Top 5 Blogs

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As a group activity for the 2010 Wordcount Blogathon bloggers were encouraged to write about blogs they can't live without.  I missed the May 10th date when we were supposed to write on the subject because I was out of town.  I think it's a great idea so I'm going to do it anyway.

Here we go, my top 5 blogs:

  1. Professor Beej - Extremely intelligent writing about all things media.  He covers a wide breadth of knowledge about books, movies, television, technology, gaming, and the internet.  Variety is the spice of life when it comes to the topics Beej covers.
  2. Bio Break - Syp is a MMO gamer who likes to share his thoughts.  Half of his posts are random thoughts throughout his day, but they are always interesting and worth reading.
  3. Tobold - One of the most well known MMO bloggers currently.  He always gets a ton of comments and is great at generating discussion.  Read the posts and the comments when you visit Tobold's site.
  4. Copyblogger - As I try to improve my writing I find Copyblogger more and more useful.  It's great resource for writers.  Especially bloggers.
  5. Whatever - John Scalzi is one of my favorite authors, even though I just discovered him in the last few months.  Read the Old Man's War series if you haven't.  This is his blog.

Bonus:
These two aren't personal blogs, but I read them every day.  For gaming news you can't beat Joystiq and Massively.  They are two of the best sources for up to date videogame news on the internet.

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