First up in the blogging world is our own Blackguard (or, Green Monster Game's Blackguard now) talking about digital vs. retail.

If you’re a PC gamer and have visited your local video game retailer lately, you’ve probably noticed the trend–PC games are slowly going the way of the dodo bird, with console and handheld games occupying the bulk of the store’s space. Oftentimes, I see a disorganized single standee of roughly alphabetized PC games, with the selection limited to the latest games or games that nobody has bothered to buy in the past 6 months.

I'm not so sure after the EoF blunder with download times that digital is the best way, but read up on Blackguard's thoughts on Nerfbat.com.


Then over at Aggro Me, he has an interesting read for everyone that is worth taking a peek at.

The Believer is a magazine published by McSweeney's, a publishing house founded by Dave Eggers (Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius). McSweeney's has published books by authors such as Jonathan Lethem, Nick Hornby and David Byrne. They also put out titles collectively like Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists (review here). And then there are the magazines: McSweeney's Quarterly Concern (fiction/humor), Wholpin (on dvd) and the Believer (mostly non-fiction).

Pop on over to Aggro Me's blog to get the scoop!