Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 05:38:04 77da90 No. 1978
Gaming websites that aren't shit.
Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 05:58:43 c34a2b No. 1981
Try techraptor? They have forums, iirc - and I remember reading in a thread a few weeks back that some of them lurk fullchan.
Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 06:06:59 3bd06a No. 1982
I hear Nichegamer and some of the other newer sites that have sprung up aren't so bad. Personally I just get my news from /svidya/ and /v/ when I feel like shifting through trash for it.
Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 06:10:11 77da90 No. 1983
One of the few that I still follow is Gatheryourparty.com they have good stuff. I might send in my Sonic Boom thing to them, or I might make it a video on my youtube channel and submit it that way.
Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 06:19:01 dd29c8 No. 1984
For forums, the only one I can suggest is rpgcodex but I'm not even a member.
Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 06:52:01 77da90 No. 1990
I was looking at this forum and it seemed alright. Can anyone confirm it isn't completely shit?
http://evilavatar.com/forums/index.php >>1984 >I used to follow Sneaky Bastards but they apparently offed themselves after their twelve part Thiaf analysis. The poor sneaky bastards. They were too good for this cruel world.
Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 11:39:25 fe15f4 No. 2000
Gematsu is a solid news site.
Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 12:08:04 028a28 No. 2003
RpgCodex is a must read for WRPG enthusiasts
Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 16:53:08 edd62e No. 2007
goodgamers.us is a good news site
Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 18:55:08 409bd7 No. 2011
What do you guys think about siliconera?
Ike !YDHD/E9n.c 03/10/15 (Tue) 22:21:37 3133a2 No. 2018
I'm a fan of
http://www.4playernetwork.com I started listening to their podcast about 2 years ago, I think. They've been around for a lonnnng time. They aren't meme lords, they aren't HURRRDCOORRRE gamerz, they aren't casual. They just like video games. They stream just about daily, and the podcast is every Tuesday.
They also are converting slowly to patreon. Oh, there's an active forum, too.
Anonymous 03/10/15 (Tue) 22:44:27 dd29c8 No. 2020
>>2011 Didn't they start deleting pro-Vita posts and attempting to move away from niche games?
Anonymous 03/13/15 (Fri) 14:02:40 dd29c8 No. 2385
>>2018 I'm liking their podcast. Does anybody have any more podcast recommendations?
>>1990 >The poor sneaky bastards. They were too good for this cruel world. Or maybe they're just hiding. You never know.
I realise there's little to write about but there's been a few pieces of news (which they never wrote about in the first place) and some games they haven't written about yet. Hopefully it's just a temporary hiatus.
Also if you like H-games lewdgamer.com is now a thing.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 08:05:29 77da90 No. 2641
>>2385 >>2018 I can never get into Podcasts. I don't know maybe I haven't found the right ones yet.
It will take a new stealth classic to make them come out of the shadows I think.
Sounds awesome, I'll check it out.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 15:47:16 0ad45a No. 2663
>>1983 Gather Your Party is pretty great if you ignore Chris Wagar's stuff. The guy is a black-and-white no-fun-allowed legit autist who proclaims that the stuff he likes or thinks is the only way to like or think about stuff, and that anyone who disagrees with him is a casual faggot. On a site that otherwise prides itself on open discussion and a consensus that fun things are fun, he's the thorn in its side that won't go away. He's kept around since he's been there for years and is sadly the only guy with the time to consistently put out material.
In addition, they have some organizational problems since they try to be decentralized yet have bottlenecks in the editing and publishing process that require a strong measure of centralization. I'm sure they could easily put out 3 articles a day but the "it'll happen eventually" mentality that comes with a volunteer-run website means they're lucky to have 3 articles a week. There's definitely room for a lot of improvements
Full disclosure, I wrote for them for about a year, mostly on stuff they still don't cover, like GS games or sims. Real life and disillusionment with the state of games meant I didn't have the time to write any articles anymore, especially since a lot of the games I had planned to write about got cancelled or went to shit. My first article was about a game that seemed to be on the right track but two years later is so garbage that even its retarded forum base has been complaining about its lack of quality.
