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I know that there were concerns about AI writing done by authors here in a prior discussion that caused it to be listed as unreliable, but I am of the opinion that these concerns are misplaced. As someone who has written for rinky dink websites before, the editorial process is not necessarily done on a per-item basis (i.e. *writes article, article gets reviewed, article gets posted* vs. *writes multiple articles, articles get reviewed, articles get posted*, which I believe the latter may be the case). I could understand if the authors cited—Kyle Wilson and Echo Ansley—were unknown, but they're definitely not. While freelance writers, both have a lot of experience with multiple reliable sources. Wilson has written for Wired, Vice, Nature, The Verge, and Kotaku, while Ansley has written for Rolling Stone, NME, Space.com, Polygon, Inverse, Nintendo Life, Push Square, PC Gamer, PCGamesN, and IGN. As far as editorial policy goes, I don't know if the lack of an editorial policy was actually the case then, but it now does have one: [1] Even if there's possible suspicions of AI, I don't think the suspicions are strong enough to label this source unreliable. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 22:40, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable per the above, unless someone sees an issue I'm not they look fine.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 16:21, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable per KFM. Unless there's something I'm missing this looks decently reliable at a glance, and they do seem to have some credentials. There should be a tag to keep an eye out for potential AI usage per the prior discussion but otherwise I see no issue. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 03:45, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Marginally reliable, and do not use AI content/rumours: Their editorial page looks legitimate, and the honesty of reporting on rumours is respectable. Wikipedia obviously shouldn't be using sources that discuss rumours, unless the article or section is about the rumour itself. LLM articles should never be cited. I would say it is probably marginally reliable, but more reliable than other blog-type sources such as Destructoid. 11WB (talk) 17:19, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Let's just jump in to it!

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@1timeuse75 You are methinks more likely to get feedback if you add your own thoughts, see above or my submission below: #Several_websites_I_noticed. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:40, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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• I came across SFE through this a while back. I was intrigued and so started a discussion on the NPP Discord. The general consensus was that it is definitely reliable due to their authors being primarily academics. On my first visit to the website I mistook it for a forum, however I agree it is absolutely reliable and written by people at the top of their field. 11WB (talk) 06:40, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable if what is said is true about their contributors. Seems like a helpful overall source. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 03:49, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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About us page. Used in the Asterix (1992 video game), Experience point, and I Maed A Gam3 W1th Z0mb1es 1n It!!!1 articles. 1timeuse75 (talk) 14:47, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They don't list any names on their about. Reviews seem signed by named authors, but there is no bios, ex. [4]. Nothing in their about suggests editorial controls, and they solicit stuff with "Send GameTripper your articles". So not very realiable IMHO. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:22, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This is a website I have come across whilst researching video game specific articles. They focus on tabletop gaming, video gaming, television and film. Some of their writers have written for established websites, such as the managing editor B.J Keeton, who is a writer for ScreenRant and independent writer Carrie Lambersten who is a senior writer for ScreenRant. ScreenRant is marginally reliable per RS/PS. Their writers also include authors such as Erik Slader, and notable podcasters such as Kenny Rotter. The others that make up their team are independent Twitch streamers and bloggers.

Something that struck me about the website is that whilst they do publish pieces from their community, these are marked as 'Geek Friends' articles, and not all are guaranteed to be published, which excludes it from being an outright WP:SPS. It should be noted that to date, only 2 of these types of articles have been published on their website and both are clearly bylined as being 'by Geek Friends' (see this example).

Geek to Geek Media is currently only used as a source in 4 articles on Wikipedia, so a consensus is not a pressing matter, however I would be interested in some other opinions on whether it could be used. They strike as being similar, although not as large in scale as Destructoid. It obviously isn't reliable, but I think it would be fair to say they can be used if attributed for reception sections in articles, for example 'author name writing for Geek to Geek Media said...'. I would say they are probably situationally reliable, with any 'Geek Friends' articles not being usable (even though they are "reviewed and edited by our editorial staff and content managers, and meet our high standards for games journalism and reviews" - see this).

