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Just wondering why this site is blacklisted? It has many great reviews on obscure games from the 90's and 00's. Has this site been discussed at VG/Sources before?
(I can't even link the site here because it "has triggered a protection filter"-- Coin945 ( talk) 02:45, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
NPD Group = reliable or not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.64.25.109 ( talk) 22:18, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "SteamSpy" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Looking to add SteamSpy to the list of unreliable sources, per discussions like Talk:List of best-selling PC games#SteamSpy. SteamSpy itself notes that it's figures should not be considered reliable and that they are estimates. The primary usage of SteamSpy would be to try to source sales figures, as the site offers no commentary. Like VGChartz, we should officially note its unreliability, with similar text. Any objections? -- ferret ( talk) 16:49, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
These are all listed at A Bird Story's Metacritic reviews. Anarchyte ( work | talk) 08:58, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "NinDB" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
This website is being used on a bunch of Nintendo-related articles: [6]. A lot of link rot at the moment as nearly all the urls 404, site must have reorganised their content at some point. Doesn't seem reliable to me. Basically one guy's side project. Thoughts? Site FAQ: [7]. Previous discussion: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/Sources/Archive_5#NinDB. -- The1337gamer ( talk) 11:04, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "NeoGAF" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
I think we should evaluate this site, as the quite a bit of leaks come from this site. Many of those leaks are verified by NeoGAF staff. (Supposedly, they base the verifiability on the how connected the NeoGAF account is to the company in question.) Even if it isn't reliable, I believe we should say as much on Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources since many legitimate news sites often use NeoGAF as their source. (An example of this would be IGN sourcing NeoGAF.) I would suggest a look at their TOS before deciding on the matter, as there are only certain kinds of people allowed to have an account. -- Gestrid ( talk) 23:48, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
User:Czar added it to the checklist earlier after my initial post. He marked it as unreliable. -- Gestrid ( talk) 02:21, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
I may want to revive one of my drafts and if I'm gonna do that, I'd need to know if these are reliable. Anarchyte ( work | talk) 08:09, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "DailyGame" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
I am currently checking
DOOM's sources for reliability; I then stumbled upon DailyGame, a website that I have never heard of. Although
this page does say that they had been an ex-hobbyist website since 2002, I am still fairly suspicious about the website's overall quality.
Gamingforfun365
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01:15, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Lazygamer" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Another website to check. Personally don't think its reliable but I have seen it be used, recently for the Tracer article. GamerPro64 03:07, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
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Also in the DOOM article, there is a source whose link leads to TheSixthAxis, which I do not know whether is reliable or not. I doubt it, but let us find out.
Gamingforfun365
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02:45, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
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Originally known as IncGamers, I've seen this be used in some of the articles here but there hasn't been a consensus on its use yet. about, welcome page. GamerPro64 22:38, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "PVP Live" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
eSports news website, not sure if reliable or not.-- Prisencolin ( talk) 23:23, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
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Personally, I think this site should at least be situational, as some of its content is pretty informative. Take, for example, its most recent episode of Zelda Mailbag, where they discuss the Philips CD-i and what happened with it. Given the way they report news, it seems to be in the same vein as Zelda Informer, which is currently situationally allowed. -- Gestrid ( talk) 23:48, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Massively Overpowered" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo I just declined a draft at Draft:Villagers and Heroes since it only had two sources, both of which appear to be based off the same press release. One of the two was Massively Overpowered, which looks to be the new version of Massively, per this Kickstarter. Massively was previously seen as a RS on here and as far as I can tell the site has the same staff - although I'm not really all that familiar with Massive so I can't entirely tell. They do have their editorial and writing staff listed and they have their ethics policy posted.