In any case, it's a pretty good website to go to, but has its faults. Since it's volunteer-run and open to submissions, you can probably join up and turn things around if you give even the slightest bit of a shit. 7/10 not the worst.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 16:44:22 d1e4d3 No. 2667
I have a site I made for vidya journalism but after awhile it sucked running it alone.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 19:35:51 77da90 No. 2689
>>2667 You ever considered rebooting it, or making it a community effort? What's your site?
>>2663 Sad to hear, I had no clue about the inner workings of GYP. You think they're worth salvaging? I could try and contribute to them if it's still worth it or I could go to a fledgling site with the same intent.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 20:36:55 597082 No. 2701
oprainfall, DSOGaming, and IncGamers are decent.
Anonymous 03/14/15 (Sat) 21:20:06 a7195a No. 2706
>>2701 >I wish TechRaptor would fix their RSS. It works for me. NicheGamer's has been broken for at least a month though.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 02:42:03 363505 No. 2732
ttlg? OTP's forums?
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 03:41:06 957d9b No. 2740
>>2663 Fuck them. Kyle barely does shit these days and mostly became a normalfag, investig8tive left completely and also does shit, the rest are just genital warts that tag along. There is lunchtime but all of them are just cancerous normalfags, except that guy that smokes weed all the time, but i forgot his name.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 04:43:37 77da90 No. 2742
>>2663 >>2740 How is it you guys know so much about their lives? I read GYP on and off for a few years and I was never able to perceive much about them other than what they thought about videogames.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 06:31:17 0ad45a No. 2754
>>2740 >Kyle barely does shit Somewhat true. His autistic drive for a completely arbitrary definition of perfection means a lot of major stuff like the GYPodcast or themed features get pushed back to the point of irrelevance. He's repeatedly stated that he wants to step down from his role but since nobody wants to take up that mantle nothing gets changed.
>>2742 I'm still Steam friends with a lot of the OG GYP crew and I have access to the communal Google Drive repository where all their contact info and short meet-and-greet bios are posted amongst other things.
The former means I still talk with a few every now and then. The latter means I still have a lot of access to their inner workings. My moral and ethical beliefs also mean I won't do anything with the latter either, since that'd be a shit move.
>>2689 At this point GYP needs a turning-around and is still salvageable. Five things are needed:
1. Replace Kyle, not necessarily get rid of him though.
2. Consistent content output. No more week-long droughts.
3. Use the resources and framework already set up. There's communal youtube, twitter, and facebook accounts that never get used since everyone at GYP is jaded on social media.
4. Get rid of Chris Wagar and tell him to fuck off entirely.
5. Listen to Catsman way more. He's run GLA for years now and it's still more popular and arguably more informative than GYP has ever been. He has good ideas but his mutual refusal to work with Chris means none of them get implemented aside from site design.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 07:12:57 77da90 No. 2757
>>2754 Good on you for not using that kind of shit against people, I respect that.
How would you suggest those problems be dealt with? As an outsider with no history in writing about games beyond forum posts, I don't think I have the leverage nor the ability to solve them.
Would it be better I just try to contribute to a different project, or try and help get a separate GYP-type site done with the help of /svidya/ and /v/? I'd actually kind of like to submit my Sonic Boom thing somewhere, but I have the feeling I might just make it a youtube video now.
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 08:52:14 000000 No. 2763
>no one posted ChristCenteredGamer
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 10:28:26 a7195a No. 2770
>>2732 >>ttlg These guys are pretty great even if there's little to talk about.
>>2763 Their rss feed crashes my browser and they always review games I would never play (makes sense though since it's for parents buying for kids more than anything).
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 17:40:37 2f82cb No. 2791
I remember being on Gamebanshee when I was (a lot) younger
Anonymous 03/15/15 (Sun) 21:37:08 f055b2 No. 2828
Used to go to assemblergames but the place is dead as shit, most of the good users left and only the mods and other boring faggots remain, fapping to each other collections and shit
Anonymous 03/16/15 (Mon) 21:03:30 9fe4c3 No. 3187
>>1978 >Gaming News Does anyone here even READ Gaming News? Not even
r/GamerGhazi likes reading Gaming News.