The website is well-made and the team appear to be very transparent about how they publish content on their site, so they have definitely earned my respect. 11WB (talk) 09:51, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@11WB do they have a listed editorial byline or standards list? As it stands I'm leaning negatively toward this source right now, as Screen Rant is largely a content farm website, and it being on an author's credentials is significantly less impressive or noteworthy than a major outlet like IGN or Eurogamer. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 04:10, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

From what I can tell, all of their editorial processes and policies are summed up at the bottom of this page. The majority of their writers seem to have experience in areas such as podcasting and publishing. 11WB (talk) 04:17, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Taking a recently published tabletop article, they do have a consistent byline. [5] 11WB (talk) 04:19, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The bylines seem to indicate it's largely fan-run, and its few big names are either Valnet alums exclusively (Which isn't exactly a strong journalistic degree) or are for content production, not journalism. I'm admittedly not feeling like this one's meeting reliability very confidently. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 00:04, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Source assessment/Mr. President! states that the PC Gamer and Kotaku pages on Mr. President! are reliable, but does not state that the Entertainment.ie source is reliable so i starting this discussion. ~2025-40346-02 (talk) 19:59, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any about us or such explaining their editoria policies. The review for Mr. P. is signed by a full name but the author page has no bio: https://entertainment.ie/author/brianlloyd/ . As such I am not seeing how this is better than a blog. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:51, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Saw their name being thrown around on social media recently, but I'm not fully convinced, so wanted to get others' thoughts. Not to be confused with Gaming Nexus, which is currently listed as unreliable. Has a website, but appears to be primarily video focused. Already in use on multiple articles. Includes an ethics page. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 01:16, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyberlink420 If this is an example of their coverage, I am concerned. It is not signed by any person (that I noticed), uses royal "we", and they have no editorial about us or such I could find. This kind of content could be AI generated, or otherwise made up, and is no better than an anonymous blog, IMHO. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:55, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I am trying to take List of Genshin Impact characters to FL status and one of the main issues with it currently is that a lot of the voice actors are not cited. I found a list on Game8 that lists the voice actors for most characters in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean and am wondering if this would be considered reliable enough for voice actor casting only. Gommeh 📖   🎮 16:35, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think it's reliable? Why or why not? TarkusAB^talk/contrib 02:16, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can't say for sure about the site in general, but this particular source's information is accurate for the claim I'm going to be using it for (namely, to cite who voices what role in the game) after checking what the ingame credits say. Gommeh 📖   🎮 02:28, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why not just cite the in-game credits? TarkusAB^talk/contrib 03:07, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know anything about the site Spielemagazin.de, or it's reliability? See WP:RSN#Usable?. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 15:08, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A former sister publication to Variety magazine. I propose we add it to reliable sources. Has more than 1000 video game related articles according to the Gale Research site. (Between 1991-2007) Been using it since 2024 when I found out about it.

Mentioned by reliable sources. [6], [7] Timur9008 (talk) 11:22, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, a standard industry paper I have little to no qualms about. Maybe occasionally feeling like they sort of re-publish press releases occasionally (my memory could be wrong), but generally a solid source for the more background details of some video game content from this era. I think I've even found some game related material from the 1980s in there but I may be misremembering. Andrzejbanas (talk) 14:09, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I plan on improving The Witcher Adventure Game (board and video game combo), and there are some additional sources (reviews) about its digital version that I found online byt I don't see in the list here, that I'd like your thoughts on whether they are reliable or not (and in either case, they should be added here to either reliable or unreliable):

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• CGMagazine: review, about

My thoughts: "Originating as a monthly Canadian print publication in 2010, CGMagazine has since expanded to include a globally-distributed digital magazine, as well as a thriving website...". Print magazine claim is a plus. Their editorial team has real names listed. They don't seem to solicit articles. Reviews are signed by named authors, with bios, although the one I checked [8] is not very serious. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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• HardcoreDroid: review, about plus some names at [9]

My thoughts: they solicit writers but test them: [10], which suggests some editorial controls and standards. Review I checked seems signed by what seems like real name, but with no bio, ex. [11] --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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• Operation Rainfall: review,

My thoughts: I cannot locate their "about", which is likely a bad sign... - on the other hand, they are notable and have a Wikipedia article? Review I checked seems signed by a real name, but with no bio, ex. [12] --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not reliable. Cannot find any writers who've worked for reliable websites or use as references from reliable websites. Many author names used are firstname then last initial only. Not even an editorial policy. Can't see an argument to suggest they're reliable. They aren't notable as website either just the campaign which ended long ago is with them transitioning to a blog just given a passing mention in the wiki article. DarkeruTomoe (talk) 01:48, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty certain there's prior consensus somewhere that they're not reliable. They're just a bunch of fans that did a campaign to support some JRPG releases, that started blogging after they achieved their goal. Sergecross73 msg me 02:04, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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• GamingTrend: review, about

