Gamasutra
 

Basically, for anyone interested in games (namely more on the indepth developement side) beyond the pretty graphics and gameplay; i suggest you check out www.gamasutra.com
It has the apt sub-header of The Art and Science of Making Games.

There's heaps of good articles/features and other of media of people in the industry, talking in all apsects, about making games etc. One of my favourtie sections is postmortem in which they look back over a game and look at the good and bad things they did in terms of developing it. Quite interesting, if you're into that kinda stuff ;)

Even more casual gamers might find some stuff interesting, cause it's beyond what you'd normally get on any other commerical game review site, like Gamespot or IGN.

Also, does anyone else know if there are any other sites like this about?

:)

Yep, I check that site all the time. :cool:
Great news for us developers, and even for your serious gamers.

As for similar sites... I cant think of any at the moment.

i love Gamasutra, they also are the people behind IGDA and game developers monthly. They are one of the weekly email letters i do read as soon as it hits my inbox

That site is one of the greatest resources to everyone who truely appreciates games.

If you're interested in the graphics side of games, look up the SIGGRAPH conference, www.highend3d.com, and www.cgtalk.com (Fantastic for getting critiques of your work!).

siggraph is awesome, i've been a member via my alma mater since 1997. The conference is expensive, but well worht it. Is it in La this year as well?

Also.. check out the Game Developer's Conference, and there is a homedev conference this fall in Cali too.

If loping on the Mac side, iDevGames is an indisposeable resource. PC devs should at least have a look at it, it has a number of articles on game design and running a game company that are applicable to any platform. The site is having problems with hackers recently, though, so it may be offline.

http://www.flipcode.com
http://www.gamedev.net

These are both good sites with tons of resources on game development. They're not as frequently updated as Gamasutra, and most of the content is pretty old, but they're still great places tolearn about game development. Bookmark them.