Anonymous 03/16/15 (Mon) 21:19:30 dd29c8 No. 3196
>>3187 Unless they've started a 24/7 video games radio station, I still have to read video game news. There's some podcasts but they're usually weekly and I know all the news they talk about by then.
Not sure who gives about people on plebbit.
Anonymous 03/16/15 (Mon) 23:58:50 aa2d8c No. 3242
>>2754 >Get rid of Chris Wagar and tell him to fuck off entirely. Why the hate against Chris Wagar?
Mind you I've only read some of his editorials, I don't really listen to the podcasts much.
Anonymous 03/17/15 (Tue) 03:19:32 597082 No. 3389
>>3187 Actual news and not pundit fuckwads, yes. How else would you know about semi-obscure games like Azure Striker Gunvolt getting a sequel, or how else would you know DaS2 was a B-team hack job before it even came out? Checking an RSS feed for interesting headlines takes 2 minutes out of a day, and I get to be a know-it-all idort for a lifetime :^)
Podcasts I still don't understand, I have yet to hear one that wasn't mundane and tedious
Anonymous 03/17/15 (Tue) 07:31:50 77da90 No. 3436
>>3196 >24/7 video games radio station I wish this existed. Even as an online station. Hell I'd contribute to it. We'd need a guy who has a radio voice for it though.
Anonymous 03/17/15 (Tue) 07:34:26 b294d3 No. 3438
>>3436 Not quite related but worth mentioning and vidya: jetsetrad.io
Anonymous 03/18/15 (Wed) 03:43:48 0ad45a No. 3724
>>2757 >Would it be better I just try to contribute to a different project If you find a decent one you enjoy, sure. GYP is decent enough, it just needs a shakeup.
Laffo. GYP is the best example of /v/-born journalism sites out there simply by virtue of lasting more than a month. You can try but it's difficult as hell.
>>3242 He has an extremely black-and-white view of game mechanics and his opinions tolerate no flexibility. If there's any room for subjectivity in his articles, he fills it by getting on a soap box and declaring that his opinions and his views of what fun entails are the only ones in existence, and that anything else is casualized garbage. This often means that he wants every shooter to be UT99 or Quake, he wants every fighter to be KoF, and he wants every smash game to be carbon-copies of Melee. In his world there is no room for party games, casual online shootfests, anything with an unpredictable RNG, and any game without a competitive tournament scene.
Normally I wouldn't mind this from anyone else, what with the open and free discussions that GYP upholds. However, there are two issues behind the scenes with Chris:
1. He's the only one with enough time to consistently put out articles, especially during drought periods.
2. In terms of seniority, it's essentially Kyle, then Rob, then Chris. Rob doesn't want to become EiC at GYP, and I think Kyle is only hanging in there because he knows that Chris would be miserably bad at the job.
If you want an example of what's wrong with Chris, look at any of his articles and find the posts by Freakydemon or a commenter named Nigger. They bring up fantastic points that often turn into shitstorms.
However, Chris hasn't posted in almost 2 months so I'm optimistic that he ragequit or finally got the memo that all he did was stir up shitstorms.
Anonymous 03/18/15 (Wed) 06:00:18 3133a2 No. 3740
I followed GYP from around it's start until sometime in late 2013 when I just gave up. The content just wasn't there… Not enough writers, etc. Last year they started looking for a lot of positions, and I was kinda surprised at how the site had grown. I actually submitted some stuff for two positions but was turned down.
Anonymous 03/18/15 (Wed) 17:25:31 dd29c8 No. 3789
>>3724 >GYP is the best example of /v/-born journalism sites out there simply by virtue of lasting more than a month. You can try but it's difficult as hell. That's what happened to goodgamers.us. It's practically dead. The owner left only a month or so after it started up. It could work if they got some writers.
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 08:10:13 002875 No. 3898
Ironically, Kotaku. While I don't view it or use it, if someone posts an article that recommends a certain game I approach that game with caution.
