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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2021 8:22:39 GMT
Gaming sites are, in my opinion, awful these days. Gone are the days where they had a true community feel, like GamesRadar or GameTrailers did.
So I open it to you, my fellow Feeks, which gaming sites do you actually still use and recommend?
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chug666
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Post by chug666 on Sept 29, 2021 8:40:48 GMT
Now EG is dead to me I've been idly browsing kotaku, seems ok. But I still subscribe to paper copies of Edge, because I'm old, stubborn and stuck in my ways.
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Post by jetsetchilli on Oct 18, 2021 18:35:45 GMT
Just been on to EG and I have opened two articles to read, however these are the first two in over a week, so I was just about to create a thread to ask the same thing as the OP of this one.
Where do you guys frequent for your regular gaming news? I am not too worried about the community but rather the content quality.
A quick Google suggests Destructoid or Niche Gamer are top sites. Are they any good? Are they very Americentric?
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Post by LTK on Oct 18, 2021 19:06:54 GMT
I've been feeling like all the coverage of mainstream games (which by now includes the popular indie games) has gotten pretty interchangeable, and the sites that highlight games that fly under the radar are rare. That's why I appreciate Alpha Beta Gamer, which mainly covers a variety of indie games in their early development stages, with the occasional open beta for a big-budget title thrown in there too. They only write a few words about each game and criticism is usually light if it's present at all, but there's plenty of good stuff there. I've installed a fair few demos and prototypes after learning about them from ABG, so I reckon it's worth following. |
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Post by Cappy on Oct 19, 2021 11:49:34 GMT
Things change I guess. Magazines made way for websites supported by advertising, then the advertising got increasingly obnoxious because there supposedly wasn't enough money in it, then came Adblock. Now they're paywalling and in some cases, supported by voluntary donations.
In the beginning it was just fanzines and enthusiast press and I think it will end up right back there. Why do you need some corporate website to tell you what to like and what to hate? Find out for yourself, or if feel particularly strongly about something either way, post it in a relevant thread someplace like here.
People can be incredibly wrong, especially when gathered in groups and organisations. One of the most depressing things I ever read on the Eurogamer forum was somebody espousing their philosophy of never playing games below a certain Metacritic score.
Play a game just because you like the box art. It's liberating.
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robthehermit
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Post by robthehermit on Oct 19, 2021 11:55:06 GMT
True Achievements/Windows Central/Xbox Wire for all things MS related, YouTube for reviews and gameplay, twitter for everything else.
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Post by Buu on Oct 19, 2021 12:04:14 GMT
Rock Paper Shotgun when I fancy a read.
As mentioned above, they're all much of muchness these days
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Oct 19, 2021 13:49:33 GMT
Whatever Google suggests when i open a new tab on Chrome mobile. Don't actively hunt down news for much these day like I used to do unless it's a game I'm already playing.
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LTK
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Post by LTK on Oct 19, 2021 17:34:26 GMT
True Achievements/Windows Central/Xbox Wire for all things MS related, YouTube for reviews and gameplay, twitter for everything else. Any youtube channels you'd recommend? |
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Post by pierrepressure on Oct 19, 2021 18:51:00 GMT
I've been using VGC a lot for multiplatform. UK based and have a keen eye for a scoop.
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Post by lew on Oct 19, 2021 19:20:57 GMT
Pretty much podcasts and YouTube only now for games stuff. Stopped going to EG more as the articles and reviews became pretentious shite.
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Post by Nanocrystal on Oct 19, 2021 19:43:51 GMT
Been finding Skill Up's weekly gaming news wrap ups on YouTube are enough to keep me up to speed.
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Post by Zuluhero on Oct 19, 2021 20:29:42 GMT
Since EG is dead to me too, I mostly read kotaku as well. Sometimes I will watch an IGN review. I keep toying with the idea of buy proper magazines, but I balk at the idea of them costing around £6-7 when I go to get one. They don't even have cover disks!  |
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Post by jetsetchilli on Oct 19, 2021 21:24:21 GMT
Yeah I like Skill Up's weekly updates and his reviews too. Think I'll check out VGC
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Post by Frog on Oct 19, 2021 21:34:30 GMT
I don't understand skillup doing his weekly news when the reason he gave for splitting up Laymen was not wanting to do news.
But yeah most of my general gaming news comes from him and ACG's podcast.
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Oct 19, 2021 22:34:36 GMT
Pretty much just browse PS Store by newest these days, see if anything crops up every few weeks. Then I'll hunt for some YT footage of actual gameplay. If I can't tell from that whether I'll like it or not, what's some "journo" going to do to change my mind, gushing about how it reminds him of a certain rueful autumn in 1987 ?
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Post by simple on Oct 19, 2021 22:57:28 GMT
I get most of my gaming news from you lot or youtube (Sterling, Joe, Oxbox, Oxtra, PS Access, EG, RPS, Escapist etc). I really don’t have time to pay much attention these days though so most of them are channels I followed years ago and I’ve never been curious enough to update the list.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 19, 2021 23:10:04 GMT
Joe? Angry Joe?
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robthehermit
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Post by robthehermit on Oct 20, 2021 0:45:28 GMT
True Achievements/Windows Central/Xbox Wire for all things MS related, YouTube for reviews and gameplay, twitter for everything else. Any youtube channels you'd recommend? As others have said, acg is pretty good. Other than that not really, I just mooch about looking for particular games and watch the videos where their voice doesn't make me want to stab pencils in my ears. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 20, 2021 3:24:52 GMT
Since EG is dead to me too, I mostly read kotaku as well. Sometimes I will watch an IGN review. I keep toying with the idea of buy proper magazines, but I balk at the idea of them costing around £6-7 when I go to get one. They don't even have cover disks! i'm not up to date with the options these days, but there's probably a way to subscribe to a digital edition of a print mag (assuming any print mags are still alive). I used Zinio years ago and it was ok-ish, though I don't remember the pricing. I'm sure there are other options these days, maybe even amazon. it was kinda nice to get a nice package of news that you could browse through at your own pace, rather than having to check every day. the downside is that it's usually news that was on the websites about 4 weeks earlier. It's also better if you have a decent tablet. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Oct 20, 2021 4:16:56 GMT
It's not really the same as your Kotakus and Destructoids, but I've consistently found Gamasutra (now called Game Developer for some reason) worth reading.
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Post by tonyferrino on Oct 20, 2021 6:23:41 GMT
I use Readly for digital magazines. It's 7.99 a month for access to its whole catalogue, which covers the majority of mags I used to buy (which still exist - rip GamesTM)
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