icycooL's

Today's blog spotlight gets shined down upon icycooL's, a gaming blog that is set to feature reviews, rants, and whatnot about the gaming industry. It's fairly new, but the first post is definitely a promising read if games are your thing (even more so if you're a fan of Mass Effect or their developer, BioWare).

You'll find the style of his game reviews refreshing (one might say it's icy cool), as there's very little of the elitist attitude that follows the lines of 'all games suck, but there's some that suck less than others.' He also doesn't tout the popularity of a game as a strong point, like most game magazines do. Honestly, how often do you open GameInformer or some other game magazine just to see that the new Call of Duty or big-name game got a 10 or 9.5, while the others got medium scores?

If you're looking for a good blog to follow, icycooL's definitely has some promise! Check it out, he's even on my blogroll. ;D

JazzCats

Jazz is a respected class of music that everyone recognized as a beautiful art, whether or not they actually like the music itself. It's become tradition to imagine those passionate artists, blowing away at the saxophone with all of their heart in their favorite melodies.

Jazzcats is a blog that reflects that passion - in writing. The writer, Spongeworthy, is particularly enthusiastic about his favorite genre of music, and is sure to make you at least a little more interested in it yourself. You can't ignore the loving descriptions he entwines in his posts.

On the blog itself, I am impressed. The layout is wonderfully done, with six useful post-boxes on the front page that give a short impression of the post, as well as a comment button. There's even a music player on the right-hand side of the page. To add to it, he has his own custom domain, jazzcats.org.

Get jazzed at JazzCats!

Comic Utopia

I'm one big fan of comic-book superheroes, largely Marvel and DC ones. As any fan knows, though, keeping up with all of the new characters, plots, series, etc., can be more of a hassle than most other genres. So count your blessings, nerds and geeks: Comic Utopia is here to save the day!

Comic Utopia is a blog about (you guessed it) comics. Utopia really is the correct word to describe it, too; it's got reviews of comics almost constantly, and they'll help you keep on top of the superhero world. Here's a little sample of his posts:

"Bruce Banner, as a child, was extremely intelligent, but hid his emotional suffering that was caused by his father killing his step-mother because of her love for Bruce and Bruce's fathers feelings that his research in atomic science had given him a mutated son. Being raised by his aunt, Bruce became a successful nuclear physicist for the United States Defense Department. Bruce fell in love with Betty Ross, the daughter of the base commander, Thunderbolt Ross. Bruce was assigned with constructing a Gamma Bomb. During a test, Bruce seen a civilian in the test area, he entered, saving Rick Jones. However he did not have enough time to save himself and the bomb ignited and Bruce was irradiated with radioactive gamma particles. Instead of being killed by the radiation, Bruce Banner was transformed into a large, strong, grey-skinned monster labelled the Hulk."

What are you waiting for, superpowers? Get on over to Comic Utopia.

TheUniversityBlog

I don't know how many of my readers out there are really students, but hopefully enough of that demographic finds this post and says, "Wow, that was really helpful," because that is certainly what came to my mind when I came upon this gem.

On Monday, I blogged about the Blog University; today, I blog about TheUniversityBlog. As the name implies, TheUniversityBlog focuses on university and college. This blog's intention is to provide helpful information on a wide range of academia-related subjects, from "employability" to the secrets of success.

In the words of the blog's writer, Martin, "[if] I can find an angle on the academic, I’m interested. I’ve been embracing academia since 1997 when I wasn’t even yet a student." It's quite apparent that Martin knows what he's talkin' about, and that he quite enjoys it.

Perhaps it's time you got schooled at TheUniversityBlog?

Easy Affordable Tasty Food

A delicious blog is being cooked up over at Easy Affordable Tasty Food!

I recently found this tasty piece of work on the Bloggeries forum, where blog writers congregate to discuss, optimize, and show off their blog. After stumbling upon it, I began to peruse the selection of dishes that the blog's mysterious (his name is found nowhere on the blog, as far as I can tell) creator posted.

Needless to say, I immediately had to make myself some of the food.

What's better about this blog than the easy meals that you can whip up real quick is that every post has step-by-step instructions, and each step is partnered with a representative picture! If you usually get lost while following cookbooks and recipe guides, this should increasingly simplify the procedure.

Why waste another second hungy? Get cooking with Easy Affordable Tasty Food.