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Games of the Year 2022: Marvel Snap

November 8, 2022

Marvel Snap is the best digital card game I've ever played on mobile. In general, it's one of the best digital cards games I've played in years. Their are a few key factors here. The two biggest of which are the speed of play (fast) and the monetization (cosmetic). This isn't a trashy mobile pay…

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Arcade Heroes

A blog established in 2006 that is dedicated to the coin-operated/pay-to-play video game & pinball industry. New game announcements, new location announcements, interest articles on the industry, etc. Written from the human point of view (no AI) of both players and arcade operators.

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The Outerhaven

The Outerhaven is an independent gaming and geek culture outlet covering games through news, reviews, previews, personal editorials, and one very fun podcast.

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Zelda Dungeon

Zelda Dungeon is an all-encompassing Legend of Zelda website, providing strategy guides for each game, daily news and editorial content related to the series, a wiki encyclopedia, and a community message board.

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The Ancient Gaming Noob

Explorations in MMORPGs and related genres with occasional polemics about the industry, prices, hardware, our cats, and things that may or many not have happened in the 1980s.

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GamingOnLinux

Dedicated to Linux, SteamOS, Open Source.

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Gematsu

Japanese + western video game news.

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Aftermath

Free + Paid

A worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them.

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Hit Points

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Good email about the videogame industry, from consultant and former Edge editor Nathan Brown.

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Virtual Bastion

Born of a collaborative effort between Cary, The Duck of Indeed, and Hatm0nster, Virtual Bastion is a space focused on enthusiastic and civil discussion of video games. We’re here to talk about what’s going on in the industry as well as the common experiences we all face and share as gamers. We’re here to celebrate all the fun and greatness of the gaming experience as well as reflect upon the frustrations and shadiness that accompany it.

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Rascal News

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Rascal News is a tabletop roleplaying game and culture outlet striving to sustainably publish voicey journalism that is compelling, deeply-reported, and fearlessly honest. We’re also a little cheeky.

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Postmode

Reviews, interviews & internet culture theory from video game consultant and freelance writer Jordan Oloman

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This Week in Videogames

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Covering the important things happening in the world of videogames. News, reviews, and insights without ads, AI, or filler content. 100% independent, commercial-free, and reader-funded.

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Remastered

This newsletter is about games, old and new, that directly grapple with the ever-evolving nature of retro gaming or are connected to the rich history of the video game industry.

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The Games Letter

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A weekly newsletter dedicated to video, board and tabletop gaming.

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Shutter Paw

Shutter Paw is a website that covers video games, the industry behind them, and whatever else comes to mind. Analysis with the occasional bit of patter – and lots of COD Zombies.

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Laura Michet's Blog

I've worked in the games industry for over 15 years and have posts about game development and narrative design stretching back to 2013. My blog is a general-purpose blog, but the RSS feed provided here contains all the games-specific posts only. These include postmortems, recommendations, posts about development best practices, and more.

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Autofill

This weekly digest summarizes and explains the biggest headlines in the gaming industry for people who don't actively follow video game news. Each topic is broken down to be accessible for casual players of games, and readers can submit requests for explainers of complex topics.

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Design Room

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We do oral histories and other behind-the-scenes coverage of the game industry.

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Sega-16

A website dedicated to documenting Sega's hardware legacy. We offer reviews, retrospectives, interviews, and other articles on all the company's consoles and arcade platforms.

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Indiecator

I'm an independent games journalist who writes primarily about indie games, be it sharing my first impressions of a game, full reviews of them, press releases and dev interviews. Indiecator is a non-profit website that I run as a passion project, spending money to keep it ad-free and servicable. I have a strict no-AI policy and am an avid opponent of the technology (hope the bubble bursts soon). Beyond that, I also do write about other topics I find important, including stuff on social issues and other comments and essays, though these days, I'd say that 98% of my platform is indie games related.

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