My review of my favorite console gaming website

Gamespot
A well run and solid gaming website. It includes all preview, review of all major games.
Pro:
- List all main streams gaming news. Means the news probably are the only news that you want to know, no junk news.
- Got the most preview, review of most games.
- Like the section that includes "hottest, coming soon (with release date), highest rating". You can do a quick check on upcoming good games.
- News title are pricise and to the point. You'll know right away what is it about by reading first few words.

Con:
- It does take a break on the weekend. Cause news delay sometimes, and might not be the first to publish breaking news.
- Its strength to not publish news other than mainstream news might become a weakness. You might not get news that you want.

1up.com
A gaming website used to belong to EGM until recently taken over by UGO.
Pro:
- Most of the news mostly the same with Gamespot until recently. It began to publish some exclusive and interesting news.

Con:
- Its layout and navigation might be a little bit confusing.
- News are a bit slow on the weekend.

Kotaku
Kotaku is a blog website that cover a comprehensive array of news.
Pro:
- I think Kotaku is one of the fastest gaming news.
- Cover a lot of news around gaming.

Con:
- It might contain a lot of junk news that doesn't interest you. - A bit hard to find specific news, especially old news.
- When reading in RSS feed, there is only a portion of heading that is shown. And sometimes you wouldn't know what is it because the title doesn't describe it in first few words.

The Magicbox
It is a very simple website that just summarize.
Pro:
- Cover Japanese gaming news.
- Summary of news. To the point and include only mainstream news.
- Lots of screenshot of new games.

Cons:
- Way too slow. It only update every couple days, maybe only once or twice a week. News get stale.

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