| It can be confusing. Put "computer gaming news" | | | | their own product line. Plus, you'll often find |
| in a search engine and you'll get back over 100 | | | | forums and links to things like fan sites and |
| Million responses. How can you tell which ones are | | | | promotional information. |
| well written and informative and which ones | | | | You can also look at and participate in more broad |
| aren't? | | | | range gaming forums. Like any other area of |
| The obvious place to start is on the first pages | | | | interest, there are plenty of people with both |
| that come up in the search results. They're the | | | | questions and answers at the online forums. You |
| ones that the search engines like and that are | | | | can find information on the games and on the |
| getting the links. There's a good reason for that. | | | | hardware that's needed to run them. Some |
| They generally have information on the topics and | | | | forums will also tell you if a particular game needs |
| games that people are most interested in. That's | | | | a patch and provide a link to it. |
| not to say that other sites, won't have good info, | | | | There are also both online and conventional |
| but the top is a logical place to start. But, | | | | (paper) magazines and publications available. This |
| sometimes you do find real gems buried pretty | | | | may seem oddly old fashioned, but getting news |
| deep in the search results. Then, the question is, is | | | | from print media hasn't totally gone away. It's not |
| viewing each site the only way to decide which | | | | uncommon for the magazine to make issues |
| ones you like and which ones you don't? Probably | | | | available online as well as in the mailbox or at the |
| so, or at least to view at least as many as you | | | | newsstand. Frequently magazines will be sold on |
| can. Of course, you can get other peoples | | | | newsstands and then if there's an online edition, |
| opinions on which sites that they like, but you | | | | there'll be a fee for that. Sometimes, though, you'll |
| might not like what you friend does. It's best to | | | | find that the online edition will have content that's |
| decide for yourself. | | | | not found in the conventional version. |
| Another source is from the game developers | | | | Regardless of which source that you use, there |
| themselves. Their reports will be biased, but they'll | | | | are a ton of resources available to help you stay |
| certainly be the ones with the latest news on | | | | current with the latest computer gaming news. |