One year ago today, we launched the first issue of Five out of Ten, New Horizons. It was terrifying. After spending months working on this thing, what if people hated it – or perhaps worse, didn’t care? But you didn’t…
One Year Later
Just under a year ago, we set out to create something special: a new digital magazine in an age of unlimited online writing, unafraid to be different, unashamedly premium. We’re now approaching our first anniversary and the first five issues…
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The Art of Pitching: Tips for Freelance Writers
Freelance pitches are like CVs. Actually, scratch that – pitches are CVs. They’re the first point of contact between you and an employer. Five out of Ten is not EDGE or Kotaku: you wouldn’t send the same generic CV for every…
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#4 – Storytellers
“Videogame stories are where interactivity meets cinematography, decisions change destinies and players become poets. How do games tell better stories than other media, and where do they fall short?” Featured in Issue 4: Going Stealth: When life becomes a game…
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Join us.
We’ve been running Five out of Ten for almost a year now, and the magazine has gone from strength to strength. We have three more fantastic issues lined up for 2013 – our next will be released at the end…
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We Need Your Feedback!
As we head towards the release of Five out of Ten #4 at the end of July, we’d like your feedback on how to improve the magazine in future issues. We have a customer survey available here: please fill it…
#3 – Reflecting Reality
“We hear of games becoming ever more realistic, but maybe they’re just becoming more intricate fantasies. There’s a place in gaming for both documentary and drama, fact and fiction.” Featured in Issue 3 Personal Computing: Desktop PCs have evolved from…
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Win Our Third Issue!
You can win a copy of Five out of Ten Issue 3 when it is released at the end of April. This is a really simple competition this time: all you have to do is follow us on Twitter and…
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The Players Guide Launch Competition
To celebrate the launch of Issue 2 of Five out of Ten, Players Guide, we’re having a competition. By now you may have seen Alan’s lovingly crafted ‘subway map’ cover featuring locations from different games. The competition is simple: you…
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#2 – Players Guide
The second issue of Five out of Ten, Players Guide, has been released yesterday: “As gaming becomes a more inclusive and popular pastime, it’s important to remember that while many of us have grown up with videogames our whole lives,…
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