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Post by mammothboot Tue May 27, 2008 9:19 am

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know[/B]

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Others, but what about the great, lesser-known gaming sites?

This post introduces 18 great gaming sites you might not have seen before. Whether you’re looking for freebies, music, laughs or oddities, there’s something here for occasional and hardcore gamers alike.


1. Overclocked Remix
is a community hub of users who painstakingly remix and arrange video game music. There are thousands of tracks available for download. If you like the soundtrack to your favorite game, you can bet it has been remixed and reworked here.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Overclokedremix



2. The Freeware Indie Games Database
offers just under 1,000 play-tested freeware titles from independent game developers. The games here are innovative and unique. Some of them are bound to be re-developed as Wii titles.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Freewaredatabase



3. POKE is a light-weight utility that allows you to cheat in almost any single player game, whether it’s already published or to be published in the future.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Poke



4.The Daedalus Project
gets into the minds of MMORPG players. The website’s author has surveyed over 35,000 gamers and provides a detailed break-down of his findings in areas such as the player life-cycle, making friends and status reversal. It’s fascinating stuff.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Daedalus



5.Gaming Magazines of the Pre-Internet Era
is a treasure trove for retro gamers. It links out to .PDF databases of old and out of print gaming magazines.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Preinternetera



6. The Grand List of Role Playing Game Clichés

is a list of 100+ painful clichés any RPG fan would have encountered before. My favorite? The No! My beloved peasant village cliché: “The hero’s home town, city, slum, or planet will usually be annihilated in a spectacular fashion before the end of the game, and often before the end of the opening scene.”

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Thegrandlist



7. GameCakes
is the website for people who love cake and video games. These game-themed cakes run the gamut, from the bizarre to the majestic. The scrumptious photos will have you baking your own cupcakes in no time.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Gamecakes



8. CrazyPC
is the hardcore gamer’s place for computer accessories. All the neon, case mods, plexiglass, tubes and coolant fluid you can poke a memory stick at.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Pcmods



9. VGMusic
is host to 24,000+ midi versions of video game tracks from all your retro favorites: Megaman, Mario, Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog, et al.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Vgmusic



10. Build Your Own Gaming Computers
is a website dedicated to helping you… well, you can probably guess. Gaming rigs sell for thousands of dollars and learning to build your own can save you lots of cash. This website provides advice on the entire process, from choosing parts to installation.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Howtobuildgaming



11. Abandonia
offers thousands of abandonware DOS downloads. Abandonware essentially means games which aren’t sold anymore, prompting their release into the public domain. They’re the games you might have owned and loved as a child or teenager. Chances are you’ll find some old favorites here.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Abandonia



12. Jay is Games
sources out the best casual games and brings them directly to you. The blog’s authors sure know their stuff and their opinions are worth listening to. Subscribe to their feed for a daily stream of gorgeous, idle distractions.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Jayisgames



13. Old Grandma Hardcore
is the blog of a foul-mouthed, lovable gamer grandma (with the pictures to prove it!). No, we’re not talking Brain Training and The Sims — we’re talking games like Bioshock and The Darkness. This grandma really is hardcore!

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Oldgrandma



14. Insert Credit
is a multi-author Japanese games and culture blog specializing in breaking news from the land of the rising sun.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Insercredit



15. Replacementdocs
is an online archive of .PDF game manuals for thousands of popular games. If you’ve experienced the frustration of losing the manual to your favorite title, replacementdocs should have a solution for you.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Replacementdocs



16. Wonderland
is an odds-and-ends gaming blog mainly known for its cool gamecrafts. From Darth Vader backpacks to Quake coasters, this blog is proof that gamers are an arty bunch.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Wonderland



17. The Speed Demos Archive
is host to hundreds of videos documenting the efforts of those dedicated individuals who’ve conquered games in the shortest time possible. Watch epic games like Half Life 2 and Icewind Dale beaten before your lunch-break is over.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Speeddemos



18. The System Requirements Lab
analyzes your computer, benchmarking it against the minimum requirements of a specific product. Ever wondered if your computer can handle that gorgeous new release? Now you’ll know.

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know Systemrequirements


Update: Here are some more great websites that you might not have seen before, suggested from our readers

http://www.ggmania.com/"]GGMania
http://www.multiplayergames.com/"]MultiPlayerGames
http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/-Rock, Paper, Shotgun
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/-CheapAssGamer
http://www.gamenewshq.com/-GameNewsHQ
http://www.automouse2.com/-GameHelper/Autoplayer
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