Back in the days of the early 2000’s I was in academia, like others, searching the Internet with a passion. The WayBackMachine was in its basic inception and I used it for hours in „multi-disciplinary research! (ahem). Well it’s way better now as there seems to be oodles more to find and quicker check it out for yourself (see below):  

The generic WayBackEngine link: 

https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine

https://archive.org/details/magazine_rack

And there is more to be found … (note, the collections are not necessarily comprehensive – but nevertheless a brilliant time waste, er I mean research resource) …

Dragon Magazine: 

https://archive.org/details/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMagazine095/page/n3/mode/2up?q=dragon+magazine

The General: 

Military Modeller: 

https://archive.org/details/modelmilitarymagazine

The Space Gamer:

https://archive.org/details/space-gamer

Ares Magazine: 

https://archive.org/details/ares_magazine

https://archive.org/details/Ares_Issue_12_1982_Jan/page/n3/mode/2up?q=ares

White Dwarf:

https://archive.org/details/white-dwarf-023-uk-1981-02-03-36pag/mode/2up?q=white+dwarf+magazine

Meanwhile in another part of the Internet – Donald Featherstone’s Magazines and Newsletters: 

And finally – the way is was back when board games had printed Zines distributed by postal mail or hand:

I advise you to set an hour timer on your mobile phone before you start clicking on the links – but it may already be too late by now.