I'm unsure how popular GameNOW magazine was, but over the course of two years, they pulled off one of the weirdest running gags I've seen in a game magazine, just to have fun at the expense of an irate reader who didn't like Final Fantasy VIII.
A little background: even though there were only 27
Now I am ALSO a Final Fantasy 8 hater (and a Roman Numerals hater. I refuse.)
– But this is pretty fricking clever. I will never not appreciate this kind of spite. The FUCKING. SPINE.