We recently covered 1UP.com News Editor Luke Smith's refreshing wish not to play ball with inane game company PR - hence some rumbling going down - and now we note he's updated his weblog with a list of game websites he digs.

He starts with the infamous NeoGAF, of which he explains: "It really is the Mos Eisley of the Internet. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. From members of the Sony Defence Force, to Xbots, to Delusional Nintendo Fanboys NeoGAF is a wasteland of opinion, conjecture and angst -- it's also heavily posted on and read by the game industry (at quite literally all levels), despite its sometimes acrid-community, it's an excellent resource." True words!

OK, OK, you got us, he's also very nice about Gamasutra and GameSetWatch, the latter of which he comments has "some of the best links on the Internet (related to gaming)", and notes that this weblog poster himself "may be one of the busiest minds in our industry." Aw, thanks - but is being busy actually wired, or is it tired? I'll have to consult my trend oracles.

[Oh, and Smith ends with a good wide-ranging gameblog list: "Some others, in brief: Jeremy Parish, Kathleen Sanders(especially this one), Sam Kennedy, John Davison, Bonnie Ruberg, Terra Nova, Garnett Lee, The Escapist, Jane Pinckard."]