Top 50 Gamer Blogs + 20 Twitter Feeds

Top 50 Blogs

1. 1UP: 1UP brings the latest information for a variety of gaming platforms, and explores the fringe culture of game music, retro and indie games, and more.
2. 8th-Circuit: 8th-Circuit's "About Us" explains it all: "We at 8th-Circuit aim for nothing less than world domination. We seduce the masses by regaling them with tales about our adventures in front of a glowing screen."
3. Ars Technica — Opposable Thumbs: Ars Technica focuses on all things techie, and runs several blogs including Opposable Thumbs, the site's gaming blog.
• Check this out: Daddy's Home: Ars reviews Bioshock 2
4. The Brainy Gamer: As a smaller, independent blog, The Brainy Gamer takes the time to examine not only the latest and greatest, but also the obscure games of yesterday.
5. Cathode Tan: Cathode Tan covers everything to come out of a television or monitor -- television, movies, and, most importantly, games.
6. Control Freak: The official gaming blog of the Orlando Sentinel, where they have the latest gaming coverage along with some humor and odd news bits sprinkled in.
   
7. Destructoid: Destructoid is a mix of professional and community bloggers, offering a blogging community, forums, and even live chats.
• Check this out: Epic 8-Bit Art: Orcarina of Time Mini Items
8. Engadget: Engadget is a huge tech site, and the gaming blog covers a lot of issues that might fall through the cracks at smaller blogs.
9. The Escapist: The Escapist is an amalgam of news, features, and videos covering a broad range of gaming topics and humor.
10. G4TV – The Feed: This is the official blog of G4, the cable channel dedicated to gaming. It has gaming news and reviews, along with clips from G4 television shows.
11. Gamasutra: Gamasutra is a news site for both gaming enthusiasts and professionals within the game industry.
• Check this out: Sexy Time in Games
  
12. Gamer Dad: A blog dedicated to gaming and its relationship with children, for good or bad.
    
13. GameSlice: The official blog of Geoff Keighley, games journalist and host of GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley on Spike TV. GameSlice is chock full of videos and commentary from one of gaming television's biggest names.
    
14. GameSpot Blogs: With millions of users visiting every day, GameSpot is the source for gaming news. GameSpot tackles every platform and hundreds of games every year.
• Check this out: Fable III First Look
15. Giant Bomb: Featuring news, video reviews, guides, and even a database of people in the video game industry, Giant Bomb has something for everyone.
16. GoNintendo: This is the ultimate Nintendo fan site chopped full of industry news, interesting blog posts, a clever podcast, message boards for its readers, and more. You can also follow GoNintendo on Twitter @GoNintendoTweet.
    
17. Guardian Games Blog: From mobile games to big-budget releases, bloggers for the Guardian Games Blog tackle it all. You can rest assured you are getting insightful game reviews and blog posts from the team at one of Britain's most respected newspapers.
• Check this out: Which classic work of literature should be turned into a game next?
18. Hooked Gamers: Hooked Gamers is a collection of bloggers posting about games, entertainment, and technology.
    
19. Joystiq: One of the better video game blogs around, Joystiq isn't afraid to refer to games as "emotionally draining" and "pretty" in its reviews, or photoshop 80's TV star Alf atop a screenshot from Aliens vs Predator. It doesn't get much better than this.
    
20. The Koalition: The Koalition is a combination of video game and hip-hop music coverage.
21. Kotaku: Kotaku is one of the biggest independent gaming blogs on the Internet.
• Check this out: Sega Offers Reasons Iron Man 2 Won't Be Dreadful
  
22. Law of the Game: Have an interest in the legal side of gaming? Law of the Game stokes the fires of your legal curiosity.
23. Loadscreen.net: A newcomer to the blogging scene, Loadscreen.net aims to focus on the technical details of games, such as hit detection or frames per second, and make that the focus of their reviews rather than subjective impressions.
24. Lost Garden: If you prefer your games discussion more on the professional and philosophical side, look no further than Lost Garden.
    
25. Major Nelson: Major Nelson, aka Larry Hryb, is the official Xbox Live Director of Programming at Microsoft. If your interests lie in XBox and PC gaming, Major is your man.
26. Massively: As a sister site to Joystiq, Massively has one passion and focus -- massively multiplayer games. Look here for the latest news about your favorite MMO.
• Check this out: The Daily Grind: Do you share what you love?
  
27. MMO Champion: Do you play World of Warcraft? Go here. Enough said.
    
28. MTV Multiplayer: The king of music television tackles gaming in the MTV Multiplayer blog.
    
29. N'Gai Croal on Edge.com: N'Gai Croal, perhaps best known as a gaming journalist at Newsweek, jumped ship in 2009 to blog for Edge Magazine.
30. Negative Gamer: If you prefer your gaming topics with a bit of cynicism, perhaps the Negative Gamer is for you. Definitely an entertaining read.
31. Old Grandma Hardcore: Perhaps on the most unique gaming blogs around, Old Grandma Hardcore chronicles the gaming adventures of an elderly grandmother as she plows through the latest and greatest titles to grace the gaming landscape.
• Check this out: Happy Birthday, Grandma!
  
32. Penny Arcade: Penny Arcade is a very funny web comic and blog updated three times a week covering all gaming topics, from electronic and tabletop gaming to political and media issues affecting the industry. Additionally, they now maintain video podcasts updated once a week with custom animations and behind-the-scenes features.
33. RipTen: RipTen is the place to visit for the latest information about the newest big releases.
    
34. Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Covering PC gaming, and only PC gaming, "since 1873", Rock, Paper, Shotgun brings a unique blend of humor and insight to the coverage of their preferred gaming platform.
    
35. Semionaut's Notebook: The Semionaut's Notebook seeks to examine the philosophical "how" and the "why" of game storytelling and design.
36. Sexy Videogameland: Sexy Videogameland is the personal blog for Leigh Alexander, professional games journalist and news director at Gamasutra.
• Check this out: If You Run Out of Ammo, You Can Have Mine
  
37. Shack News: As one of the largest (and oldest) game sites on the Internet, Shacknews covers every gaming platform out today.
    
38. Slashdot: Perhaps more of a meta-blog, Slashdot posts tech stories and comments presented by the editors and users. As with more tech-themed sites, this frequently includes games and video game-related issues.
    
39. TechFresh: TechFresh is one of a series of blogs about all things electronic. If you (somehow) get bored reading about upcoming video games, you can click on over to a blog about laptops, mobile devices, MP3 players, and more.
40. Terra Nova: Terra Nova examines virtual worlds, that is, "MMOs, MMORPGs, Social Worlds, MUDs, MOOs, and MUSHes", from the scholarly point of view by three collegiate professors, a professional writer, and dozens of guest writers.
    
41. That VideoGame Blog: If you want trailers, videos, image galleries, and breaking news about the hottest new releases, That VideoGame Blog is the place for you.
• Check this out: Mass Effect 2 - 146 Images
  
42. Touch Arcade: Looking for the latest games for your iPhone? This blog gives you up to the minute information on the newest releases.
    
43. UK Resistance: This 8-bit throwback site is about "games and game paraphernalia and how nothing's as good as we remember it, probably because we used to inhabit a FANTASY WORLD."
    
44. Variety — The Cut Scene: One of the premier entertainment magazines, Variety dedicates this blog entirely to gaming.
• Check this out: Kratos: God of Slurpees
  
45. VG247: Like the blog title suggests, this site is all about videogames, 24/7.
46. Videogame Geek: What started as a family-run organization of two brothers blogging about gaming topics has blossomed into a small enterprise. Videogame Geek features news, reviews, and strangeness every day.
47. What They Play: Are you a parent trying to make a decision about the latest games for you or your family? What They Play has you covered.
• Check this out: Miyamoto reveals his influence for Super Mario Galaxy: A hamster
48. Wil Wheaton: Wil Wheaton, best known for his roles in Stand By Me and Star Trek: The Next Generation, talks about all things nerdy -- including games.
    
49. Wired — GameLife: GameLife is the video game blog for Wired, and comes complete with all the quirk and interesting takes you would expect from the popular tech site and magazine.
    
50. Wonderland: UK blogger Alice Taylor writes about anything and everything to do with games, including art, food, and fashion.
    • Check this out: Super Mario tank top
      

Top 20 Twitter Feeds

1. Aion_Source: Official Twitter page for the MMORPG Aion by NCsoft.
2. bungiestudios: The official Twitter feed of Bungie Studios, creators of the Halo franchise.
3. chrisgrant: Chris Grant is the Editor-in-Chief at Joystiq.
• Favorite Tweet: " And right into @masseffect2 - holy crap, they overhauled this game. It looks (and feels) incredible. In love with #BioWare right now."
4. cwgabriel: Mike Krahulik, aka Gabe of Penny Arcade.
5. diablo: Twitter feed for the Diablo series of games developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment.
• Favorite Tweet: "Female monk revealed! The monk class page has been updated with all-new art and the in-game model of the female monk. http://cot.ag/uoMtq"
6. edgeonline: Twitter feed for Edge Online.
7. feliciaday: Actress and gamer Felicia Day's Twitter feed.
8. gamasutra: Gamasutra's official Twitter page.
• Favorite Tweet: "This Week In Video Game Criticism: The Digital Elephant Never Forgets http://bit.ly/bNVFTd"
9. GameLife: Twitter news feed for GameLife, the gaming blog at Wired.com.
10. guildwars2: Official Twitter account for Guild Wars 2, an upcoming MMORPG by NCsoft.
11. kierongillen: Kieron Gillen is an author at Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
12. leighalexander: Leigh Alexander, news director of Gamasutra and author of Sexy Videogameland.
• Favorite Tweet: "i am playing bioshock 2 on easy. you heard me. it's kinda more fun that way."
13. majornelson: Major Nelson, aka Larry Hryb, is the official Xbox Live Director of Programming at Microsoft.
14. ncroal: N'Gai Croal, a veteran in the gaming industry and in gaming journalism.
15. oghc: Old Grandma Hardcore's Twitter feed.
• Favorite Tweet: "Grandma just keeps scanning planets in #ME2. Always scanning. It's like she has a job. Scanning planets. There must be a lot of them. Jesus."
16. OpposableThumbs: Opposable Thumbs on Ars Techinca.
17. toucharcade: Touch Arcade, a blog "keeping you in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming"
18. Warcraft: Official Twitter feed for all things Warcraft.
19. wilw: Prefer your Wil Wheaton in bite-sized, 140-character servings? Check it out.
• Favorite Tweet: "@cwgabriel @bradgwalker I've had more fun losing games of Pandemic than I've had winning other games."
20. YahtzeeCroshaw: Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, author of the video series Zero Punctuation at The Escapist.
    • Favorite Tweet: "Started Bioshock 2. I wonder if the support character who encourages me to murder little sisters will turn out to be untrustworthy."