I'm unsure how popular GameNOW magazine was, but over the course of two years, they pulled off one of the weirdest running gags I've seen in a game magazine, just to have fun at the expense of an irate reader who didn't like Final Fantasy VIII.
A little background: even though there were only 27
Man, that punchline at the end of the article. That’s amazing. I wish I could retroactively subscribe to them to support that level of prank.