The image itself bears many signs that suggest photoshopping, which alone makes it seem like a lame hoax. But I'm glad the thread was unlocked, as this is quite fun to discuss and dissect, even in the likely event that it leads nowhere.
Lan Di-sama wrote:the reddit user "mattew9" was asked what issue this was in and he replied today that it was issue no.741, dated 15/10/12.
Kiyuu looked at a Nov 1st issue, I wonder if that was issue 742, and this is a bi-monthly mag?
Yes, there seems to be a new issue every two weeks:
Back issue order pagenskachu wrote:A fashion magazine... is it at least very famous? or is it just a newsletter made by people who do it just for fun.
I referred earlier to the Wikipedia entry, which (albeit not the most reliable source in the world) describes it as a "well-respected" and "popular" magazine, and gives a circulation figure if you're able to compare that with anything. As far as it being a fashion magazine, going by some of the example pages I've seen, it's not just about fashion. A western frame of reference might be GQ, in terms of style and content.
Who Really Cares? wrote:The fact that not a single gaming site picked this up makes me think its BS.
Is any gaming site aware of it yet? Has anyone asked them to look into it?