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Links to external game-related stuff.
News & Reviews
| Blue's News | If it's about gaming - it shows up here. |
| Eurogamer | Classy reviews from snobby europeans. |
| Penny Arcade | Gaming poster boys: Gabe and Tycho. |
| /.games | Like its big brother, only gamier. |
| Adrenaline Vault | Good reviews, features, and industry editorials. |
| flipcode | Development related news. |
| SimHQ | Awesome site for simulation oriented gaming. |
| TIGSource | Indie gaming news. |
| Fat Babies | Antidote for industry lust. Defunct. |
| Game Girl Advance | Intelligent, insightful perspectives on gaming and the industry. |
| Solinari Gaming | Reviews older games. |
| PC Game Review | User submitted reviews. |
| Game Rankings | Compiled meta-rankings. |
| Metacritic | More compiled meta-rankings. |
| PC-Gaming | Decent, no-frill reviews. |
| Gamespot | They swallowed Gamecenter when it died. Decent reviews. |
| Voodoo Extreme | Yeah, yeah, extreme. Whatever. |
| Shacknews | Formerly shugashack. Now sans 'flava', apparently. |
| IGN | Reviews. Lots and lots of them. Quantity over quality. |
| Stratos Group | Good Reviews. |
| Frictionless Insight | Excellent Reviews. |
| GameDaily | Industry news (i.e. the business side of the coin). |
| gamesindustry.biz | More business-related games news. |
| Game Tunnel | Indie focus. |
| Board Game Geek | For when the power goes out. |
| Quarter To Three | Tom Chick. 'nuff said. |
| True PC Gaming | Multi-OS PC enthusiasm. |
| Old Man Murray | No holds barred commentary on gaming. Defunct. I think they got actual game jobs. |
Blogs & Columns & Honest-to-god Journalism
| GameSpin | Mark Asher Editorials |
| Biting the Hand | Jessica Mulligan Editorials |
| Designer's Notebook | Ernest Adams Editorials. |
| Game Studies | Journal of computer game research. |
| Got Game? | Andrew Phelps' blog about games as a medium of popular culture. |
| Tokyopia | Game industry insight from inside Japan. |
| Ralph Koster's Website | The "Art" of online game design. |
| 3DAP Editorials | Fun editorials from the staff of 3D Action Planet. |
| 3DAP Rants | Usually entertaining rants from the staff of 3D Action Planet. |
| After Action Reporter | Sort of like reviewing, diary style. |
| Lookspring | Margaret Robertson (see also One More Go). |
| Phileosophos | A kindred spirit. For gaming, not politics. |
| Kill Screen | An actual printed gaming journal. A really expensive gaming journal. |
| Cowboy Programming | Game tech Musings by Mick West, co-founder of Neversoft. |
| Hell Mode | Well-written game blog. |
| No High Scores | A (self-described) high-brow games blog. |
Tutorials & Reference
| Gamasutra | Technical articles, post-mortems, etc.. |
| Gamedev.net | A good portal for all sorts of design/code material. |
| OpenGL.org | All things OpenGL. |
| GameFaqs | FAQs, walkthroughs, cheats, etc.. |
| GameZone | Good source for cheat codes. |
| Replacement Docs | Digital copies of game manuals. |
| vgmaps.com | Archive of digitized game(world) maps. |
Free, Retro & Abandonware
| Free Gamer | |
| Abandonia | |
| Abandonia Reloaded | |
| The Underdogs | |
| Dos Museum | |
| Liberated Games | Games set free. |
| Abandonware Asylum | |
| SquakeNet.com | |
| DJ OldGames | |
| Vintage Game Club | |
| VOGONS | Very old games on new systems. |
| Retro Gamer | An actual magazine! |
Clans, Lans, and Servers
| Geeks Of War | Home of the GeekFests. |
| Old Farts | Non-wanker clan. |
| Silicon Rangers (SiR) | T2/CS clan. |
| GumbyDeath | Excellent Q2/Q3 Servers run by the benevolent Mikey-D. |
Buy Stuff
| Good Old Games | DRM-free digital sales. Shop here before it's declared illegal. |
| GoGamer | Buy games. Decent prices, lots of clearance items. |
| Chips & Bits | Buy games. |
| EB Games | Buy some more games. |
| Big Daddy Software | Buy Games. Good place to find old games. |
| CDAccess | Another good place to find old games. |
| Outpost | Buy games. Watch out, check prices first! |
| Game Fest | Board Games |
| AreYouGame | Board Games |
| RPG Shop | Board Games, Pen & Paper |
| Rainy Day Games | Board Games, Pen & Paper. Located in Hillsboro, OR. |
Works In Process (sometimes perpetually)
| DaggerXL | Remaking the Daggerfall engine. |
| DarkForcesXL | Remaking the Dark Forces engine. |
| D2X-XL | Remaking the Descent 2 engine. |
| Hexen Edge of Chaos | Remaking Hexen with Doom3 engine. |
| Avaneya | A very philosophically-minded Free Software game. |
| Flare | Action RPG. |
| Grim Dawn | Action RPG (non-casual). |
| Dark Mod | Thief-like TC for DooM3 |
| MechWarrior: Living Legends | MechWarrior TC for Crysis Wars |
| Grimrock | Throwback RPG |
| Path of Exile | Diablo-esque RPG |
Miscellaneous
| Indie DB | Comprehensive exposure of independent games. |
| MMOG Chart | Subscription analysis for the MMO pie. |
| Reclaim Your Game | Calling B.S. on publishers' DRM-related shenanigans. |
| Linux Gamers FAQ | Courtesy of Icculus. |
| Dead End Thrills | Screenshot Art |
People
| Shane Moura | Artist with whom I worked when at Intel |
