What is VideoGames & Computer Entertainment?
{{italictitle}} [[Image:VideoGames&Computer Entertainment logo.png|right|220px]] '''''VideoGames & Computer Entertainment''''' (later '''''VideoGames''''' '''- The Ultimate Gaming Magazine''') was an American monthly [[video game]] [[magazine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.videogameobsession.com/videogame/mags/vg&ce/index.htm|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=VideoGames & Computer Entertainment|publisher=Video Game Obsession}}</ref> It ran from December 1988 until August 1993. The first issue, released in December 1988, spotlighted the game's that were coming out in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-01-december-1988|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=Video Games & Computer Entertainment Issue 01 ( December 1988)|publisher=Archive.org}}</ref> The magazine started as a spinoff of ''[[ANALOG Computing]]'' magazine. In ''ANALOG'', Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel and Joyce Worley all wrote a monthly column that would focus on the video game industry. When the magazine ended, they would join VG&CE and start writing for it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/special/cb/1.html|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=Part 1: Early Times|publisher=AtariHQ|archive-date=April 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415005722/http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/special/cb/1.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> The last issue was in August 1993, with the main feature being a spotlight on the 1993 video game ''[[Battletoads in Battlemaniacs]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_55_August_1993|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=Video Games & Computer Entertainment Issue 55 August 1993|publisher=Archive.org}}</ref> The magazine would be revived under the new name of '''''VideoGames''''' '''- The Ultimate Gaming Magazine''' and released their first issue in September 1993. This change was made after they held a focus group and members said the magazine had felt old compared to the competition. The numbers of copies