Jordan Magnuson
Bio
- Bio
Jordan Magnuson is the founder and editor in chief of NecessaryGames.com. He currently lives in South Korea with his gorgeous wife, where he makes, plays, and writes about computer games. When he’s not doing one of the above he enjoys reading a good book, exploring the outdoors, philosophizing about life, and relaxing with a nice hot mug of spiced apple cider. You can find Jordan on Facebook and Twitter, and can contact him at .
History
- Member for
- 1 year 8 weeks
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Worth Reading
Above 49
The blogging of Nels Anderson, of Hothead Games.
Action Button
Thoughtful (if at times meandering and too long) game reviews by Tim Rogers et al. The reviews are mostly of commercial games, though some indie goodness sneaks through.
Auntie Pixelante
Wonderful games, pixels, and thoughts from Anna Anthropy.
Critical Distance
Ben Abraham posts weekly compilations of interesting articles on video games, as well as critical compilations for individual games. Oh yeah, and he's got a podcast.
Digital Tools
As Chris Lepine said, "Martin’s short and eclectic articles bring together an impressive range of writing, from in-depth interviews with a wide range of developers, to technical inspirations normally found in the workshop of a mad clockmaker. His interests in the mechanical, retro, conceptual, and algorithmic, should inspire any fellow artist or creative mind to pursue their own unique development style."
Emily Short
Emily Short is one of the more celebrated and prolific interactive fiction writers around, and her blog is full of great writing on interactive fiction and interactive storytelling in general.
Evolution Live
A nice blog on "exploration in game design" from Alex Snyder, a cool dude.
Game In Mind
Great thoughts on games from always-humble Matthew G Kaplan.
GameSetWatch
Features some good biweekly and monthly columns from the likes of Emily Short and Michael Abbott.
Hardcore Gaming 101
Nice reviews of classic games, and accompanying blog.
Ian Bogost
Ian Bogost may just be the smartest guy in academia who's taking games seriously.
Lost Garden
Daniel Cook writes essays on game development, game design, game theory, game marketing, the future of gaming, and more.
Only a Game
Chris Bateman talks philosophy and games.
Pixel Poppers
Doctor Professor's thoughts on video games. Worth a read.
Sexy Videogameland
Insightful thoughts and opinions from Leigh Alexander, news director at Gamasutra.
The Artful Gamer
Musings on art and games by Chris Lepine.
The Brainy Gamer
Michael Abbott dissects games in a very good way. Also hosts the Vintage Game Club, which you should definitely check out.
The Escapist
Consistently features good articles on video games.
The Onion's Game Channel
Short but decent reviews, with attention paid to indie titles.
Trent Polack
An English major who works in the games industry and likes to program in his spare time? Trent Polack is just such a dude.
Indie Love
GarageGames
Indie games publisher and creator of Torque development tools.
Home of the Underdogs
Phenomenal site with reviews and downloads of tons of old games you can no longer find in stores. This site is an unofficial continuation of the original HOTU, which was founded by shockingly brilliant Sarinee Achavanunta in 1998. Come back to us Sarinee!
IGF
Independent Games Festival: the biggest compo in indie games. Check out the past winners to find some real gems.
Indie Game Mag
Reviews of independent games, in web and magazine format.
Indie Informer
Indie games news aggregator.
IndieGamer Forums
The largest indie game developer forum. Talk about everything from game design to guerilla marketing. Emphasis on business.
IndieGames Blog
Lots of mini reviews of new independent games.
Jay is Games
The be all, end all casual gaming portal. This is what they should all be like.
Play This Thing!
Decent coverage of out-of-the-mainstream games, including quite a bit of interactive fiction, and the occasional board game.
Retro Remakes
What it sounds like. If you're nostalgic for retro gaming, go here.
The Daily Click
A community of game creator hobbyists who use Clickteam tools.
The Experimental Gameplay Project
New experimental games every month from some talented developers. Yummy.
TIGdb
The Independent Games Database. Very nice filterable collection of hand made games with descriptions, reviews, ratings, and tags.
TIGForums
Indie gaming forums with an emphasis on indie. And gaming. A really great community with compos, jams, monocles and more.
TIGSource
Your one stop shop for indie gaming news, from Derek Yu et. all. I founded this site way back in the day.