Same here, back in the 90's had multiple year's worth of Nintendo Power magazines & later on Game Pro as well. I do remember seeing Game Informer around & sometimes bought those issues but never really got into them. I can't even think of any friends that had Game Informer magazines back in those days.
TBH I'm kind of surprised at those numbers /u/[email protected] posted, maybe Game Informer was a bigger thing outside of the northeast U.S. where I was.
Agreed, though I've found that usually dousing a fly in water (via spray bottle) is enough to surprise them & get them to drop. Once they've fallen it takes them a bit to dry themselves & get airborne again, that's usually enough time to swat it and finish the job.
That works well if you just have one or a few flies - if you've got a ton of them fly paper is going to work much better.