What Are the Blogs and Podcasts on Gameindustry.com About?

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Gameindustry.com's blogs and podcasts are opinion and commentary sections that sit alongside its game reviews and news coverage. The Gamer Blogs are personal columns — most visibly Michael Blaker's recurring series, such as Video Game Tuesday and Retro Game Friday — while the podcast episodes cover topics that reach past games into comics and broader industry questions. If you want reviews and release news, the homepage's review and news sections serve that; if you want a writer's take or a discussion format, these are the sections to check.

Gamer Blogs: personal columns, not news

The blog entries are bylined and framed as individual perspectives rather than reporting. From the homepage listing, the pattern looks like this:

  • Michael Blaker's Video Game Tuesday — a weekly-style column. One listed topic is "Next Gen Delays," i.e., commentary on hardware and release timing rather than a news report.
  • Michael Blaker's Retro Game Friday — a nostalgia-oriented column. One listed entry covers Raiden II, a classic shoot-'em-up.
  • Michael Blaker's Video Game Tuesday: Next Gen Delays also appears under "News & Industry Happenings," so blog posts can surface in more than one feed on the site.

The takeaway: expect a named author's opinion, retrospective, or reaction — useful if you want perspective on a trend or an older title, not if you need a factual announcement.

Podcasts: games plus adjacent topics

The podcast section is listed separately from the blogs and reviews. The homepage shows episodes such as:

  • "On the Scent of Wolverine" — filed under Cartoons as well as the podcast feed, pointing to comic and cartoon subject matter.
  • "On Monopolies, Problems and Solutions" — an industry-structure discussion rather than a game-specific episode.

So the podcast is the broadest of the site's formats: it can move from games to comics to business questions about the industry.

How these differ from the rest of the site

Section Format Typical content
Reviews Single-title critique Earth Must Die, Star Wars: Zero Company, Darkest Dungeon: The Fire's Edge DLC
News & Industry Happenings Short news items Metro 2033 / Last Light next-gen update
Gamer Blogs Bylined personal column Next-gen delays, retro game retrospectives
Podcast Discussion episode Wolverine, monopolies in the industry

When to use each

  • Choose the blogs if you want a recurring writer's viewpoint on a trend or a retro title, and you don't mind that it's opinion-led.
  • Choose the podcast if you prefer a conversational format and are open to topics beyond games, such as comics or industry consolidation.
  • Skip both if you only need reviews or release news — the review and news sections cover that directly.

One practical note: the homepage presents these as feeds with "Load More" and "READ MORE" links, so the full archive of blog and podcast entries isn't visible on the front page alone. The site also carries a Subscribe link, but the homepage material doesn't state what a subscription includes or what it costs, so check that page directly before assuming any blog or podcast content is gated.