Michael Hengst Part 2: Trickwerk, Jowood, Retro Gamer, Flying Fishkopp

The history of 80s and 90s game magazines is filled with big names like Computer Gaming World, Weekly Famitsu, Computer and Video Games, Micromania, and, a name that makes German speaking gamers of a particular vintage extremely nostalgic, Power Play. In this second part of our interview, Michael tells us how he left Power Play to join a major German games publisher, founded a hint guide and magazine publisher of his own making guides of Eidos' Tomb Raider series and Nintendo's Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask, before becoming a freelance producer for games around the world.  We also discuss the ever changing games landscape, evolving business models and his return to  writing about games for the German edition of Retro Gamer magazine and games news website Gamers Global. Recorded: January-February 2024 Get us on your mobile device: Android:  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS:      https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links Video version of this episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/michael-hengst-2-99546529 Michael Hengst Interview Part 1:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/michael-hengst-1-98828923 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Arts Das Trickwerk company website - https://web.archive.org/web/20020523194549/http://www.dastrickwerk.de/ Games and More magazine - http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=R2FtZXMgYW5kIE1vcmU= Majora's Mask Strategy Guide, German - https://archive.org/details/spieleberater_zeldaMM/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater News about Das Trickwerk insolvency - https://kress.de/news/beitrag/64369-grundsolide-sollte-so-eine-auflagenmeldung-sein-und-nicht-wacklig-und-windschief-weshalb-diese-farbige-metapher-nun-es-geht-um-das-segment-der-bauzeitschriften-wolfgang-kriwan-gesch-ftsf-hrer-des-fellbacher-fachschriften-verlags-u-a-quot-bauen-quot-quot-bauen-amp-renovieren-quot-quot-junge-h-user-quot-legte-beim-studium-der-aktuellen-ivw-auflagen-quartalsmeldungen-die-stirn-in-falten-w-hrend-die-fachschriften-zeitschrift-quot-althaus-moderni.html https://www.mobygames.com/company/1546/jowood-entertainment-ag/ https://www.mobygames.com/person/90376/michael-hengst/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/14422/gameforge-productions-gmbh/ https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-and-epic-games-fortnite/ https://www.retro-gamer.de/ https://www.gamersglobal.de/ https://www.gamersglobal.de/meinung/der-fixer#comment-2999823 Copyright Karl Kuras