Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:20 pm
I bet its Rob who has been sending Karen those weird email's!
Well I think Craig probably meant the difference between a face / game cover, I very much doubt he was commenting on your looks, if that's what you mean?Karen Gordon wrote:I confess I was a little embarrassed about forum comments to the tune of 'her pic on the cover would not sell, so of course they stuck a ninja on the front'! I am sure they are quite right but hey don't kick a girl when she's down guys!
That's exactly what I meant—I wasn't trying to offend. Zzap! was ultimately primarily a lad's gaming mag. Oli's covers were often fairly dynamic and violent, and the readership to some extent perhaps expected such a thing. Given the choice between a ninja slashing the page and a girl holding Head and Heels, the editorial team most likely thought the ninja cover would sell better. Of course, in these more enlightened days, the opposite is more likely the case (see PC Format, T3, and myriad other mags).Well I think Craig probably meant the difference between a face / game cover, I very much doubt he was commenting on your looks, if that's what you mean?
This is where we find Mr. Frey is actually some kind of fortune teller and therefore had the new you (the ninja) rising from the old. It was all planned, you see, way back in the mid 1980s. It was your destiny, grasshopper.And funnily enough now I am a keen Karate student the ninja pic could really be me! LOL!
Fair point - I know you weren't trying to offend, but I was kind of wondering if they thought I was just totally unsuitable for some other, (distinctly paranoid) reason. Feel a bit less puzzled now. This mystery has bothered me on and off since the issue came out! Thanks guys.That's exactly what I meant—I wasn't trying to offend. Zzap! was ultimately primarily a lad's gaming mag. Oli's covers were often fairly dynamic and violent, and the readership to some extent perhaps expected such a thing.
Indeed... I made it so.It was your destiny, grasshopper.