Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/) is a video game news blog; quite possibly the most popular one. It covers a wide array of news; the only real thing they have in common is a link to video games. They also do simple game reviews that list what the reviewer personally liked and disliked about the game. I think Kotaku is an excellent model for news distribution; it’s focus is online news distribution, it has a very casual air about it, and it simply posts EVERYTHING. Anything even remotely noteworthy that they see they talk about; there are even some articles on occasion linking to and commenting on other articles on other sites. It’s not just simply about video game news; it’s an entire presentation of gamer culture’s high and low points, and it fosters constant discussion amongst its readers about the subject matter. I love what the site is doing for the culture, and I can’t really come up with a way to improve what they do; they present a ton of articles, make them easily and freely browsable, they have a comment system for each article for the community to discuss them, and they take the time to breathe some humanity into the news they’re presenting.
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