My thoughts: Their about has some names, doesn't seem to solit any submissions, and stresses they are not using AI to write stuff. They claim to be "one of the longest running gaming-focused sites on the web". But their editorial controls are unclear. Review I checked seems signed by a real name, but with no bio, ex. [13] --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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• Trusted Reviews: review, about

My thoughts: Notable company with a Wikipedia article. Seem to have editorial controls and good practices per claims at about page. Review I checked seems signed by a real name, but with no bio, ex. [14] --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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• Board Game Quest: review, about (note: despite the name, they also review digital version of board games)

My thoughts: Their about at [15] has real names, disclaimers, and does not seem to solitic submissions. Review I checked seems signed by a real person, and there even a bio (not very serious, again), but better than nothing: [16] --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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• shock2: review, about

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:17, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

My thoughts: About lists names, but does not discuss their editorial poliocies; they don't solitic content at least. Review I checked seems signed by a real name, but with no bio, ex. [17] --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:38, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I've seen Nintendo Life and Time Extension used as a source for release dates articles. While I have little hesitation about the site's editorial content. Their database appears to have the same issue as many other sites that pull from GameFAQs. Lets look at Donkey Kong for the Game Boy on NintendoLife and Time Extension. Their information appears to duplicate that of The Internet Game Database, a site where all its information is generated by its users. This makes sense as all three sites are owned or associated with Gamer Network.

As they all seem to have exact release dates for the material, I have gone through extensive magazine and newspaper work for 'Donkey Kong' for the Game Boy and have yet to find a specific date beyond a month. As Jeremy Parish (who has written about video games for the past 25 years and has gone above and beyond to clarify information and misinformation) states (ironicly enough, in an interview with Nintendo Life in 2015) that pinpointing exact release dates is hard. "For Japanese games, it's a cinch. The Japanese games industry has tracked the precise release dates of every game back to the Famicom launch for every system, and these dates are readily available. I can read enough Japanese to parse all but a handful of titles [...] Western dates are harder. Nintendo of America has a complete database of official U.S. launch dates for all Game Boy releases, but they're generalized to the month. Meanwhile, European dates - even for latter-day Game Boy Color titles! - often get no more specific than the year." Personally, on trying to find sources on my own through third-party sources or contemporary ones, this has generally been my own experience from looking up information about games before the year 2000. I propose we do not use the database information for sites associated with Gamer Network, which include the page I've linked to above and the side bars in articles, as the information is pulling from user-generated data. Andrzejbanas (talk) 06:57, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with not using their database per reasons mentioned. Timur9008 (talk) 06:06, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

all three sites are owned or associated with Gamer Network − IGDB is linked to Gamer Network, how so? Jean-Fred (talk) 17:05, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I may have jumped the gun, they are not related by ownership but use their data. Per Gameindustry.biz's about page "GamesIndustry.biz is owned by Gamer Network Limited" and "Games metadata is provided by IGDB." The other Gamer Network material also states this Eurogamer, VG247, etc. Time Extension, Push Square, Pure Xbox and Nintendo Life are also all connected with via Hookshot Media who are all part related to the scope within Gamer Network. ("Hookshot is an online media publishing company formed in 2010 (as Nlife Media) [...] In 2010, Nlife Media was formally established to represent the business interests of the network, and the three founders would go on to enter a commercial partnership with Gamer Network in 2011.") As for their editorial policies, it only applies to to their editorials (per NintendoLife) and Time Extension, etc. Very frustrating that the state of online video game journalism is all established by one conglomerate, but that's the state of these things. Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:32, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't aware NLife and Time Extension release databases were sourced from IGDB. I agree they're likely inappropriate to cite in that regard. JOEBRO⁶⁴ 20:11, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not quite convinced that this is the case though. At this point IGDB does power a lot of metadata around the internet, but isn’t it usually stated so somewhere? Like Andrzejbanas found from GamesIndustry.biz, and eg on every Kotaku page. (I would not be surprised if basic attribution is part of these deals with IGDB). Do we have any such acknowledgement for NLife and Time Extension? That release dates match for some games is not exactly a smoking gun − for all we know, whoever put the dates in IGDB (created in 2O14) got it from NintendoLife (created in 2005). Jean-Fred (talk) 08:59, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On trying to examine further, NintendoLife was not part of Gamer Network until 2011. Looking at archive posts from their site in the past, they had no game database of such grand scale in the past from that era. Site in 2006, Their old database here in 2008 does not go into titles before they started covering games (i.e: no 20th century titles for Nintendo, just the Wii, DS and GameCube and occasional retrospective reviews on digital store fronts such as the Wii and 3DS digital shops.)

