"Videogame development is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Videogame design is a search for interactions to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. It is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away."
—Carl Sandburg (adapted)
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The blogging of Nels Anderson, of Hothead Games.
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.
Wonderful games, pixels, and thoughts from Anna Anthropy.
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.
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 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.
A nice blog on "exploration in game design" from Alex Snyder, a cool dude.
Great thoughts on games from always-humble Matthew G Kaplan.
A serious peer-reviewed journal of game research. You'll find lengthy academic articles probing the inner (and outer) workings of computer games.
Nice reviews of classic games, and accompanying blog.
Ian Bogost may just be the smartest guy in academia who's taking games seriously.
Daniel Cook writes essays on game development, game design, game theory, game marketing, the future of gaming, and more.
The most interesting of the articles I've been reading lately. Generally these articles will come from the other sources listed here, and sometimes I include notes. A bit arrogant to say my personal reading list is "worth reading," but I don't have anywhere else to put it, really.
Chris Bateman talks philosophy and games.
Insightful thoughts and opinions from Leigh Alexander, news director at Gamasutra.
Musings on art and games by Chris Lepine.
Michael Abbott dissects games in a very good way. Also hosts the Vintage Game Club, which you should definitely check out.
Consistently features good articles on video games.
Bryan and Jusin Ma: two guys who know how to rock pretention almost as well as I do ;)
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 games publisher and creator of Torque development tools.
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!
Independent Games Festival: the biggest compo in indie games. Check out the past winners to find some real gems.
Reviews of independent games, in web and magazine format.
Indie games news aggregator.
The largest indie game developer forum. Talk about everything from game design to guerilla marketing. Emphasis on business.
The be all, end all casual gaming portal. This is what they should all be like.
Decent coverage of out-of-the-mainstream games, including quite a bit of interactive fiction, and the occasional board game.
What it sounds like. If you're nostalgic for retro gaming, go here.
A community of game creator hobbyists who use Clickteam tools.
New experimental games every month from some talented developers. Yummy.
Indie gaming forums with an emphasis on indie. And gaming. A really great community with compos, jams, monocles and more.
Your one stop shop for indie gaming news, from Derek Yu et. all. I founded this site way back in the day.
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