Kotaku Alternative, or Alternative Gaming Coverage

Wanted to compile some somewhat alternative gaming news outlets that aren't kotaku. As well as some select reads.

Online
Killscreen - Review: Fallout New Vegas Add-Ons (It's much more.)
Siliconera - At least it's not kotaku,actually, they break quite a bit of news, japancentric gaming news.
RockPaperShotgun - Minecraft, Mine the Gap Feature
Gamasutra - the anti-kotaku?

Magazines/iOS
EDGE - DJ Shadow: My Favourite Game (Random feature pick)
Game Developer - Fantastic Postmortem features, not sure you can find these anywhere else besides print.
Killscreen - See above.

Steam
PC Gamer Digital - An intresting hybrid and has what looks to be some unique exclusive content. Such as the Bioshock Infinite feature.

Great Free to Play Videogame Resource

Browsing Cheap Ass Gamer I came across a great video game resource, for legal, free, videogames.
Megazell's Free And Legal PC Games List! 2,145 Games And Growing!

Action - 484 Games
Adventure - 182 Games
Fighting - 78 Games
MMORPG - 134 Games
Puzzle - 91 Games
RPG - 103 Games
Shooters - 548 Games
Simulation - 156 Games
Sports - 39 Games
Strategy - 145 Games

That's just a taste, check it out! found via CAG

Podcast Recommendation (Videogames)

       If you feel like diggin a little deeper into the world of videogames, I highly recommend checking out the Indoor Kids podcast #19 and #22 w/@Dan Harmon are just all kids of fantastic, the latest episode has an interesting discussion on games as art.

Videogames 2011 Volty Awards

Volt1up GOTY Award: Dead Island (Best use of Zombies in a videogame)
GOTY Runner Up: Saints Row 3 (underrated writing, it's not easy being funny, and it's not lazy)
Best game that didn't make the cut: Skyrim (burnout factor)
Best Co-op game of 2011: Dead Island (Coop is really polished)
Best Comfort Game of 2011: Uncharted 3 (It's fun to go back to that world)
Favorite Ending in a Videogame in 2011: Killzone 3 (You destroy a fucking planet)
Biggest Disappointment of 2011: Killzone 3 (you did it, 2 voltys for you)
Best non 2011 game played in 2011: OZ Confidential
Worst ending in a videogame 2011: Hunted: Demon’s Forge ( I got the bad ending and it sucks dick)
Best Videogame trend of 2011: All the Pay What You Want Indie Bundles


Check out a proper best of 2011 videogame list on Call of Podcast also a neat discussion on videogame AI

Battle Hymn of the Republic_/Judy Collins

Was looking for the Battle Hymn of The Republic from the Rocket Science movie OST, and came across this rendition. Pretty awesome, although it dosen't have my favorite lyrics

He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword

(because I loved The Grapes of Wrath)
anyway, I've been finding some cool stuff on spotify, heres the spotify link to the song.

DIY KIndle Case/Cover v1.0

An old hardcover book, some rubber bands, and some elastic band.

[The ART OF CHINESE PAPER FOLDING]

New Wallpaper

Netflix Recommendation

The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu