A living list of blogs, newsletters and other publications I read regularly and recommend. I've sorted them by topics and categories.
You can download an OPML file to drop into your feed-reader of choice for a given category, or if your reader supports Dynamic OPML (like FreshRSS does ) you can link directly to it and you'll get updates from new sites as I add them.
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An independent games media outlet spun up after the collapses of 2024.
Veteran games journalist Patrick Klepek's excellent newsletter about the intersection of parenting and games.
John Gruber's blog is one of the oldest still going strong.
An absolutely incredible newsletter about culture and the internet. Essential reading.
John August's newsletter about things that are interesting to screenwriters.
Feminism-focused gaming culture blog with a focus on identity.
My wife Nathalie's beautiful blog that she's kept since 2009!
policy
gamedev
culture
games
Genuinely brave video journalism about games, and their growing cultural impact.
ai
policy
internet
culture
tech
A scathing blog tracking the many missteps of the "AI" hype machine.
Cory Doctorow's near-daily deluge of illuminating, accessible wisdom.
Henry Farrell's clear-eyed newsletter on international affairs.
Video game design and culture notes by Robert Yang.
A Steam Deck-focused link and news aggregator run by a colleague.
Clear, incisive newsletter by solicitor Simon McGarr, mostly about Irish civil life.
tech
internet
culture
policy
A lovely living list of articles about the joys of tending your own corner of the internet.
My wife Nathalie's bold newsletter about creativity and motherhood.
Kevin Maguire's long-lived newsletter is essential reading for dads.
A peerless, fearless font of satire in these batshit times.
An Ireland-focused housing policy blog.
Interesting regular newsletter by slightly problematic internet journalist Taylor Lorenz.