Having been a subscriber to Maxim for the past 3 years, I can say that in that time, nothing has changed. Which is not good. They seem to reuse many of their jokes, and half of the articles in there are just crap or plain unfunny.
Stuff isn't that much better. Aren't they a spinoff of Maxim anyway?
Gear is too sparse for my liking.
Playboy is a bit too cultured for my tastes.
GQ isn't too bad. It's the OG, baby.
My friend turned me on to Esquire. Pretty good rag, I think I might look into that one more.