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Letters to the Editors

Please Add VISA/MC!
Dear IMG: I got IMG from a local BBS here in Munich, Germany, and immediately wanted to subscribe to your incredible publication. However, I would like to pay with VISA since getting dollars is a pain is the ___! Please add Visa to your billing. Peter Lienko - Munich, Germany 

- Adding VISA/MC to our billing option has been the most frequent request we have received since we start IMG. We are proud to announce that you can now order a subscription and back issues using your credit card. Please refer to the Editor’s Desktop section under “VISA/MC added to IMG!” for more information. —TD

Ads in IMG?
Dear IMG: I think advertisements are the best way to help support your magazine.  Advertising is a commonly accepted, frequently used way to help finance a publication.  Although a conflict of interest is feasible, I think it is entirely possible for a magazine to give unbiased reviews of products while accepting company advertising for those products. People who feel otherwise are a discredit to the integrity of your publication. I look forward to your magazine every month and feel you should pursue advertising if it gives you the needed support for continuing your quality work. - Russell Jordan via AOL

Dear IMG: If you can get sponsorship, I say go for it!  Tidbits has sponsorship, and it hasn't changed the integrity of that magazine. Just don't turn into a disguised piece of that company’s propaganda machine! The bottom line means staying afloat. I’ve read three issues so far and am putting some money aside for a subscription. I read Computer Gaming World, VG&E, and a few other mags, but nothing comes close to your coverage. Oh yeah, if I can request something, could you put up a few more letters?  I like reading the letters section. - Slipshot via AOL 

Dear IMG: On the thought of advertising, I think it’s a great idea, for several reasons: One, it could make you guys a lot more money (which you definitely deserve, and it would also guarantee ever better future issues). Second, companies could include great screen shots or even QuickTime movies — imagine seeing a movie ad of an F/A-18 bombing run on an oil refinery; it would be irresistible!  Third, compartmentalized ads in the menu or table of contents would just take a mouse click to skip if you didn’t like the idea. - Hylobates via AOL 

Dear IMG: I don’t feel it would be a good idea. It would hurt the objectivity of the magazine and make it harder for people to read through it. If you had all the ads in one section and labeled them as advertisements it could be understandable. It would on the other hand make IMG very bulky for downloading purposes, and for me who downloads from AOL which is 2400 baud, it can be quite expensive. -  AKahn via AOL 

- Thank you all very much for your input!  Please refer to the Editor’s Desktop section under “Advertising in IMG?” for up-to-date information on the advertising issue.—JB 

IMG BBS Program
Dear IMG: IMG is probably one of the most popular downloads on my bulletin board, so naturally I am very interested in your IMG BBS PROGRAM. I have a few questions though. What exactly will I be getting for my $10?  Will someone from IMG call my system monthly and upload the latest issue? - Nick Sklavounakis via Internet

- The BBS program works like this: We’ll send you a copy of the Free Preview Edition of the magazine (about 700K) via US Mail each month. Each issue will have exactly the same content as the Free Preview Edition available on most online services. The difference is that you won't have to spend time or money downloading it. The $10 fee is nominal and covers the cost of the disks and postage. —JB 

X-Wing Petition
Dear IMG: Okay, April Fool’s jokes aside, wouldn’t you think it would be great to have LucasArts produce X-Wing for the Mac?  I think it would.  You said in your May issue that “LucasArts has hinted that public input may convince them to produce a Mac version of X-Wing.  If they receive enough mail, they will consider producing the product.”

So what are we (you) waiting for?!  This is the perfect opportunity for a Mac game magazine to get new games to the Macintosh!  Create a form with all the necessaries (i.e.  name, type of Mac, address, and signature, etc.)  and encourage your readership to submit it to either IMG or LucasArts. - Dirk Johnson via AOL 

- As much as some of us here at IMG would love to see X-Wing for the Mac, we feel that we cannot become involved in forming petitions or in any other way promoting one game over another. If you would like to become involved in petitioning for new game releases, one of the best ways to begin is by sending a letter with your request and hardware configuration to the game publisher. Don’t forget to sign it! —JB 

International Subscriptions?
Dear IMG: Can I subscribe to the disk version even though I live in the UK?  If so how should I pay? Ian Catlin - Reading, England.

- You can subscribe to IMG from anywhere in the world by filling out the order form in the back of this issue. An international subscription costs $32 and can be paid with US currency, postal money order, or VISA/MC. VISA/MC billing option will make it easier for international subscribers to subscribe to IMG. Please see the order form for our postal and E-mail addresses. -JB  

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