AcidCrownie Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Where do you guys go for gaming news? Of course, there's the requisite Kotaku and of course, we can't forget Dean's baby, Press X or Die. But where do you go? I'll update the top post as replies come in. (There's a fun gamer culture {read: not really news} site that I just recently found called Side Questing that I like to visit. Mainly for their Free Stuff Friday.) News sites: Kotaku Press X or Die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfrogsavestokyo Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 It's an industry site, but I like Gamasutra.com's articles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 (edited) Joystiq.com Pressxordie.com twitter And official blogs like the Playstation blog. Edit: Forgot to add http://www.andriasang.com/e/, pretty much every bit of information I have of Catherine comes from that site Edited December 12, 2010 by MetalCaveman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc4life Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 I rather like Joystiq too. I know a lot of people rag on them because of the now-infamous Nier review, but they're really a nice bunch of people. Their podcast is always a good listen too. And no "good gaming website" would be complete without a mandatory Giant Bomb namedrop. Easile THE best games podcast their is, and the guys their are really good with getting properly involved in the community as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronixal Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Eh, I quite like a wide spread so at any time I'll visit Kotaku, Dtoid and Eurogamer. Twitter is pretty nifty in so far as being on the pulse with snippets of info you can look into elsewhere. Really not a fan of Giant Bomb, however. I get the impression they're extremely unrefined and don't even know quite what they want to be. It's almost as if when asked what they are, they answered "Gaming site!" and tried to become all that encompasses, ie. journalistic site, reviewers, cheat site, blogging, wiki, etc. It's just too much. And it's design is a bit to 90's for me; yellow and white text on a pure black background? No thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AusKossy Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Voodoo Extreme is my most visited site, since I'm such a PC whore. But Kotaku and Joystiq are the only other two sites I visit for the news. Only go to others if linked there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouchart Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 I'm mostly interested in retro stuff so I rarely care for cutting edge gaming news (unless it involves freeware type games). Mostly it's just Kotaku and that's more for the community than the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 (edited) After Kotaku started sucking, I started using N4G.com And nowadays whenever Kotaku finally does post something news worthy, I've already read about it somewhere else. Of course N4G has the downside of forcing you to filter through all the bullshit that constantly gets submitted and (for some reason that is beyond me) approved. Other than that, Joystiq is pretty cool. DemonoidDestructoid is okay... sometimes.... And I still occasionally visit IGN, though I don't have a valid reason for that one. Edited December 12, 2010 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 These days it's mostly Rock, Paper, Shotgun and GiantBomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc4life Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 After Kotaku started sucking, I started using N4G.com And nowadays whenever Kotaku finally does post something news worthy, I've already read about it somewhere else. Of course N4G has the downside of forcing you to filter through all the bullshit that constantly gets submitted and (for some reason that is beyond me) approved. Other than that, Joystiq is pretty cool. Demonoid is okay... sometimes.... And I still occasionally visit IGN, though I don't have a valid reason for that one. Not to mention N4G only approves, promotes, and propagates the "FIRST" sub-meme which is really annoying. It's quite a pain for small websites to get consistent approval yet they claim they're impartial as to what gets promoted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Demonoid is okay... sometimes.... For all the latest gaming releases huh? I assume you meant Destructoid As for me I have quite a range of sites, mostly through RSS. RockPaperShotgun would be my top blog. They're PC focused, british, funny and good writers at the same time. On the more Industry side I read Gamesindustry.biz, Develop and Gamasutra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brida Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 The reason it's hard for a small website to get approved is pretty straightforward, really. It makes sense. There's a lot of shit out there, you might be more of it. If you're not, then people will approve. You only need 3 approvals (it starts off 10 but if its not discarded it goes down to 3), and if you can't get that many either it's not worth reading, you didn't put a good enough blurb for people to wonder if they should click, or its a rehash of something already posted. It's really, really easy to boost on N4G since anyone can get an account to approve things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLjaG Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Who needs one gaming site when you can have them all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 After Kotaku started sucking, I started using N4G.com And nowadays whenever Kotaku finally does post something news worthy, I've already read about it somewhere else. Of course N4G has the downside of forcing you to filter through all the bullshit that constantly gets submitted and (for some reason that is beyond me) approved. Other than that, Joystiq is pretty cool. Demonoid is okay... sometimes.... And I still occasionally visit IGN, though I don't have a valid reason for that one. Not to mention N4G only approves, promotes, and propagates the "FIRST" sub-meme which is really annoying. It's quite a pain for small websites to get consistent approval yet they claim they're impartial as to what gets promoted. Yeah. But at least shit usually gets posted quickly. And you can occasionally find some rather good smaller blogs. Demonoid is okay... sometimes.... For all the latest gaming releases huh? I assume you meant Destructoid Woops! Yeah, Destructoid. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Destructoid is awful. Any sight that says for itself that their reviews are honest are bloody liars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Hence my saying that they are sometimes "okay". By that I mean they'll have the occasional article/review that won't be completely retarded. It's hardly a site I visit daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STiger Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Joystiq, Siliconera (I like my Japanese games news, and Kotaku fails at that), RPS, the official PlayStation Blog, and Twitter feeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 I have in my bookmarks/feeds: http://www.develop-online.net/ *+ http://epicbattleaxe.com/ (primarily for their podcast) http://www.eurogamer.net/ (really needs a re-design) * http://www.gamesindustry.biz/ (needs register, but worth it)+ http://n4g.com/ (This is an aggregate site) http://www.joystiq.com/ http://www.gamasutra.com/+ http://www.mcvuk.com/ *+ http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ * http://www.teamfortress.com/ http://thumb-culture.com/ And don't read much but have in bookmarks regardless: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming http://www.giantbomb.com/ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2 http://www.destructoid.com/ http://digg.com/news/gaming Not saying I recommend them all. In fact I'd clear away from a few of them. The ones with an * are British orientated. One's with a + are more business/industry related. So not necessarily about the latest games news n trailers etc, but always a good read for the informed gamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaunchOctopus Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Generally speaking: Joystiq Rock, Paper, Shotgun Kotaku (mostly just headline checking tbh) Edge Online (aka www.next-gen.biz) On a side note somewhat less regularly check: Massively Nightmare Mode PressX The Escapist Oh and I used to check MTV Multiplayer when Totilo was there, should really check it out more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoStarr Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Machinima isn't really news; but it's run by actual gamers which is already more that I can say for 90% of game sites out there. When they do drop tidbits here and there it's generally well informed and honest and relates more to gameplay and product quality than industry fiasco's and stories about gamers. A bit skewed toward the FPS side of things though. Edge is one of the few surviving print sources out there and for good reason. I love that magazine so much. Mostly because it's articles are often so unique; beyond just current industry events and reviews, they also do a lot of stuff about the artistic and development side of things. They ask really good questions and present really good points that other outlets don't even touch on. I should really pick it up more often. It feels weird paying for magazines these days with all the stuff you can find on blogs and whatnot, but Edge is definitely worth it more often than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaunchOctopus Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Edge is one of the few surviving print sources out there and for good reason. I love that magazine so much. Mostly because it's articles are often so unique; beyond just current industry events and reviews, they also do a lot of stuff about the artistic and development side of things. They ask really good questions and present really good points that other outlets don't even touch on. I should really pick it up more often. It feels weird paying for magazines these days with all the stuff you can find on blogs and whatnot, but Edge is definitely worth it more often than not. I used to buy quite a few magazines in the grand old overpriced days of print gaming journalism, but Edge is the only one I still get, I find it a shame it gets a lot of fanboy-rage-reaction due to its scoring system, because if people were to buy it they'd realise it probably contains some of the best writing available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirandello Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 After Kotaku goes full on into that new horribly ugly format of theirs, I'm pretty much out of a site to go to. There's always Giantbomb, I suppose. Haven't been around their neighborhood yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 If they go to that ugly ass beta shit I am gonna go to destructoid or joystiq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 I like how the site doesn't look fucking ancient anymore and it's much easier to read (though you have to re-think your navigation) so that makes it "ugly." What I've learned from messing with io9 is that the format looks different than what it looks like in your reader, which I like a lot, because it gives you multiple options. Want a paragraph with each article? Reader. Want to just skim headlines (which is what I do in my reader anyways when there's a lot to get through) then use the thing on the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 GameCentral is my favourite site. It's British which is useful so I don't get excited about a game 2 years before it makes it over here, if it makes it here at all and I love the letters page which is how a comment section could look if the internet wasn't full of idiots. Plus I have a soft spot for it from when it was on teletext (and even back to Digitiser if any still knows what I'm talking about!) Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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