Posts Tagged ‘News’
Three great gaming blogs (two new to me)
February 15th, 2009 •
Tags: blogs, casual games, coop, cooperative games, flash, games, Gaming, gaming blogs, Indie Games, News
Awesome gaming blogs are coming out of the woodwork. I have found two excellent blogs in the past week that were not at all on my radar before.
The first is Play This Thing! That’s their exclamation, not mine, but it is well-deserved nonetheless. The blog covers games that are otherwise starving for coverage. They cover indie games of all kinds including downloadable games, Flash games, and even board games (which makes me very happy). If you’re interested in trying games that are small and virtually unheard of, this is the site for you. I strongly suggest you try it. There are really quite a few gems out there.
Next up is Co-Optimus. Thanks to one of the podcasts that rose from the ashes of 1Up (I can’t recall if it was Geekbox or Rebel FM.) for pointing this one out to me. This blog is perfect for fans of cooperative play in games. Cooperative play has been gaining more traction in recent years. Gone are the days of multiplayer being almost exclusively competitive… and good riddance! I’m as much a fan of competing as anyone, but I don’t want that exclusively as the only multiplayer experience. This covers news and information for games that can be played cooperatively.
Lastly comes a blog I have read for some time and just realized I had not yet subscribed to in Google Reader: Jay Is Games. The blog covers casual games of all flavors (albeit mostly Flash games). Don’t let this turn off any hardcore gamers as there is plenty of fun to be had here. I’m sure you have all played Tetris and know that a hardcore gamer doesn’t have to interface with a steroid-hyped space marine with a gun the size of the typical geek’s entire body to get satisfaction from a gaming experience. The games here are fun, easy to get into, and great for a few minutes of play. Please note: if you view this site at work, your productivity may suffer greatly!
Do you know any awesome blogs that me or my readers may be missing? It can be related to anything covered on this site. Just post them in the comments. I love finding new blogs to read!
Read Digg’s top stories? Subscribe to Feeddit
February 11th, 2009 • 2 comments
Tags: digg, Feeddit, feeds, Internet, News, rss, social news, Tech
Lost In Technology has written a post on a feed I have been using for a while now called Feeddit. I like to track the top stories on Digg. However, Digg’s RSS feed is really a mess if you ask me. The biggest problem: each story’s link tag goes to the Digg page rather than that story. So, here’s the scenario. I’m surfing along through my feeds with Google Reader (check out my video tutorial). I see a Digg post I want to read. I press the ‘v’ key to open the story. This opens a new tab with the Digg page for the story. I click the title of the story, and only now do I get yet another tab to read the actual story. This may not really sound like a big deal, but when you’re staring at an unread count of 1000+ (the highest count that registers on Google Reader) knowing that a good chunk of those are Digg stories, you want to burn through them pretty quickly so that you can filter out the good stuff from the crap. Those extra clicks, page loads, and tab closings really slow the process to a crawl.
Feeddit provides a remedy to this problem and them some. The feed item’s link is now directed to the actual story. Hurray! In addition, the poster’s name is included underneath the title of the story. The Digg count is included under the summary along with the comment count. Both of these link to the Digg page for the story making it easy to participate on Digg without shoving it down your throat every single story. I always want to view the article before I comment or digg it. Feeddit gives me a feed that makes sense for that workflow.
Now, where is the reddit analog to this?