Massively OP was launched in 2015 so it's relatively new, which is the main thing that it might have going against it. I wanted to double check here because while Massively was seen as a RS, I know that this doesn't always mean that the new spinoff would automatically be a RS by extension. It looks like it should be OK, but it's better to check and make sure. This is more something I'm asking for the future, since this being a RS wouldn't really help the draft article at this point in time. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 09:36, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
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Discussed in 2009 and last year. It's marked as unreliable in our list. @ Sergecross73 recently challenged the previous discussion, so perhaps you'd like to chime in? The main argument for it has been that it's listed in Metacritic/GR/etc. (which hasn't been a reason for reliability in the past, considering that many/most of the sites in Metacritic/GR are trash), and that it has been used at FAC (though I haven't seen any citation of it being specifically vetted at FAC rather than unchallenged, and someone actually spoke against this angle in 2009). I've registered my own thoughts in the discussion from last year—open to new voices on this. czar 19:03, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
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A website (now only accessible through Internet Archive) that ran from 1999 to 2011, and in 2012 redirected to deliver2mac.com, which now redirects to deliver2.com (I'm not sure if Deliver2 and MacGamer are the same company, but seems not to be). I've noticed its use in some articles and I've found an archived review of a game whose article I'm working on, and I'm posting to certify the reliability of this source. Here's the homepage archived in 2007. Cheers, κατάστασ η 05:40, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Jay is Games" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Just wanted some comments on Jay is Games, as the last discussion was from 2013. To wit, why was Jay Bibby considered special above the other reviewers? Does the blog being disbanded as of April 2016 have any effect on past reviews, and the credibility of reviews past that date? Should the blog be only used for descriptions of games and not as an opinion? It's been a while, so what do you think? Catfrog ( Edits 🐸 Talk) 04:44, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Cubed3" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Cubed3's about page is a list of hobbyists. The site has no hallmarks of editorial quality like editorial policy or vouching from other sites. We have plenty of other Nintendo sites with stronger backing, if that was a concern. czar 23:27, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
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Currently reviewing Resonance of Fate at GAN and saw this website being used. I heard of it before but it looks like its never been discussed here before. Has a Staff page and Ethics Statement which was updated back in December. GamerPro64 15:56, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "MoeGamer" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Could very well join my "big three" of sources for info on Japanese niche video game news (Gematsu, Siliconera, and Operation Rainfall). Full of exclusive stuff as it specializes in visual novels and other "moe" games, which Western press either cover poorly or don't cover at all. According to its about page, the author, Pete Davison, is a former professional video game journalist whom has worked at New Atari User, PC Zone, Official Nintendo Magazine, GamePro, GOG.com, What They Play, IGN, and USgamer. If that's not an indicator of reliability, I don't know what is. Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 08:59, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
I proposed Jim as situational based on previous experience with Destructoid and The Escapist before going independent. Unlike the always independent, that gave him enough of a leg up to make me think he's useful as a source. Also, he was IMMEDIATELY added to Metacritic upon independence, so if nothing else his notability and credibility is pretty strong. Zero Serenity ( talk - contributions) 21:52, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Easy Allies " – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk
So, for anyone who doesn't know, GameTrailers (a reliable source) shut down earlier this year. The former GT staff formed a new outlet called Easy Allies, where they do similar content - reviews, panel-style discussions, and so on. While text sources generally are better than video sources due to the smaller risk of link rot, I do think that this should be reliable due to the experienced staff working on it. They do not seem to have a website of their own; instead their videos are uploaded on their YouTube channel, and they post updates on their Patreon page.-- IDV talk 15:03, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
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I've just found an archive of the now offline nightmaremode.net. According to its about page, the magazine had a regular staff of professional writers. Diego ( talk) 10:23, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
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See http://shoryuken.com/ - website keeps on being used at various fighting game articles. I'd like to get a clear consensus on this one. Sergecross73 msg me 14:27, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Esports Betting Report" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo Only because of the work I've been doing on skin gambling, I would like to get comments on Esports Betting Report (ESBR for short). It appears edited. It is not affiliated with betting sites, though its owner is a partner at a firm that develops esports-related assets, so seems reasonably independent. Note that I'm looking for sources that go on the state of gambling (legal or otherwise) in esports, so other suggestions would also help. -- MASEM ( t) 23:41, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
