Links: Blogrolling 2022

It's been awhile since I updated the old blogroll, so here are some additions:

Pistol-Training.com, a website founded by the late, great Todd Louis Green, is back thanks to the efforts of one of Todd's close friends and training partners, retired federal agent and SWAT officer SLG. As SLG describes it, the site will remain "a blog for like-minded people to learn and discuss various firearms-related topics," with a focus on pistols but also some coverage of other aspects of the firearms world.

Polygon was founded in 2012 by editors from video game sites Joystiq, Kotaku and The Escapist, with a focus on longform articles and the developers behind the games. Some of the site's takes are unnecessarily contrarian (like its lower-than-average score for The Last of Us, one of the PS3's best titles), but overall this is a good place to keep up with video game news.

Honorable Mention

The Ringer - One of my favorite sports websites back in the day was Bill Simmons's Grantland. The Ringer is sort of like Grantland 2.0: mostly trenchant commentary on mainstream sports, mixed in with frequent diversions into movies, TV, video games, and other aspects of pop culture and current events. Occasionally, those topics intersect, like when the site ran an exposé that brought down Mike Richards, putative host of Jeopardy! after the death of Alex Trebek. It's not quite a "gaming blog," so it doesn't belong on the blogroll, but it's well worth reading.