Some information has changed over their time. Lets take a look at Ocarina of Time

• NintendoLife in 2010 This is before they partnered with Gamer Network (then Eurogamer Network) in 2011.
  • These dates here seem to correspond with the games release for the Wii Virtual Console in 2007 as the game came out in 1998.
  • In 2021 new dates are pulled through that meticulously go through N64, and other re-release dates.

Similarly, lets look a bit more at Donkey Kong (1994) for the Game Boy

• Donkey Kong (1994) Game Boy page on NintendoLife in 2011 similarly, only contains dates which relate to its 3DS re-release.
• Same review, but archived to 2013 This before the advent of the IGDB and still contains the 3DS re-release dates only.
• in the current version they note in their review that they have re-posted the review originally in 2011 for the Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy Library addition. This one has the new dates which I have not been able to confirm with any secondary source.

Per IDGB's wikipage, it only had about 200 game entries in 2014, so its unlikely to have been used at the time. Similarly, Gameindustry.biz did not use IGDB as their source for metadata prior to [2021. To clarify this, per this article IGN Entertainment bought the Gamer Network sites, which include "GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer (including six local language editions), Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and Dicebreaker. The business also holds shares in Outside Xbox, Digital Foundry and Hookshot (which operates Nintendolife, PushSquare, PureXbox and Time Extension)." Also per this Gameindustry.biz article, it would make sense for these sites to take advantage of deal as the API that IGDB used to be a pay service, but since their buyout from Twitch.tv in 2019, it has become free to use. I've reached out to NintendoLife and Time Extension about how their metadata information is gathered, but as you might expect, I have not heard from them yet. Andrzejbanas (talk) 11:24, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Radio Times covers a range of topics, including gaming. They also have an about page. This is my first request of this kind, so I'm not very experienced in judging its reliability. Vestigia Leonis (talk) 13:55, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

haha my comment got deleted when the title got added. I believe this one to be a totally okay source per the Radio Times (long running BBC related magazine in the UK). I've used them a few times for album reviews. They are also already used in various featured articles like David Bowie, The Simpsons and other assorted media articles. They would be good for interviews or reviews of content. I don't know if I'd bank on them as experts to like, give more historical details on stuff, but I don't think they'd approach that kind of material either. I'm presuming this is mostly for content like the above mentioned reviews, release, and other technical details? Andrzejbanas (talk) 14:03, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I want to use it for general coverage of games, releases, or reviews. I've used this source before, but I only noticed today that it isn't listed yet. It seems I had mistaken it for something else. Vestigia Leonis (talk) 14:31, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I've used it in music articles in the past without issue. Sergecross73 msg me 14:47, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I doubt they would have anything beyond reviews, but that's still solid. It's also a useful site as I feel they have *knock on wood* kept most of their older material online, which is grand for writing about older material. Andrzejbanas (talk) 15:11, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say it's probably fine, at least for things related to video games and music. If it has been used in several featured articles which go through a rigorous vetting and improvement process, then I think it must be reliable. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:56, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Based on everyone's answers, I assume the source is suitable to add to the reliable list? I would probably add it to Games industry-related/academic/other then. Vestigia Leonis (talk) 17:43, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I've been doing work on the Horizon Zero Dawn article in my sandbox and noticed a fair amount of refs from the PlayStation Blog. It currently has no kind of category for its reliability, so I feel like it would be a good one to add to the reliable sites list considering the news posts are directly from people involved with whatever game is being written about, or if it isn't about a game announcement, the info is from SIE people.

In short, based on who writes the posts/articles, I feel it should be considered a reliable video game source. -- ZooBlazer 01:47, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It would be usable within what's explained at WP:PRIMARY. Sergecross73 msg me 02:52, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, true. My bad. Disregard this. -- ZooBlazer 04:10, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, this already has an entry here too, in case anyone questions its usage. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 06:20, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, we would like to open a discussion in regards of adding Gameliner.nl to the list of reliable gaming resources. Gameliner has been founded in 2005 and focuses on gaming news, reviews, articles and previews. The editorial staff consists of 12 actual active writers/ editors. The platform is a used as a source by both OpenCritic as MetaCritic for a longer period of time and has posted approximately 3.000 gaming reviews since its founding (all of which are still available for reading to date).

Gameliner is one of the last independent Dutch gaming media outlets and provides it's articles in Dutch, which of course would make it a foreign language platform. All additional information in regards to the platform have been provided in [games/sources]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RudyWijnberg (talk • contribs) 11:43, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Further context here. Sergecross73 msg me 14:39, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]