I am not sure how to read this page, but is a metacritic reference sufficient for a game to be considered notable? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:45, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Metacritic" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Hey, I had a question: are Metacritic reviews usable for the purpose of notability? I'm asking because of the article Looney Tunes: Galactic Sports, where another user Czar said that the reviews were non-notable. I have no objection to his proposal that the page be merged/redirected to a list, but I wanted some clarification about whether or not the critic reviews (not the random user reviews) are usable for establishing notability, as I've frequently used Metacritic as a way to establish notability for various things (movies, games, etc). If the site isn't usable because the site hosts junk reviews then that's sort of a game changer. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 05:29, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "eSports Yearbook" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
http://esportsyearbook.com/ This is a bi-annual published book about eSports. There is a print version that can be obtained, but it seems to be available for free online in its entirety. The publisher is some self-publishing firm called Books on Demand . Here are the editor bios from the website:
Julia Christophers was born in 1983 in Westerstede, Germany. She established eMAG – an online eSports magazine – with Tobias Scholz in 2004. She has been a working student at the Electronic Sports League (Turtle Entertainment GmbH) since Feb. 2006, achieved her Mas- ter of Arts degree in International Comparative Literature and Media, English and German at Bonn University in June 2009 and has been working at ESL since. As Game Head Coordina- tor she is involved in the development of ESL’s tools and the website. She is supervising the Game Heads who are running tournaments in ESL’s most played eSports titles.
Tobias M. Scholz was born 1983 in Regensburg, Germany. He was team leader at GameSports and co-founded the eMAG – an online eSports magazine, with Julia Christophers in 2004. He achieved his Diploma in Business Administration at the Goethe University Frankfurt in February 2009. He is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Siegen. He works as a Research Assistant and a Teaching Assistant at the Chair for Human Resource Management and Organisational Behavior.
-- Prisencolin ( talk) 19:44, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Remeshed.com" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Video aggregator site which also publishes original news, reviews, interviews and commentary with a regular staff, some of which have published at The Mary Sue, Offworld and Paste. Diego ( talk) 12:30, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
This came up in a GAN. I'm speaking specifically about this blogpost but also curious about the blog feed in general. It seems to be a "featured blog" feed, whatever that means, and it's mostly populated by material from people like Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, and Kat Bailey ("RS people"). Anyone mind giving a second opinion? Axem Titanium ( talk) 14:53, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
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Is it a reliable source? It appears to be a large website, but I am not sure about its reliability.
Gamingforfun365
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21:49, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "FOX News" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Is FOX News a reliable source? It seems that it was an unreliable source in its early times because of its fictitious reports such as about aliens, but it seems to have improved to become more serious. I would say that it is reliable when it comes to rather recent articles. They do add sources to their articles, they do occasionally report about video games, and they seldom make mistakes.
Gamingforfun365
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19:00, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
See their website here.
Was surprised to see that we haven't really discussed this website outside of a 2009 discussion that pretty much went nowhere, as I see the website around a lot. I was under the impression it was considered unreliable. Actually looking through the website, I think my hunch was right. They've got an established staff, but their "about us" page is pretty barren, and there's really not much else to go by. Its hard to even search much further about individual writers outside of the site when they go by names like "Matt S". I'm thinking unreliable? Any other thoughts? Sergecross73 msg me 14:35, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
I thought this website was already considered unreliable. Been thinking that for a while so that's my vote. GamerPro64 00:43, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
This is probably a formality but I just wanted to officially discuss Massively Overpowered (Massivelyop.com). It's the successor to Joystiq's Massively site about MMOs after Engadget shut them down, with virtually the same staff. http://massivelyop.com/about/ Axem Titanium ( talk) 20:54, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
It's the same people who ran Massively, right? If so then its reliable. GamerPro64 02:59, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
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So I've been looking at the consensus with TechnologyTell's reliability (then known as GamerTell) and the thread for the decision doesn't have me thinking there was a strong enough reason to consider it reliable. As well as it not updating since May 2016. So I'm requesting a reassessment on the status of this website for use. GamerPro64 02:40, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
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Just wondering why this site is blacklisted? It has many great reviews on obscure games from the 90's and 00's. Has this site been discussed at VG/Sources before?
