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Steve Carey was the editor of [[Amstrad Action]] from AA35 (Aug 1988) to AA50 (Nov 1989) - He was preceded by Bob Wade / succeeded by Rod Lawton.
Having spent some time at ''PC Plus'' as Production Editor, Steve replaced the departing [[Bob Wade]] as Editor on issue 35. He left after issue 50 in November 1989 to edit ''ST Format''. Later went on to become a Publisher overseeing such titles as ''MEGA'', ''Amiga Power'', ''PC Gamer'', ''.net'' and the games industries well respected ''EDGE'', among others. In January 1995 he was made Publishing Director for the Consumer Division, before leaving journalism and the United Kingdom for Australia to live and work for ACP magazines (now known as Bauer Media Group) in Australia1998.These days he is totally out of the magazine publishing scene and runs a training academy teaching clinical hypnotherapy. Steve co-authored two books in 2008 and 2009 respectively: How to Get a Job in Publishing: A Really Practical Guide to Careers in Books and Magazines How to Save Your Life: Sack Your Boss, Start Your Own Business, Find Your Passion
==Interview==
'''Did they [AA] use CPCs to write the magazine to begin with I read somewhere years ago that they did.'''
Yes indeed we did. When I joined in 1987 (is that right?) we were just going over to Macs. But I do recall Pat McDonald in particular, and maybe also Trenton Webb, were real CPC users.
'''What happened to the games they [AA] reviewed? did they have to give them back, or did they keep them? and did they skip any or take any home?'''
We kept them in the office as a games library. I guess staff used to take ones they really wanted.
'''Were the games given to them [AA] in a finished form with boxes and instructions or a disc with the name scribbled on it?'''
Some and some. Usually as I recall it was the finished product.
'''How often would they [AA] get unprotected beta versions of software?'''
Can’t recall, sorry.
I don’t believe so. I really think that would have been an instant sacking offence.
'''Did they [AA] test all their type-ins?'''
I recall Pat McDonald worked very hard on them. I may be misremembering, but as I recall it I actually asked him if it would be possible to include some kind of checksum things that would validate the type-ins… and he said yeah, sure! As if this wasn’t something we should already be doing. But do please forgive me if I’ve got that wrong – it was more than a quarter of a century ago, remember!
'''How often did they [AA] get to the conclusion "this type-in is crap! - Who cares?!"'''
You gotta fill the mag, you know! I daresay there were type-ins that, how shall we put it, weren’t from the absolute top drawer. But what do you do when that’s all you got?
File:SteveCareyAACover.png|The infamous AA cover!
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