Internet opiates part one

I have opted to make a list of Internet sites that due to their quality, humor or level of interestingness are addictive to an unhealthy level, many hours have been sucked into the twirling nether because of them, and I am not sure if I should blame myself or the makers.

1. Cracked. cracked grew out of an old magazine. It has grown to become insanely popular and well written. It gets humor by commentating on lists of things EG ‘six most half assed attempts at corporate green washing’, or a list of the things ‘video games must stop doing’. Really the depth of writing and the amount I have learnt from cracked is amazing. it is updated with three new articles a day. seriously it could write an article about the ‘seven best Miley Cyrus songs’ and I would read the hell out of it.

2. Nedroid. Nedroid is a webcomic created by Anthony Clark. He has a distinct writing style and his humor makes me laugh even if I don’t know why.
His main recurring characters Reginald and Beartato are cute in a naïve kind of way. He can masterfully set up jokes that are funny, and never stray into vulgarity.

3. Yahtzee Croshaw: Zero punctuation reviews.
Yahtzee Croshaw is a British reviewer who creates the hilarious ‘Zero Punctuation gaming Reviews’ for escapist magazine. He uses humor and wit to cut to the core of problems with games and the industry itself. He can be a bit negative, but he is so funny you wont actually care. It is updated every Wednesday. His personal blog is also quite funny.


4. XKCD. XKCD is a web comic made by an ex NASA physicist, he uses a minimalist art style. Many of his comic strips focus on technology and the inconsistencies and foibles there in contained.