(I can't even link the site here because it "has triggered a protection filter"-- Coin945 ( talk) 02:45, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
NPD Group = reliable or not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.64.25.109 ( talk) 22:18, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "SteamSpy" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Looking to add SteamSpy to the list of unreliable sources, per discussions like Talk:List of best-selling PC games#SteamSpy. SteamSpy itself notes that it's figures should not be considered reliable and that they are estimates. The primary usage of SteamSpy would be to try to source sales figures, as the site offers no commentary. Like VGChartz, we should officially note its unreliability, with similar text. Any objections? -- ferret ( talk) 16:49, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
These are all listed at A Bird Story's Metacritic reviews. Anarchyte ( work | talk) 08:58, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "NinDB" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
This website is being used on a bunch of Nintendo-related articles: [6]. A lot of link rot at the moment as nearly all the urls 404, site must have reorganised their content at some point. Doesn't seem reliable to me. Basically one guy's side project. Thoughts? Site FAQ: [7]. Previous discussion: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games/Sources/Archive_5#NinDB. -- The1337gamer ( talk) 11:04, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
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I think we should evaluate this site, as the quite a bit of leaks come from this site. Many of those leaks are verified by NeoGAF staff. (Supposedly, they base the verifiability on the how connected the NeoGAF account is to the company in question.) Even if it isn't reliable, I believe we should say as much on Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources since many legitimate news sites often use NeoGAF as their source. (An example of this would be IGN sourcing NeoGAF.) I would suggest a look at their TOS before deciding on the matter, as there are only certain kinds of people allowed to have an account. -- Gestrid ( talk) 23:48, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
User:Czar added it to the checklist earlier after my initial post. He marked it as unreliable. -- Gestrid ( talk) 02:21, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
I may want to revive one of my drafts and if I'm gonna do that, I'd need to know if these are reliable. Anarchyte ( work | talk) 08:09, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "DailyGame" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
I am currently checking
DOOM's sources for reliability; I then stumbled upon DailyGame, a website that I have never heard of. Although
this page does say that they had been an ex-hobbyist website since 2002, I am still fairly suspicious about the website's overall quality.
Gamingforfun365
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01:15, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Lazygamer" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Another website to check. Personally don't think its reliable but I have seen it be used, recently for the Tracer article. GamerPro64 03:07, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
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Also in the DOOM article, there is a source whose link leads to TheSixthAxis, which I do not know whether is reliable or not. I doubt it, but let us find out.
Gamingforfun365
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02:45, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "PC Invasion" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Originally known as IncGamers, I've seen this be used in some of the articles here but there hasn't been a consensus on its use yet. about, welcome page. GamerPro64 22:38, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
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eSports news website, not sure if reliable or not.-- Prisencolin ( talk) 23:23, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Zelda Universe" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Personally, I think this site should at least be situational, as some of its content is pretty informative. Take, for example, its most recent episode of Zelda Mailbag, where they discuss the Philips CD-i and what happened with it. Given the way they report news, it seems to be in the same vein as Zelda Informer, which is currently situationally allowed. -- Gestrid ( talk) 23:48, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Massively Overpowered" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo I just declined a draft at Draft:Villagers and Heroes since it only had two sources, both of which appear to be based off the same press release. One of the two was Massively Overpowered, which looks to be the new version of Massively, per this Kickstarter. Massively was previously seen as a RS on here and as far as I can tell the site has the same staff - although I'm not really all that familiar with Massive so I can't entirely tell. They do have their editorial and writing staff listed and they have their ethics policy posted.
