9. Joystiq
URL: joystiq.comPlatform: Multi
Focus: Blog-style news, sprinkled with a healthy dose of humour.
Best Feature: The high production value Super Joystiq podcasts. Of the several popular gaming sites that started up a decade ago in 2004, Joystiq continues to be the most reliable. Always a great source for general gaming news, Joystiq has also ventured further into more extensive editorials in recent years. Joystiq's best output though, is the reliably entertaining Super Joystiq podcast, which brings together all the editors in a different role each time. Featuring some great, well-informed discussion that occasionally gets a bit silly, the Super Joystiq podcast is well worth a weekly download. It may not be the funniest, or the biggest, or the smartest site on our list, but Joystiq has always operated at a high level of quality, with solid content and a talented team of editors.