Reviews

Sites with directories of reviews and news for individual games, from both users and professional reviewers.

Resources in this category:

All Game Guide
http://www.allgame.com/

Providing a wealth of information on the computer game industry, the All Game Guide allows access to its database via game title, character name, company, person, or platform. Links are provided to breaking stories, a complete list of future releases, 85 system platforms, previews, and game genres. Game ratings are given, too.

Common Sense Media
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/

Offers ratings and age-appropriateness levels for parents and educators who are making decisions about media resources for children. Includes movies, Web sites, television shows, video games, books, and music. Available in Spanish.

Digital Press - The Video Game Database
http://www.digitpress.com/

For collectors and fans of classic games. This site provides a collector's guide and online rarity guide, a place to submit photos of your collection, plus fun features like a monthly mystery game contest (with prize!), easter egg guide, reviews, multimedia, forums, and news feeds.

The Entertainment Software Association
http://www.theesa.com/

An organization that provides current news, research, policies and reviews about video and computer games.

G4 Tech TV
http://g4tv.com/

The gaming network provides an in-depth review repository for over 500 games.

Game Zone
http://www.gamezone.com/

PC and Video Games, Game Cheats, Codes, News and Reviews

GameFAQs
http://www.gamefaqs.com/

Reviews, walkthroughs, cheat codes, save data, and release information for console and PC games. Also features polls, buying guides, featured reviews, top 10 lists, contests, forums, and more. The site is driven by user-contributed content and is a community effort.

GamePro
http://www.gamepro.com/

One of the first gaming magazine now provides reviews, previews, and cheat codes from the most popular video games online.

GamerDad: Gaming with Children
http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/

A video game designer with a parent's perspective reviews games and gaming issues, focusing on the impact of video games and gaming on children.

GRADE: Game Ratings and Distinguished Education
http://www.artificialwisdom.com/

Provides game ratings that focus on educational aspects. Game ratings include categories such as "classroom facts, creativity & imagination, business skills, people skills, problem solving, simulation and popularity."

Sega-16
http://www.sega-16.com/

"The complete online resource for everything Genesis/Mega-Drive." Historical archive with game reviews, master lists of all games for Sega Genesis/CD/32X systems, vintage ads and game videos, reader roundtable, song lyrics, and forums.

Underground Online
http://www.ugo.com/channels/games/Default.asp

The Underground Network provides a repository of games reviews, cheat codes, and downloads to satisfy the gamer in you.

Video Games - Helium
http://www.helium.com/channels/185-Video-Games

Information on video games systems, debates, trends, and culture.

Yahoo! Games Domain
http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com/

Yahoo's Game Domain provides news, reviews, and previews for hundreds of fames across all the major gaming platforms.