Massively OP was launched in 2015 so it's relatively new, which is the main thing that it might have going against it. I wanted to double check here because while Massively was seen as a RS, I know that this doesn't always mean that the new spinoff would automatically be a RS by extension. It looks like it should be OK, but it's better to check and make sure. This is more something I'm asking for the future, since this being a RS wouldn't really help the draft article at this point in time. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 09:36, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
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Discussed in 2009 and last year. It's marked as unreliable in our list. @ Sergecross73 recently challenged the previous discussion, so perhaps you'd like to chime in? The main argument for it has been that it's listed in Metacritic/GR/etc. (which hasn't been a reason for reliability in the past, considering that many/most of the sites in Metacritic/GR are trash), and that it has been used at FAC (though I haven't seen any citation of it being specifically vetted at FAC rather than unchallenged, and someone actually spoke against this angle in 2009). I've registered my own thoughts in the discussion from last year—open to new voices on this. czar 19:03, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
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A website (now only accessible through Internet Archive) that ran from 1999 to 2011, and in 2012 redirected to deliver2mac.com, which now redirects to deliver2.com (I'm not sure if Deliver2 and MacGamer are the same company, but seems not to be). I've noticed its use in some articles and I've found an archived review of a game whose article I'm working on, and I'm posting to certify the reliability of this source. Here's the homepage archived in 2007. Cheers, κατάστασ η 05:40, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Jay is Games" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Just wanted some comments on Jay is Games, as the last discussion was from 2013. To wit, why was Jay Bibby considered special above the other reviewers? Does the blog being disbanded as of April 2016 have any effect on past reviews, and the credibility of reviews past that date? Should the blog be only used for descriptions of games and not as an opinion? It's been a while, so what do you think? Catfrog ( Edits 🐸 Talk) 04:44, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
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Cubed3's about page is a list of hobbyists. The site has no hallmarks of editorial quality like editorial policy or vouching from other sites. We have plenty of other Nintendo sites with stronger backing, if that was a concern. czar 23:27, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "RPG Site" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
Currently reviewing Resonance of Fate at GAN and saw this website being used. I heard of it before but it looks like its never been discussed here before. Has a Staff page and Ethics Statement which was updated back in December. GamerPro64 15:56, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
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Could very well join my "big three" of sources for info on Japanese niche video game news (Gematsu, Siliconera, and Operation Rainfall). Full of exclusive stuff as it specializes in visual novels and other "moe" games, which Western press either cover poorly or don't cover at all. According to its about page, the author, Pete Davison, is a former professional video game journalist whom has worked at New Atari User, PC Zone, Official Nintendo Magazine, GamePro, GOG.com, What They Play, IGN, and USgamer. If that's not an indicator of reliability, I don't know what is. Satellizer el Bridget (Talk) 08:59, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
I proposed Jim as situational based on previous experience with Destructoid and The Escapist before going independent. Unlike the always independent, that gave him enough of a leg up to make me think he's useful as a source. Also, he was IMMEDIATELY added to Metacritic upon independence, so if nothing else his notability and credibility is pretty strong. Zero Serenity ( talk - contributions) 21:52, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Easy Allies " – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk
So, for anyone who doesn't know, GameTrailers (a reliable source) shut down earlier this year. The former GT staff formed a new outlet called Easy Allies, where they do similar content - reviews, panel-style discussions, and so on. While text sources generally are better than video sources due to the smaller risk of link rot, I do think that this should be reliable due to the experienced staff working on it. They do not seem to have a website of their own; instead their videos are uploaded on their YouTube channel, and they post updates on their Patreon page.-- IDV talk 15:03, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Nightmare Mode" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
I've just found an archive of the now offline nightmaremode.net. According to its about page, the magazine had a regular staff of professional writers. Diego ( talk) 10:23, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Shoryuken" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo
See http://shoryuken.com/ - website keeps on being used at various fighting game articles. I'd like to get a clear consensus on this one. Sergecross73 msg me 14:27, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
Find video game sources: "Esports Betting Report" – news · books · scholar · images – VGRS · WPVG Talk · LinkSearch · CrossWiki · LinkTo Only because of the work I've been doing on skin gambling, I would like to get comments on Esports Betting Report (ESBR for short). It appears edited. It is not affiliated with betting sites, though its owner is a partner at a firm that develops esports-related assets, so seems reasonably independent. Note that I'm looking for sources that go on the state of gambling (legal or otherwise) in esports, so other suggestions would also help. -- MASEM ( t) 23:41, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
