You know what, I will throw my hat in the ring. I generally write pretty short reviews but I have written some longer ones so I should hopefully be up to the task. And I have also written a good 1000 of them across BLAEO and Steam - basically any game I complete gets a review anyways so why not request to join I guess.

I would like to go for full member, if possible. And as for the favorite win, uhhhh..... Having played over 500 this is actually a REALLY hard question, but I guess I will go with Vampire Survivor. Why? I have written a review for it ;D (albeit a shit one that could really do with some improving).

I'm willing to join as a full member, but I don't know if my english is trusty enough tho

My favorite game won here on SteamGifts was The Walking Dead. I actually played it for entering in the Playing Appreciated group, with low expectations and spoiled ending (like, who don't know what happens in the end of the first game, right?)
But I got genuinely surprised of how much I got involved in the story, i cared so much about the characters and some really made me GO MAD
Sleep too much on this title, as a TLOU fan of story driven games, definitely should played it sooner.
I loved it so much that I bought the sequel and played right away, and waited for a promo to buy The Final Season too (A New Frontier is still on my backlog tho)

As a side note, i would like to say that i play CS2 competitively in the Brasil Scene, I loved the magazine and i'll try to use my tiny influence to share it with the community. I can see how much love and effort are being thrown at this project

Hey hey! I think I'd enjoy being a Full Member.. I like giving just as I like receiving :)
I've always had a knack for writing and like reviewing games / reading through other reviews.
I also love the kind of group that makes you play your wins and turns it into something more productive, really love the concept you guys.

My recent favorite of the games I won on here is Loddlenauts! Granted, it's a pretty short game but everything about it is so calming and funky in a way that really resonated with me while playing. Doesn't have much in the way of story but the vibes are immaculate and the artstyle as well as the OST really put you in such a calm mood.. Not to mention the cute Loddles and their evolutions :)
I fully 100%d the game in about two days, fun little adventure :D

I'd like to join as a reviewer. As someone generally frugal with words, I think i will enjoy the challenge of thinking deeply about what I play/experience and to express that in pages! It will also help me be selective about what games I enter for and will also help exercise my mind, improve my writing ability.

The best game ive won would be Chained Echoes. It wasn't something I was aware about, nor was I aware of the genre/type: Turn Based games. And JRPG as genre didn't leave a good impression on me based on gameplay videos online for numerous reasons. Anyways in my initial SG days, I solved some puzzles of a famous SG truck driver and thought hmm why not... ill enter for this game, it has good ratings! Many months later, I eventually started to play and I absolutely HATED it. I spent some months trying getting past the initial 15 something minutes. I couldn't, due to its slow lacklustre start and also because it was pixelated, the gameplay seemed uninteresting to me then. But then I eventually forced myself to sit through it thanks to a cute PAGYWOSG theme (games where u can pet animals) .

I gave it a chance and fell in love with the game! The story was so well written, the characters were so thoughtfully created. And there was something very intelligent about them, like they felt very self aware....I loved it! The exploration and music was on point as well. And the turn based fight, so addictive! I would have never imagined playing this game for 20hrs, but I spent like 60 in it.

While this SG win was a pleasant surprise, other wins where i was mildly curious about the game didn't end so positively. Overall it has made me be very careful about what I would want to win and play. Perhaps that is a good thing.

Edit: Done and done!

Hello! Your group caught my eye and I think this is what I need and got very interested. My favorite game is probably v rising, from what I won, it’s a pretty good survival game, even though I played it on brutal difficulty and everything burned out for me. But it's still an unforgettable experience
I complete games only at 100% achievements xd)

I would like to join as a reviewer.

The only game I won on SG so far is degrees of septations, I really liked the idea and had cute visuals. I played it with my partner
But unfortunately didn't finish clicking for us, maybe because we are not that fan of "puzzle" games.

Is factorio space age gonna be reviewed? It comes out in 8 days.

I have requested to join. Even though I'm not a regular game reviewer on steam nor I wrote any review professionally for any game here in steam, I able able to review games in a professional way and I do it outside of steam for another platform (In case you want to see example / proof of my written reviews for any game, we can discuss probably in private message whether in steam or discord and see if I am able to write professional reviews...) I hope I will be accepted! Thank you.

Does it make sense to edit the schedule to every other month or quarterly instead of monthly? Some reviewers get a break from writing as well. During holiday season, it may be tough for some reviewers to committ to writing reviews.

One other thought, if reviewers want to review a game they won from SG, but it was not from the SGMagazine giveways, would there be an exception to allow it to be added to the magazine at a later time? This might increase the variety of games reviewed and even give the magazine certain themes for later editions like Horror or Adventure.