Release Review for Grapevine 11

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@t2,19@^@f09@t8@cGRAPEVINE


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@t7ISSUE REVIEWED   -   #11

PRODUCER         -   LSD

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PRESENTATION
@t1Grapevine  combines  a slick and glossy
title  picture  by Fish with functional
and  pleasant icons and panel graphics.
The  actual  magazine is designed well,
helpful   function   icons   make   the
magazine   simple   and  easy  to  use.
Colours  and  fonts are a little sparse
giving  the magazine a 'static' overall
look,   better   to   be   simple  than
outragous   I  suppose!   The  articles
could  be  a  little  tidier, maybe the
uneven  right  hand  text  border is to
fault,  a  'newspaper-style'  text with
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two  staight  borders  would  give  the
magazine  a  much  smarter appearence I
think.


@t8CONTENT
@t1It's  massive  and  diverse content are
what  makes  Grapevine  stand out.  The
amount  individual  articles  is  quite
impressive,  scene  articles only cover
about twenty percent of the magazine as
a whole though, so people who only like
to  read  scene-related topics may soon
get bored.  Other comparable magazines,
when featuring non-scene related topics
usualy  only  have  one  article  on  a
poarticular    topic.    Gparevine   is
different.  You get massive sections of
'limited-interest'  topics  such a Roll
@#@t2,19@^playing/Board  games,etc.   Most of the
articles  are  written by U.K guys, and
it shows, so some things may not appeal
to  a  wide  European readership, but I
can't   realy  comment  non-U.K  taste.
Basicly  Grapevine  #11  gives  you the
biggest and most diverse content of any
comparable  magazine.   One  article  I
noticed  as  being  a little odd though
was  a  'History of E.L.O' (The revived
70  pop/rock  group), the  article  was
credited to a certain guy (who's name I
won't mention) yet half of the text was
copied   from  the  back  of  an  E.L.O
compilation  album  (Without  credit or
mention of the author).  


@t8OVERALL
@t1Grapevine impresses once again.  A huge
amount  of  diverse  subjects  to  sink
into,   and  thoughful  functions  make
using  the  magazine  as easy to use as
@^possible.    There   are   one  or  two
presentation  points that could improve
the  magazines  overall  appearence and
more editors from outside the U.K would
undoubtably   increase   the  magazines
international      credibility      and
reputation   for  being  slightly  'U.K
only'.     @t8                      86/100
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