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Amiga Addict – interview with Ian Griffiths (Editor)

Having published its first issue in December 2020, retro computer gaming magazine Amiga Addict is a 60 page publication which comes out every 6 weeks and which "aims to preserve the history of Amiga computer hardware, games and software by interviewing ex-industry professionals whilst celebrating the continuing Amiga scene". Now on its 30th issue, the magazine has gone from its humble beginnings of being distributed via mail order, to carving out a distribution deal whereby it can now be found in leading UK high-street newsagent WHSmith.
I caught up with Ian Griffiths (Editor, Amiga Addict) to find out as to why the magazine is centred around the Amiga computer, how the magazine has been able to last for so long (especially when it's a publication that targets a very small subset within the retro computer gaming community), and what tips he would give to independent publishers who want to pursue a similar magazine endeavour. All this and so much more... Enjoy!

Ian, you've been with the magazine since the beginning... What was your initial role on the magazine and when did you become the Editor?
So I was initially approached by Jonah Naylor, who's the publisher of the magazine and the previous Editor of the magazine, just to ge...

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