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a_plus .
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 252 Location: olympia
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject: where d'ya get yer gaming news? |
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i just realized that i've been relying on word of mouth to hear things about video games, and don't really know of any quality gaming resources/blogs/aggregators/etc! please post your usuals!
i used to check the insert credit front page every so often, but it's pretty much dominated by obscure import fighting games and shooters i'll never play. gamesetwatch is rather good, though! and every couple of months i'll think about looking at slashdot games, then remember why i don't keep checking that one. other that than i'm in the dark. how's 1up? i could never get that one to load without waiting for a long, long time. |
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a_plus .
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 252 Location: olympia
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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or, you know, not necessarily just "this game is coming out this day!" type stuff, but places with more in-depth looks at gaming, like that gaming quarters one or whatever it's called |
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extrabastardformula .
Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:12 am Post subject: |
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I get most of mine from tigsource.com for the free, cheap and casual games I play mainly, and rely on selectbutton's forums for console type gaming news. since I don't have a high end system most PC gaming news sources are moot for me. |
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simplicio .
Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:33 am Post subject: |
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General TGQ/SB activity, the select button news thread, gamespot reviews page, tigsource/indygamer/gsw/gamasutra, gamerankings new release page. In about that order. |
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The Great Unwashed .
Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 359 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:43 am Post subject: |
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I have PALGN, Computerandvideogames and a couple other sites live bookmarked, and just check those. Usually I bookmark the developer sites themselves if stuff they make is generally good. I have an RSS feed for mods I'm watching as well (Mmm, hurry up and finish Black Mesa Source already). _________________
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
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a_plus .
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 252 Location: olympia
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:12 am Post subject: |
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yahoo! thanks for the links, wes |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:27 am Post subject: |
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If you're brave all you have to do is sit around on neoGAF and hit refresh. You'll have more news, and worse opinions, than you know what to do with. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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silentmatt .
Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 305 Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:35 am Post subject: |
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I almost exclusively rely on gamerevolution.com but they aren't really the most up-to-date group of people. but they try.
other than that - its mostly from reading forums and such. but i do like GRs style of reviews, for sure. _________________ PSN: Twitch_City ||| Wii: 8083 5371 5767 6700
"Jadis, si je me souviens bien, ma vie était un festin où s'ouvraient tous les coeurs, où tous les vins coulaient." |
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Pijaibros .
Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 342 Location: Mistake by the Lake
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:43 am Post subject: |
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I just rely on the news threads on selectbutton for general gaming news. Obviously, if it's not there, it's not worth caring about.
I also have a bunch of free subscriptions to game magazines (EGM, Game Informer, etc...) so if there's anything that slips through the crack of the internet hive collective, I can find it in a magazine while on the can. |
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:40 am Post subject: |
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i'm pretty much strictly word of mouth. if a new bioshock vid comes out or whatever, someone usually lets me know eventually. i get some stuff from kieron gillen's blog since we have some taste overlap.
information on older games comes almost entirely from message boards. 1up and ign's pc sections tend to be anemic. _________________
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Swimmy .
Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:56 am Post subject: |
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Word of mouth. tigsource and gamesetwatch for free/obscure stuff. Gamerankings if I'm just really curious what's come out recently.
The problem is that word of mouth isn't usually hateful enough, at least right off. _________________
"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:59 am Post subject: |
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that's why you must cultivate the hatefulness inside, grasshopper. _________________
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Toto 4th Man
Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Posts: 122
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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PALGN, Aussie-Nintendo, TGQ/SB. |
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:20 am Post subject: |
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This might be a good place to ask this: since so many people seem to rely on forums like these and SB for news, do you think it would be worth it for me to do weekly frontpage posts where I pick highlights from the news thread and elsewhere on the forum which point out interesting news that might not have been covered on larger sites? _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:23 am Post subject: |
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i get all my news from the gamer's quarter magazine. _________________
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:30 am Post subject: |
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Mister Toups wrote: | This might be a good place to ask this: since so many people seem to rely on forums like these and SB for news, do you think it would be worth it for me to do weekly frontpage posts where I pick highlights from the news thread and elsewhere on the forum which point out interesting news that might not have been covered on larger sites? |
I'd say work more on getting news to the front page and stressing that big stories will hit there for casual readers. I really hate it when blogs do "in case you missed it, here's a post with links to every article we posted in the last week" posts, because it feels like they're greedy for eyeballs and banner ad clicks. The whole point of stuff like RSS is to aggregate the content for you, so you don't need shit like that.
Not that I read select button or anything.
(Also wow, I figured Joystiq would have one of those posts, but not the first one on the page when it loaded) _________________ resetbutton.net: videogames for unattractive people |
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:31 am Post subject: |
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dessgeega wrote: | i get all my news from the gamer's quarter magazine. |
Unlike other magazines which go to print three months before the publication date, this magazine goes to print three months after!
Okay that was cheap, sorry. _________________ resetbutton.net: videogames for unattractive people |
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:34 am Post subject: |
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Nana Komatsu wrote: | Mister Toups wrote: | This might be a good place to ask this: since so many people seem to rely on forums like these and SB for news, do you think it would be worth it for me to do weekly frontpage posts where I pick highlights from the news thread and elsewhere on the forum which point out interesting news that might not have been covered on larger sites? |
I'd say work more on getting news to the front page and stressing that big stories will hit there for casual readers. I really hate it when blogs do "in case you missed it, here's a post with links to every article we posted in the last week" posts, because it feels like they're greedy for eyeballs and banner ad clicks. The whole point of stuff like RSS is to aggregate the content for you, so you don't need shit like that.
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Well, the thing is, SB isn't much of a news-oriented site, so it's less like what kotaku or joystiq does (which I also hate) and more like a "here's what you missed if you weren't browsing the forums", which I figure might be kindasorta useful.
On the other hand, as you say, it may be better just to put an increased focus on making frontpage posts about news as it's revealed in the forums. On the other other hand, that's a bit more work than doing a weekly roundup. On the other other other hand, I don't have a job so that's not really an excuse ;_; _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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Nana Komatsu weak sauce
Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:43 am Post subject: |
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I would think splitting posts from the news thread wouldn't be too hard if you have enough moderators. How often does a news story get posted there big enough to not already have it's own thread. For the first six months of reading IC I never once clicked on the news thread and I don't believe I missed too much. _________________ resetbutton.net: videogames for unattractive people |
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