0 Pocket World (Formerly Pokemon World)

This is the new magazine from the makers of Pokemon World that's been going for a few issues now. Pokemon World ran for over 100 issues, it had a great run. It was decided that Pokemon World would expand to containg more monster related franchise content, but would still include plenty of Pokemon and Pocket World was born. With Pocket World you can expect the populer reguler features that Pokemon World had, just now they will be open to over monster franchises So theirs still the likes of Ask Proffesor Yew and the design a monster section that reguler Pokemon World readers will know. Now the magazine features articles on YuGi Oh!, Moshi Monsters and Bakuyugan to name some, with the reguler features now being about these franchises too. The mags still packed with free gifts like Pokemon World was, things like sweets, stationary, books and trading cards. I think that giveing a book sample is a good idea, something the previous magazine did, readers may well discover a book that they like from these and choose to get the whole book (as I'm sure the publishers would like). I liked the books that Pokemon,World themselves added to the mag that were often about the Pokemon cards or video games. The books about Pokemon have continued along with the other franchises it now covers. The articles of the mag it's self are well laid out and clear, works nicely with the mags colourfull and fun template.
Perhaps the magazine makers may still release Pokemon specials every so often too, as that is such a big monster franchise. All in all a good magazine that is written in a way fans can get information on the brands it features in an informative and intreasting style, in the way Pokemon World did previously.
The new URL for the mag is: http://www.pocket-world.co.uk/

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0 Magazine Empire

Some of you may collect magazines, perhaps you collect film mags. Film magazines can be packed with informative features and are a great compannion to the movie collection you might own.Now Empire Magazine is a magazine you may be fammiler with.

 It's a great magazine that is packed with film news, previews and reviews, plenty of scenes from films (in photo form, they might not fit in otherwise, specially not Marshmellow Man Ghostbuster scenes), interviews and behind the scenes articles. That's not even mentioning the many other articles they have and the free gifts they often give us. I'm a big fan of the mag myself (especially the Kim Newman's Dungeon feature) and have been an avid reader for quite a lot of years now. You may well see the mag in shops (sometimes bundeled with FHM, we might get on to that one another day), it has a cover price of £3.99, although when it comes with a freebie the price usually increases, to around £4.99 mostly. Yes, that does mean that you could say the magazine is technicly not giving freebies for free if the cover price increases when they are added, but that's like most if not all magazines do and you could say the prize doesn't increase by what the freebies actual value is. Their great freebies too, often a giant poster (love the giant posters) or a book of a film adaptation (you see, that book would of no doubt cost a lot more if it wasn't being brought 'free' with the magazine. Yes so I think it's a great mag and would recommend it to film fans.
It's defintley one worth subscribing too if your intreasted in recieving it reguley with it's cost for a years subscription at £40. As well as a freebie (yes, I think it is really free) with your subscription which is often a DVD or a video game, you get the issues delievered to your door (hopefully not someone else's) and a discount on the cover price. Not only that, Empire do that great thing that SFX do with their subscribers issues and do an exclusive cover that has none of it's orignel front cover text and instead a full image of the cover star in question. A great film magazine then, you can check out their website for more information on subscriptions as well as other intereasting features. Their URL is:
http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/

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