The Top 50 Video Game Blogs
Here are our top 50 blogs about video games that may have slipped underneath your gaming radar. Small to mid-size blogs make up the bulk of our list, with a few larger (popular) sites making it in as well. In the top five, we chose to look for sites that had something different to say -- thus, they had to be utterly and completely unique.
For the "Rest of the Best" picks, we found high-quality blogs dedicated to reviews, previews, interviews, and incisive articles for the video game enthusiast. There are a wide range of blogs covering different gaming systems, game types, and styles. Without further ado, here are our picks for the top 50 video game blogs.
Top Five
- GamePolitics: A more serious video game blog, GamePolitics focuses on controversies within gaming, a history of the medium, and articles on politics and gaming. Hence, this is not your normal video gaming blog.
- Why We Love It: We like this blog spot because it isn't your typical gaming news or review site. It is something deeper, with real issues being discussed within the confines of the video gaming world.
- Favorite Post: Study: Violent Game Players Less Sympathetic to Others
- GameSetWatch: An alternative to most other blogs, GameSetWatch covers stories that may have fallen between the cracks at other blog sites. They also have a jobs section, interviews, and opinion pieces.
- Why We Love It: Quite simply, it's something different, unique, and fun. It's a simple design, but it's obvious that there's a love for the games and stories they cover.
- Favorite Post: Opinion: FileSystemWatcher - A Cool Thing I Didn’t Know About Until Recently
- GamrFeed: GamrFeed is an attractive medium-sized blog that services Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation. It has reviews, comments, and original reporting on video game issues.
- Why We Love It: GamrFeed is a blog which gives the reader the goods. It's a good-looking site with plenty of content, a user-friendly interface, and a plethora of options for the gamer looking for a different spin on things.
- Favorite Post: Interview - Pirates of Southeast Asia: At Wallet's End
- Game Life: Within Wired magazine, Game Life is a blog off-shoot. Gamers can come here for stories not usually found in the front pages, such as "How to Beat Every Mario Game Simultaneously" and "The Secret History of Super Mario Brothers 2."
- Why We Love It: A straightforward, down-to-earth blog, Game Life is beautiful in its simplicity. It has unique stories and a distinct-looking set up; a true site for game news hovering just below the radar.
- Favorite Post: How to Beat Every Mario Game — Simultaneously
- Giant Bomb: Tagged as the largest editable video game database, Giant Bomb lives up to its name. Great podcasts, reviews, game info, and videos round out a true community-based endeavor. The site is run by and made for those who love games.
- Why We Love It: Users at Giant Bomb can actually put their work/articles on the site. After working their way up, and amassing a point system, the user can actually make live edits on the site -- Now we think that's really cool; group thinking at its best.
- Favorite Post: Madden NFL Football
The Rest of the Best
- 1up: From reviews to cheats, 1up is a solid site for the advanced gamer. And its inclusion of a section for hilarious game videos helps to put it over the top.
- Acid for Blood: Acid for Blood is mainly about games and hardware. The blogger gives critiques, opinion pieces, and analyses with a focus on gaming culture.
- Blue's News: An up-to-the-date source of gaming news on consoles and PC. It provides links, trailers, and discussion forums for the avid gamer.
- Brainy Gamer: A blog dedicated to those gaming fans out there with slightly higher IQs than the rest of us. A smart and fun blog spot, the Brainy Gamer is a truly intriguing site.
- Broken Toys: Written by a blogger within the gaming industry, this site offers a look at online multiplayer games, among many other topics. It's simple in design, but complex in execution.
- Casual Gameplay: For those gamers looking to delve into casual games on Windows and through Flash, here's the site for you. If names such as Apartment House and Roadkill Revenge get your blood pumping, Casual Gameplay is your site.
- Cheap Ass Gamer: The Cheap Ass Gamer blog definitely lives up to its name. It will help the struggling, penny-pinching gamer looking for that new or used game to find it for a lower price. They will pinpoint potential sales, places to pick up the item, and possible bundles.
- Destructoid: Destructoid is a blog about everything gaming. There are community-written posts, reviews, videos -- so much content, you may be trying to catch up before the page has even loaded completely.
- Finger Gaming: A look at iPad, iPhone, and iPad Touch games, Finger Gaming gives readers reviews and industry news. Every week, they pick the top 10 games people are playing in order to keep you up to date on what you might otherwise be missing.
- Firing Squad: For the dedicated PC gamer, this is the site for you. With game and hardware reviews, the site is known by its local fan base as a home to the hardcore gamer for everything PC.
- Gamasutra: The Gamasutra blog is more about making games then writing about them. But don't get us wrong, there's a whole lot of content -- from actual gaming news to well-written and researched features on everything gaming. They even have a Jobs section where users can search open gaming positions throughout the world.
- Game Developers Conference: A blog/website devoted to the Game Developers Conference held in San Francisco. For avid gamers, designers, and everyone else, this is the definitive site for information on one of the biggest gamer conferences in the world.
- Gamer Bytes: An alternative blog about alternative content, Bytes is a great site about downloadable console and handheld games.
- Games and Geekery: Games and geeks go together quite nicely in this blog. With great articles, this quirky site is for the tired gamers looking for a pick me up.
