Websites to follow

The internet has been known colloquially as the "web." While most of us know our way around it rather well some things don't stick to the web as well as others and fly right on by. Things that exist on the far reaches of the edge are often the best. Sometimes its hard to find what you really want and so I'm going to start a list. Here are the sites that you really should be checking out. As I think of more I'll be updating this list so feel free to shoot out a comment if you think of any I've missed.

]The Bungie Developer Blog- http://www.nobleactual.com/
This is the official Bungie Developer blog. This little gem is a good one to start off with because most people don't even know it exists. It's a great site to get insider news and personal postings from the guys inside. It's also a great way to get your voice heard since most people don't know about it yet.

Bungie.net - http://www.bungie.net/
Not a hard one to find but I would be remiss not to mention it here. Get up to date info on all bungie projects. Stop by on Fridays to read the weekly update and throughout the week to enjoy all the community stuff they blog about. There are all sorts of little gems that they throw in like anoj's Top 10 series, machinima's or the occasional montage. Don't forget that you can also check out all your halo stats which are updated within a few games if not immediately.

Halo Charts - http://www.halocharts.com/
This is an amazing website. For those of you who have used it I'm sure you agree. It offers up to date stats that can't be accessed on Bungie.net. You can compare yourself with your friends, check your stats against members in your region and more. No explanation can do this site justice. You have to just go there and check out all the stats listed there.

Gametrailers - http://www.gametrailers.com/
The title of this site says it all, well most of it. This site has up to date Trailers, Reviews and Game Videos that no one else has. What makes it great is that members can submit videos including leaked videos of games that weren't supposed to be seen yet. You can get lots of great game footage before you buy something or as a preview. If you want to get more involved they do have a video watching reward system which gives you points toward buying games and other things. All you have to do is watch movies, post and refer the site to other people. I strongly urge you to check out some of the extra videos there like the bonus round which features a developer round table among other things. It's a good way to get in touch with what the industry thinks about the games it's making.

1 Up - http://www.1up.com/
I've actually just bookmarked their news page myself but I wanted to give you the main adress because there's lots of good stuff inside. For the most part I usually just read their news feed which gives almost to the minute gaming news. I would recommend this one over Kotaku for 90% of the gamers out there because it's not as in-depth and the writers are much more friendly. While Kotaku is a great site for gaming news 1up is really for the less hardcore. They don't bore you with unnecessary details and all of their posts get right to the point. If you want to know more about why the Playstation 3 just stopped working you can get that news here as it breaks. As a side note, they also have lots of great features like the Retronaugts which explores old games.

Kotaku - http://kotaku.com/
Kotaku is the other side of the coin. If you like 1up but you want more, this is where you go. I don't usually go to Kotaku but what they say, even rumor is usually law. While they don't have as many fun features as 1up it is a great site to read up on all game related news.