Downlinks




Creators

Accursed Farms Ross Scott's site, creator of the brilliant and side-splitting Freeman's Mind, a tongue-in-cheek walk-through of Valve's classic science fiction videogame Half Life (1998).

Black Widow Games

Neil Manke’s site (note additional material and downloads of Manke's earlier work for Half Life and Quake is available here)

Cinemassacre
James Rolfe's site. The Angry Videogame Nerd reviews are some of the funniest things you'll ever see on video.

Croteam

Creators of Serious Sam, reportedly working on a new project

Full Moon Show

All the latest from the world-class developers at Insomniac

Hideo Kojima's Blog

The creator of Metal Gear Solid (in English and Japanese). Check out the archives of Ryan Payton's Kojima Production Report for a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the making of MGS4.

John Carmack's Blog

Co-creator of Doom and driving force behind Quake

Manifesto Games

One of the pioneers of independent game development -- site is closed, but indie devs remain an essential part of game culture

Media Molecule

Mad scientists behind our new Sack Overlords. Hail the sponge!

Mark Leung

Creator of the superb College Saga, an uproarious parody of Squaresoft's Final Fantasy series, Nintendo's Zelda, and many other franchises. Does for the videogame walkthrough what Cohen's Borat did for the mockumentary.

Not So Few Monstrosities

Valve designer Marc Laidlaw

Remedy

Sam Lake's crew, creators of the dazzling Max Payne and the upcoming Alan Wake

Square Enix
Titan of the gaming industry

Valve

Creators of Half Life and Half Life 2. Wisely done, Mr. Freeman!



Community

Devil's Lair

Devil May Cry fansite

FilePlanet

Free downloads of mods, videos, patches

FinalBoss

Game news from Brazil

GameAnyone Video walk-throughs for games

GameDev

Developer news and links

LittleBigWorkshop

News and resources for Little Big Planet

GameSpy

Multiplayer gaming, news and links

IDGA Indie Index

Resources and links

IGN

All the game news, all the time

Next Gen Walkthroughs

Video walk-throughs for games

Pirate Bay

Shiver me timbers, there be war-mongering, eco-destroying, democracy-undermining corporate oligopolies to plunder!

Translated Memories

Silent Hill background


Calendar

Games Convention Online (GCO)

July tradeshow in Leipzig, Germany

GamesCom (GC)
August tradeshow in Cologne, Germany

Tokyo Game Show (TGS)

September tradeshow in Tokyo, Japan

Austin Game Developers Conference

September conference in the People's Republic of Austin

E for All (E4)

October tradeshow in US

Brasil Game Show November tradeshow in Brazil

G-Star

November tradeshow in Busan, Korea

IgroMir November tradeshow in Moscow, Russia



Culture

Buzzcut

Collaborative game blog

Greg Costikyan

Leading designer and one of the sharpest observers of the game biz

Escapist Magazine

Excellent journalism and commentary

Henry Jenkins

Wide-ranging analysis of media fandom and convergence culture

John Smedley

Incisive analysis and commentary from Sony Online's president




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