- Games Toaster: The difference in the gaming news and reviews on Games Toaster is that there is an Irish slant to it all. They cover local news relevant to Ireland as well as the normal video game news and reviews.
- Gamezebo: Gamezebo is a site dedicated to casual games across all platforms. There are previews, reviews, walkthroughs, and news tidbits on casual games in a simple, yet colorful site.
- Gaming Nexus: Gaming Nexus prides itself on bringing the reader the best coverage for games on consoles, hardware, and PC. It does just that with screenshots, videos, and articles on the games that matter the most to you.
- Hadouken Online: Finally, a site devoted solely to fighting games. With a wealth of information, this is one of the definitive fighting sites online.
- Hideoblog: Hideo Kojima is one of the godfathers of video games as we know them. His blog contains great videos of of game discussion, news, and highlights of the industry.
- Ian Bogost: Game theory and criticism is at the forefront of this blog by Ian Bogost. This is high-brow writing at its best and provides a different (and maybe more interesting) take on video game blogs.
- Indie Games: Not all games need to be Rockstar level, like GTA or Red Dead Redemption. Some just want to cheaply entertain you for a few hours, and that's fine with us. Enter Indie Games, a blog devoted to games with low production values but astoundingly high entertainment factors.
- Joystiq: A beautiful-looking blog with graphics to match its writing and content, Joystiq is a marvel in terms of giving the reader exactly what they want. From gaming news and reviews for every gaming system to hard hitting articles on cutting edge technology, this blog is the real deal.
- Kill Ten Rats: A Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) outlet, Kill Ten Rats is a small blog with a large amount of insightful articles. It is daunting just to look at the Archives section alone.
- Kloonigames: The blogger, Petri, offers mini-games he creates for download on his site. Gamers and game designers will be interested in his work.
- Kotaku: A visually cool looking blog about not just video games, but hardware and opinion pieces on the video game industry as a whole. It includes solid writing, interesting and diverse topics, reviews, and a sense of humor on many posts.
- Laws of Play: What makes this blog unique is the fact that it focuses almost as much on law as it does on the gaming industry. Topics such as freedom of speech, violence in video games, and game piracy make up this wholly original and compelling blog site.
- Massively: Massively is an off-shoot of the larger Joystiq site. It is focused on multiplayer games in the online universe.
- Nerd with Swag: A strange and intriguing blog about video games. Bizarre stories make up the rest of the bulk, many about games.
- Opposable Thumbs: Well-written articles and insightful commentary make up this blog. Guides, reviews, and news on all facets of the game industry are included.
- Press the Buttons: The blogger gives his opinions and biting commentary on the video game world. From Uncharted 2 to the old school Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the blog has something for everyone.
- PS3 Blog: A site for gaming news and reviews on all things PlayStation 3. They have a store, forum, and guides to games. An added bonus is that PS3 Blog donates 10% of what it makes a month to the Child's Play Charity.
- PS3 News: Dedicated to all things PS3, this site offers forums, guides, themes, and trophies; it's an important site for PlayStation gamers.
- Pure Nintendo: A site devoted to Nintendo: the Wii and 3DS. Many other sites tend to put Nintendo far down on the list, but here it is in the forefront for those avid gamers looking for reviews and articles about their favorite system.
- Raph Koster: Raph brings forth the discussion of video games from the mind of a game designer. Game making and game talk are categories within his intelligent and thoughtful blog.
- RipTen: A nice-looking site, RipTen is a safe haven for gamers of all systems. It has reviews, editorials, previews, trailers, and an events page. Overall, it is a very, very solid gaming site.
- Siliconera: A site devoted to all things games, Siliconera is a unique blog space. They have play tests, interviews, and reviews on their great-looking site; it's one-of-a-kind and entertaining.
- SnagWireMedia: A blog site dedicated to video game news, humor, updates, industry news, and the like. Posts are short but sweet and have a mix of college humor and tongue-in-cheek, fact-based writing.
- Terra Nova: A blog dedicated to virtual worlds, such as MMOs, Social Worlds, MMORPGs. The news stories are thus a strange and heady combination games and world discussion.
- That Video Game Blog: All the video game news one could want is available here, in a pretty package with an endless amount of content. There are some great video game trailers here as well.
- The Ancient Gaming Noob: A site dedicated to MMOs, The Noob has a simple, clean design. Hiding within the design is some great information on massively multiplayer online games.
- The Fighters Generation: Another blog devoted solely to fighting games, this one has the content of a much bigger blog, with the heart of one that caters to a specialized niche. The best part about the blog is that it has almost every fighter's character bio from every fighting game ever made.
- The Koalition: A slightly larger blog and site, the Koalition is called the authority in hip hop and video games. It is a dominant urban voice in gaming with a solid looking site and informative reviews, previews, and articles.
- The Lone Gamer: With an interesting interface, the Lone Gamer is packed with content. Rants, opinions, fighting games, Final Fantasy, and anime even make it into the pages, with great videos embedded. Only for the serious gamer.
- Touch Arcade: A niche within a niche, Touch Arcade is that blog that exists to please a small minority of gamers. And that's just fine with us. Arcade is an iPhone gaming site with a boatload of content for the small-time gamer.
- Wonderland: A simplistic blog with heart, the Wonderland blog offers opinions and gaming news on diverse and unique topics within the industry. There is humor and insight, with a London, England, slant to it all.
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