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 09:31:13 590137 No. 3930
>>2763 http://theologygaming.com/ is in the same vein and they also have excellent reviews.
Anonymous 03/19/15 (Thu) 10:00:30 77da90 No. 3946
>>3724 >If you find a decent one you enjoy, sure. GYP is decent enough, it just needs a shakeup. Yet to find another one I would like to throw my hat in with.
I don't know, I think it might be fruitful. But yeah I'll just do stuff on my Youtube channel, and maybe at some point I can partner with someone or a site of quality.
>>3740 I know what that's like. It comes from too much ambition, too little focus, and inadequate use of resources. If they could just do one thing, and do it well, they'd have more resources to spread around and expand to meet their ambitions.
It's a logistical problem in essence.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 03:49:07 3bd06a No. 4365
>>4361 Styx is the goblin stealth game, right? I have it on my wishlist, but honestly don't know much about it. I just want it because of muh Greenskins even if it's not Warhammer.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 05:19:51 d0de6c No. 4391
Nobody's mentioned learntocounter? Probably my favorite gaymen website because they take a pretty in depth look at mechanics and aesthetics. Incredibly elitist site, but with good reason.
Anonymous 03/20/15 (Fri) 07:42:10 b9410f No. 4412
>>2003 This looks interesting, thanks.
Anonymous 03/22/15 (Sun) 10:05:53 77da90 No. 5701
>>3898 Using Kotaku as a litmus test? That's interesting but I wouldn't do it as I find it more efficient just to find the games you seek and find the news on that game across all sites.
Anonymous 03/25/15 (Wed) 08:18:57 e05c18 No. 7258
>>4391 Holy shit what a great site, thank you for showing me this.
On topic there is a norwegian site called Spillborring that functions similarly to learntocounter, though a bit more philosophical, and elitist, even going so far as to site and pick apart other norwegian game journalists, and explain in great detail why they are bad at their job, and why their review is shit.
Anonymous 03/25/15 (Wed) 17:30:48 c9d5c9 No. 7373
allgamesbeta is my favorite since it doesn't contain unnecessary words
Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 01:01:12 ca1b3c No. 7539
>>3724 >Freakydemon brings up good points I don't remember him beyond his points in Chris's recent iron sights article, but he was a proper fucking moron there. If Chris is a legit autist who wants every game to be Quake/KoF/Melee, Freakydemon is a legit autist who wants every game to be Arma/Red Orchestra. He was somehow convinced that the addition of real-life firefight tactics to Quake would be a good thing, and that every shooter would in fact benefit from it.
I've never noticed any problems with Chris's work, though I read most of it when it was first put up onto the site and I was much more autistic then than I am now, so I guess that doesn't really say anything.
Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 02:19:33 842de1 No. 7564
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Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 02:48:34 97e687 No. 7574
>>7564 Nice headline, what does the article say though? I'm too busy watching NXT to look it up myself.
Anonymous 03/26/15 (Thu) 03:00:01 47d278 No. 7575
>>1984 Sneaky Bastards is great. They just don't update a lot, and I don't even know if they will anymore after Thief 4.
I've been going to the escapist again recently. They seem to be better now after movieblob got fired. I read that one thing that gg chick wrote about Paper Boy and thought it was midly interesting, but it wasn't that great of an article.
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 22:36:17 dd29c8 No. 9038
>>7575 I understand that they never updated much in the first place but if they plan on stopping they should say so and stop using the twitter.
I only go to the Escapist for yahtzee, if only for his expressions. I don't remember any of his opinions.
As for the Paperboy one, she put out a Chrono Trigger review so I guess she's doing retro things. I haven't read either of them.
>>7574 'Each Link is unique. Nobody's being replaced if it's a genderbent, it's a light-hearted alternative. Have a game starring Zelda as Shiek instead. Ms Ganon would be so new and refreshing for no adequately explained reason.'
They put out another fucking article on the same topic today as well which basically went 'genderbents are fucking lazy. Make a new character. Male MCs sell - they're not going to fuck up a working formula for muh diversity' except long.
