What games media do you consume?

I just get general gaming news from here, and Overwatch news from r/Overwatch. (I chat about games all the time to IRL friends too, so I get news that way as well.) I don't regularly consume any other games media.

Pretty much just GRcade. I don't play an awful lot and my games are a few generations old.

Magazines
N/A

Podcasts
N/A

YouTube channels
CrowbCat (Comedy/Nonsense)
Joseph Anderson (Analysis/Critique)
Mark Brown (Game Maker's Toolkit) (Analysis)
Super Bunnyhop (Reviews/Analysis/Actual Journalism)
Writing On Games (Analysis)

Websites/Forums
GRcade
NeoGAF

Other
N/A

The Watching Artist wrote:
jawafour wrote:Podcasts
None. I don't know how they work or what they're like .

bloody hell

I missed that. :lol:

Jawa, a podcast is like a ~~radio show~~ ~~wireless programme~~ - do you remember the little box you used to listen to Vera Lynn on? Ok, a podcast is like that, except you use a ~~computer or a phone~~ ~~internet connected device~~ - one of those things you see the kids using. This lets you listen to people talking and you can choose when to listen to it, rather than waiting for the right time for the show to come out of the little box that plays Vera Lynn.

...

. I was exaggerating for effect

. I know how the work, but I have genuinely never listened to them - bar that single GR one that, I think, Cheeky Dev had made available in a video format.

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Magazines:

None since the early 2000s. I remember loving me a bit of PC Gamer back in the day but since the early noughties the price, and lack of demos, has made them utterly unattractive.

Websites:

RockPaperShotgun - it's not as good as it used to be, but it's still the best written gaming site on the net. I'm a bit concerned about their future now however, as they've been sold off to The Gaming Network

Eurogamer - Good for reviews and news, not so hot for OpEds and comment pieces

Waypoint - A new kid, they don't do reviews but their opinion pieces are often great, if a bit cerebral.

Podcasts:

Waypoint - The best out there bar none, and it's only a few months old. A great crew with an incredible knowledge of games and the games media

Daft Souls - I don't listen to this anymore as Waypoint has blown it away, but it was OK once. It's far too whacky and surface level however.

Videos

Waypoint - I don't usually do streams, but these are good. They also have some interesting mini-vids about certain games and mechanics

Eurogamer - The recent stream of Star Trek Bridge crew was quite, quite excellent and their LTTP playthroughs are great.

Angry Joe - I know I know. But still, he's actually quite an astute reviewer if you can get through the Millennial baiting shouty bits.

Gaming With Character: Because

Videogamer - Not the new stuff, god no, but the older late 2015-early 2016 stuff is still strawberry floating gold.

jawafour wrote:... . I was exaggerating for effect . I know how the work, but I have genuinely never listened to them - bar that single GR one that, I think, Cheeky Dev had made available in a video format.

Sure you were granddad. I SAID SURE YOU WERE GRANDDAD. I SAID I BELIEVE YOU GRANDDAD, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

I would say I spend more time playing games than consuming media around them. Most of the time I'm on forums is during work hours.

Magazines
Edge (rarely)
GamesTM (very rarely)
OPM (very rarely)

I only buy magazines to read on the train, which I get every two weeks on average, but most of the time I read New Scientist as opposed to gaming magazines. Last time I bought Edge was the BOTW release issue. OPM was for the Yooka-Laylee soundtrack CD.

Podcasts
None

YouTube channels
None

I'll watch trailers on YouTube, but that's it.

Websites/Forums
SONM
GRcade
GNamer (although fallen off recently)
NeoGAF (lurk)

Just forums. I'll only read website articles that get linked to from forums or that happen to come up on the duckduckgo app, apart from around E3 where I'll actively seek content.

Other
None

Moggy wrote:
jawafour wrote:... . I was exaggerating for effect . I know how the work, but I have genuinely never listened to them - bar that single GR one that, I think, Cheeky Dev had made available in a video format.

Sure you were granddad. I SAID SURE YOU WERE GRANDDAD. I SAID I BELIEVE YOU GRANDDAD, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

Tafdolphin wrote:Gaming With Character: Because

Real shame he seems to have stopped doing them, that was his last video and it was 7 months a go

i barely visit the games section of here, and i just watch stuff on youtube.
this may be why i havent bought a game since Dark Souls 3 last year :lol:

<]:^D wrote:i barely visit the games section of here, and i just watch stuff on youtube.
this may be why i havent bought a game since Dark Souls 3 last year

That's a good point. I voraciously consume gaming media... which is probably why I spend too much money (for me in my situation) on videogaming. Perhaps I need to lay off some of the reading and watching.

playing Doom all the time helps as well :shifty:

no time for anything else
still havent finished DS3 :'(

I get most of my news from here and YouTube, and also VG247 because it sometimes has interesting pieces or handy links to trailers/stories.

I used to frequent IGN and GameTrailers, and maintain Edge and NGC subs, way back when.

I actually consume next-to-no gaming media. Not just talking in a literal sense either.

I go to this place and I'll read Eurogamer reviews either before or after a purchase.

I haven't bought magazines since NGC ceased publication, bar the odd issue of Edge when traveling (and that's ground to a halt now I've left the UK).

I'll probably read and watch a few things around E3, and then it'll be back to seeing it when it crops up on here which, given our size and scope, isn't exactly exhaustive as a news source.

I will make an honorable mention to Mark Brown's YouTube videos. Can't be arsed going to get a link but you should all check them out. They aren't gaming news and not really opinion pieces, but more about design and mechanics. His on-going Boss Keys series on Zelda dungeons is also well worth a watch. I think I discovered him through some Dark Souls stuff, as From Software's games always make me want to go through loads of articles and videos after I've finished them.

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PostRe: What games media do you consume? by **That** » Wed May 24, 2017 3:58 pm

Parksey wrote:I will make an honorable mention to Mark Brown's YouTube videos. Can't be arsed going to get a link but you should all check them out. They aren't gaming news and not really opinion pieces, but more about design and mechanics. His on-going Boss Keys series on Zelda dungeons is also well worth a watch. I think I discovered him through some Dark Souls stuff, as From Software's games always make me want to go through loads of articles and videos after I've finished them.

Yes! I don't really consume them regularly but they for sure are great videos.

None really. I licked the switch card once if that counts?

Magazines
None

Podcasts
Idle Thumbs
Idle Weekend
Eurogamer
One Life Left
PC Gamer Podcast
Three Moves Ahead (occasionally)

YouTube channels
Mark Brown's Game Maker's Toolkit
Eurogamer
NoClip
GDC Videos (sometimes)
Idle Thumbs
Easy Allies
Digital Foundry

Websites/Forums
GRcade
Eurogamer
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Idle Thumbs

Other
Twitch - slowbeef, Idle Thumbs

Huh, I listen to a lot of podcasts after writing that down.

jawafour wrote:
<]:^D wrote:i barely visit the games section of here, and i just watch stuff on youtube.
this may be why i havent bought a game since Dark Souls 3 last year

That's a good point. I voraciously consume gaming media... which is probably why I spend too much money (for me in my situation) on videogaming. Perhaps I need to lay off some of the reading and watching.

The hype is definitely a powerful thing.

FOMO certainly exists for me. I'm trying to only buy a game once a month. What I'm learning is that the games will still be there... and the communities will still be there...and they'll often be a lot cheaper (apart from you 'Nioh' - when will you ever come down in price????)

Jordan UK wrote:... and the communities will still be there...

RIP Mount and Blade: Warband PS4, your online was reasonably populated for a good two weeks.

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