Digitiser (not to be confused with a digitizer) was a video games magazine that was broadcast on the Teletext service in the UK from 1993 to 2003, and (most of the time) updated daily. During those ten years, it gained a cult following of 1.5 million readers due to its constant use of surreal humour, often risque and pythonesque. It is also worth noting that the magazine attracted much criticism, both from the Teletext sub-editors, who viewed the writers as troublemakers, and from various groups (in particular, Amiga owners) who were unhappy with a certain comment or review. However, there was also a large number of readers who praised Digitiser for its fair and unbiased judgements.
The Writers
The founding writers of Digitiser were Mr Biffo and Mr Hairs who, as Biffo himself says, only began working on it in order to "amuse ourselves and get free games." Later on in Digitiser's life they were joined by Mr Cheese , Mr Udders and various guest writers, usually prominent members of the games journalist community (such as Violet Berlin ), who would submit articles from time to time, normally under a suitably absurd pseudonym.
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