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 23:12:24 fa6f44 No. 9058
+1 for RPGCodex. It's kinda like Something Awful before it turned to shit.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 10:46:11 16d14f No. 9585
>>3436 What kind of vidya music? Vocal only or soundtracks as well? Depending on the music gathered there would be a lot you could use.
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 06:21:24 96a63e No. 10739
heavengames.com
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 07:38:36 591a32 No. 10754
>>3930 Theology gaming is much better. They somehow manage to twist christian ideology into a desire for good challenging games.
>>4391 They're icycalm expies and they shy away from too much knowledge about how game mechanics work for fear of "autism." Think that good graphics and hard difficulty alone make a good game. Come from the immersion perspective rather than game perspective.
>>7258 Wish I could read norwegian.
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 07:39:53 591a32 No. 10756
>>3740 >>3724 You guys should probably apply to GYP if you want to get a journalism site moving along.
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 07:41:57 77da90 No. 10758
>>9585 I think all kinds of vidya music would be great. As well as remixes and inspirations of vidya. I'd also love it if it could do a daily news roundup of vidya, and possibly do interviews with indie devs and possibly larger devs. I would be so down to help get the ball rolling on such a project.
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 07:52:43 92f6fe No. 10760
>>9058 I take it Avellone isn't a huge fan of RPGCodex? Or is this just a playful jab at his fanbase?
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 11:17:17 fa6f44 No. 10778
>>10760 He's the one and only true God of the Codex.
Anonymous 04/05/15 (Sun) 03:00:55 f17b94 No. 11265
>>4391 Tried it out. Found some articles I liked, and more than a few that really just described how such-and-such gamers are stupid. Didn't find enough interesting content worth the elitism.
Anonymous 04/16/15 (Thu) 22:51:50 a7195a No. 14084
Sneaky Bastards posted an article last week. So at least they're still alive.
Anonymous 04/20/15 (Mon) 00:13:48 d7d0e2 No. 14711
Your best way to get gaming news is to basically just subscribe to the Youtube channels of game companies and developers. You'll know what's coming out without any bullshit thrown at you. Finding straight gameplay footage of any game is also easier than ever. Just type the name of the game in, pick the first gameplay vid or Let's Play you see, mute the sound if the faggot's voice annoys you, and just watch.
There's also a fair number of very good long-form vidya analyzers on Youtube, a lot of which don't get a lot of recognition. No doubt you know who Matthewmatosis is, but have you ever heard of Perils of Pokey?
I want to 100% recommend sites like Techraptor and Nichegamer, but they write GG and anti-SJW-pandering shit unrelated to video game news with a disappointing frequency. I don't care if it's politics I agree with, I want ALL of that shit out of my hobbyist press.
As for vidya communities and sources for conversation…I honestly don't know. It's a shame, because the imageboards are probably the best of them, and they're STILL all shit. It's a tragedy that /svidya/ is so barren.
I honestly think that the best place to get your vidya discussion at this point is live conversation. It's almost sad to say, but I think the best video game discussion I ever took part in was in a twitch stream I watched hosted by Pokey and a DMC4 player and speedrunner.
Anonymous 04/20/15 (Mon) 00:53:56 6a19c2 No. 14717
Reaxxion
Great gaming site run by great people, pro GG, hates sjws, staffed by men only. Pretty much my gaming news site of choice and one of those rare remaining male spaces
Anonymous 05/06/15 (Wed) 21:31:13 aa2d8c No. 16299
>>10758
Here's one station I used to use a lot, it plays ost's, chiptunes, remixes and even covers
Anonymous 05/06/15 (Wed) 21:35:12 aa2d8c No. 16300
Anonymous 05/07/15 (Thu) 01:44:35 ee25f4 No. 16309
>>3789
Goodgamers is confirmed dead via their twitter. The site is still up, but no new articles. Shame because I think they're restructuring just happened.
GYP also seems to be down. I believe their hosting got DDOS'd so no idea when it'll be back up.
I'd provide links but I'm on my phone. You can find the goodgamers twitter on their actual homepage.
Anonymous 05/07/15 (Thu) 04:03:58 0739c4 No. 16318