Michael Bunning’s blog

Well, perhaps not a-plenty, but certainly a-few.

I thought it might be nice to mention some of the blogs I read, just to show that I don’t exist in a vacuum (and as a bit of a shortcut to the updating and fleshing out of the blog’s appearance which was maligned in an earlier post). I’ll do this with game blogs first, then I’ll do it again later on for other types of blogs.

Okay. In no particular order then:

Roboto-Chan isn’t actually a blog: it’s a column on GameSetWatch which I’m a big fan of, and which I’m mentioning here because it’s so interesting and because it warrants a special mention (separate from GSW, which is going into a ‘games sites I read’ post if I ever get round to doing one). Roboto-Chan deals with mecha in games and always has masses of information (and hints at so much more that I’m reminded of just how ignorant I am when it comes to big robots and games).

David Jaffe’s blog is worth a scan, as the man doesn’t shy away from saying what he really thinks, and that’s pretty rare in the games industry. I tend not to particularly agree with a lot of what he say, but the fact that he speaks his mind in the first place is definitely worth applauding, and when he says something I agree with, he tends to say it in a way that I really agree with.

Jeff Gerstmann’s blog is very sparsely updated (even more so than this one), so when he’s not saying anything there it’s worth checking out Giant Bomb: the site he set up after he didn’t* get fired for giving Kane and Lynch the review it deserved.

*(officially, at any rate)

That Videogame Blog is a bit Kotaku-ish: they’re both news sites rather than diary-type blogs, and they both have a whole bunch of contributors. They’re both worth reading though, to keep up on what’s happening in the games world.

Davis LLP’s Video Game Law Blog is an interesting read: it does exactly what it says on the tin - blogs about videogame law issues - but as with Usefully Employed (a fantastic employment law blog), I read it religiously. I don’t understand half of it, mind you, but it gives a perspective that’s divorced from the usual lights-and-whistles publicity machine industry coverage.

And finally, we get to Greg Costikyan’s blog. Costikyan helped set up Manifesto Games, and he consistently rails against what he doesn’t like in the games industry. As with Jaffe, I don’t always agree with him, but I love the fact that he believes in something and he’s vociferous in his pursuit of it.

So, those are the blogs I read. Later on today, I’ll be adding permanent links to the sidebar. If I’m missing blogs I really should be reading, or you think I’m reading something worthless, attack the comments with gusto and tell me about it.