I am not sure how to read this page, but is a metacritic reference sufficient for a game to be considered notable? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:45, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
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Hey, I had a question: are Metacritic reviews usable for the purpose of notability? I'm asking because of the article Looney Tunes: Galactic Sports, where another user Czar said that the reviews were non-notable. I have no objection to his proposal that the page be merged/redirected to a list, but I wanted some clarification about whether or not the critic reviews (not the random user reviews) are usable for establishing notability, as I've frequently used Metacritic as a way to establish notability for various things (movies, games, etc). If the site isn't usable because the site hosts junk reviews then that's sort of a game changer. Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 05:29, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
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http://esportsyearbook.com/ This is a bi-annual published book about eSports. There is a print version that can be obtained, but it seems to be available for free online in its entirety. The publisher is some self-publishing firm called Books on Demand . Here are the editor bios from the website:
Julia Christophers was born in 1983 in Westerstede, Germany. She established eMAG – an online eSports magazine – with Tobias Scholz in 2004. She has been a working student at the Electronic Sports League (Turtle Entertainment GmbH) since Feb. 2006, achieved her Mas- ter of Arts degree in International Comparative Literature and Media, English and German at Bonn University in June 2009 and has been working at ESL since. As Game Head Coordina- tor she is involved in the development of ESL’s tools and the website. She is supervising the Game Heads who are running tournaments in ESL’s most played eSports titles.
Tobias M. Scholz was born 1983 in Regensburg, Germany. He was team leader at GameSports and co-founded the eMAG – an online eSports magazine, with Julia Christophers in 2004. He achieved his Diploma in Business Administration at the Goethe University Frankfurt in February 2009. He is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Siegen. He works as a Research Assistant and a Teaching Assistant at the Chair for Human Resource Management and Organisational Behavior.
-- Prisencolin ( talk) 19:44, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
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Video aggregator site which also publishes original news, reviews, interviews and commentary with a regular staff, some of which have published at The Mary Sue, Offworld and Paste. Diego ( talk) 12:30, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
This came up in a GAN. I'm speaking specifically about this blogpost but also curious about the blog feed in general. It seems to be a "featured blog" feed, whatever that means, and it's mostly populated by material from people like Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, and Kat Bailey ("RS people"). Anyone mind giving a second opinion? Axem Titanium ( talk) 14:53, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
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Is it a reliable source? It appears to be a large website, but I am not sure about its reliability.
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21:49, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
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Is FOX News a reliable source? It seems that it was an unreliable source in its early times because of its fictitious reports such as about aliens, but it seems to have improved to become more serious. I would say that it is reliable when it comes to rather recent articles. They do add sources to their articles, they do occasionally report about video games, and they seldom make mistakes.
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19:00, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
See their website here.
Was surprised to see that we haven't really discussed this website outside of a 2009 discussion that pretty much went nowhere, as I see the website around a lot. I was under the impression it was considered unreliable. Actually looking through the website, I think my hunch was right. They've got an established staff, but their "about us" page is pretty barren, and there's really not much else to go by. Its hard to even search much further about individual writers outside of the site when they go by names like "Matt S". I'm thinking unreliable? Any other thoughts? Sergecross73 msg me 14:35, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
I thought this website was already considered unreliable. Been thinking that for a while so that's my vote. GamerPro64 00:43, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
This is probably a formality but I just wanted to officially discuss Massively Overpowered (Massivelyop.com). It's the successor to Joystiq's Massively site about MMOs after Engadget shut them down, with virtually the same staff. http://massivelyop.com/about/ Axem Titanium ( talk) 20:54, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
It's the same people who ran Massively, right? If so then its reliable. GamerPro64 02:59, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
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So I've been looking at the consensus with TechnologyTell's reliability (then known as GamerTell) and the thread for the decision doesn't have me thinking there was a strong enough reason to consider it reliable. As well as it not updating since May 2016. So I'm requesting a reassessment on the status of this website for use. GamerPro64 02:40, 20 August 2016 (UTC)