Social Networking for Gamers

games: Social Networking for Gamers

August 26 2008 | Arnold Pistorius

Hi guys, today I’m looking at social networking websites aimed specifically at gamers.

I’m a fan of facebook, especially now I’ve left university and have friends dotted around all over the world, but I do sometimes feel the strain of its general appeal, and used to feel a bit guilty about glutting the news feeds of non-gaming friends with long gaming related conversations.

Enter targetted networking sites! Here you know you aren’t boring anyone, have more chance of meeting new people you can game or chat with, and have a suitably informed group of people for those ‘Katharine is needing help finding the last 3 peanuts in Peanut Monkey Peanut Challenge’ moments.

Check it out and don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments below

Edit - Here are links for all the sites mentioned in the episode:

UGame BTW - in the episode I said ‘ugame.com’ but it’s actually ‘ugame.net’. Massive apologies to ugame for getting this wrong - do check out the .net site, it’s very good!

Gamer DNA

comments

Angel Mercury

August 26th, 2008 - 4:49pm

Love watching your reviews and features.

One thing though, can you guys make sure you’re leveling the audio? I’ve noticed in the past that the segment is softer than the bumpers, and today’s segment was Really low. I think I jump every time the end bumper comes on cause I’ve been turning my speakers way up.

Other than that, I love watching ^.^

geekpicks

August 27th, 2008 - 9:18am

Messed up url of UGAME.

It’s http://www.ugame.net sir/ma’am, not http://www.ugame.com

KatharineFletcher

August 27th, 2008 - 11:48am

Thanks so much for pointing that out geekpicks - I’ve edited to reflect this.

Matthew

August 27th, 2008 - 12:23pm

Excellent episode - I had never heard of any of these but they all seem worthwhile.

I just figured I would mention http://weplaythis.com/ , which collects people interested generally in gaming and has a very beautiful site. It is in closed beta.

KatharineFletcher

August 27th, 2008 - 12:41pm

Hey guys, I was just emailed about http://www.playfire.com which is another exciting up and coming social network in this vein. Check them out! And if this photo of their team doesn’t make you want to sign up then you need to get your sense of humour checked by your GP! http://www.playfire.com/a/meet_the_team

mellowdaddee

August 27th, 2008 - 6:20pm

I’ve actually been a member of Gamervision for the past year and have watched the site grow tremendously. The site has a good vibe, and the news, videos, and writing are always pleasing to the eye. If you love anything game related, this site is for you…..

VoodooHack

August 28th, 2008 - 4:26am

The major gaming sites seem to offer similar services. For example, Gamespot and 1Up. Both offer profile management, editorial staff for news reviews and podcasts, not to mention social groups.

Peter Jones

August 29th, 2008 - 2:22pm

You missed out Vigster http://www.vigster.com which is a unique social network and video games IMDB. The feature I most like is that Vigster allows you to build virtual game shelves and share with fellow gamers, its basically a facebook for gamers.

I hope you edit the video to reflect this.

KatharineFletcher

August 29th, 2008 - 3:50pm

Hey Peter, that’s a great site, thanks for linking it. I’m afraid that we don’t re-edit videos once they’ve gone live unless there is a serious technical problem (an awful lot of work goes into getting this much content out regularly and we just don’t have the resources) but now that you’ve posted the link our viewers will benefit anyway!

queen polyanna

September 12th, 2008 - 6:06pm

This is one of the best gaming sites around.

KatharineFletcher

October 27th, 2008 - 11:02am

Another site I’ve just been told about is http://www.thumbslap.com which is designed to make it easier to organize online gaming sessions with your friends or find people to game with. Check it out.