issues and I’ve verified
that our font size is no
smaller than that of any
other magazine published
by Future US. I person-
ally measured the fonts of
all our publications with
a ruler. Next time I go to
the ophthalmologist, I’ll
bring a copy of the mag
and solicit a professional’s
opinion.
White text on colored
backgrounds: We use this
style in very few places
in the magazine. We use
it because it looks nice,
although it does impact
legibility more than I’d
like. Starting this month,
we’re making some tweaks
to those pages to improve
legibility; please let me
know what you think.We all appreciate the
feedback. If our readers
aren’t happy, we’re out of
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