5 gaming writers you should read

Some days, I feel like there are as many people writing about video games as there are people playing them. It’s unreal how many gaming blogs and websites seem to pop up every week. Too much of the content generated by newcomers simply regurgitation of mainstream content.

Within all of that congestion I have found some favorite writers that I’d thought I would share here. Some you’ve heard of. Some you haven’t. Before anyone gets all uppity about the composition of my list, let’s all try and remember this…

It’s MY fucking list.

The lineup after the jump.

Jim Sterling - Destructoid

Okay I lied. I DO have a favorite writer, and he’s first (the rest are randomly ordered I swear to Christ.)

Jim has the rare ability to be ridiculous, over the top, and deadly serious at the same time. Jim can say more in 300 words than a lot of bloggers could hope to in a week. Some of my recent favorites include Jim weighing on the Fat Princess, his take on improvements being made to Alone in the Dark, and his hilarious impalement of Denis Dyack.

Kiki Lewis - The Blue Skittle

Each week, Kiki Lewis breaks down the walls of gamer stereotypes by publishing one of my favorite columns in gaming over on The Blue Skittle. With “The Other Me” Kiki demonstrates that gamers are as diverse as the games they play. Instead of writing articles for gamers, she turns gamers into her articles, and with each biography we not only learn more about her subjects, but about the author herself.

Owen Good - Kotaku

This guy is just a frickin writing animal. While the weekday staff at “The Big Blog” are off pursuing lives and taking soy cooking classes, Owen seems to be left to watch the shop over the weekend. It doesn’t seem to matter how many posts the dude cranks out in a 48 hr window, they are all succinct, clear, and funny. Kotaku’s just lucky that we’re broke here at Sarcastic Gamer. I would SO steal this dude.

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