Who should I follow on Twitter? Gaming edition: part one

By Laura June Dziuban
Welcome once again to "Who should I follow?" where we spend countless hours trolling Twitter finding the best and most knowledgeable peeps for our readers to follow. This week, we've got a crazy one for you folks. In fact, it's so insane, that we're calling this "Part One." That's right, welcome to the wonderful world of gaming on Twitter. Such a vast and inspired land that we don't pretend to hold the secret mysteries to finding all the best Twitterers out there in just one go — so consider this a first pass. The list is pretty vast, so get to following. Believe us, there are a lot of gems here.


Websites
Joystiq – @joystiq
WoW.com – @wowdotcom
Massively – @massively
1UP – @1up
Eurogamer.net @eurogamer_net
Amazon Games – @amazongames
Cheap Ass Gamer – @videogamedeals
Offworld – @offworld
Kotaku – @kotaku
Major League Gaming – @MLGPRO
Gamer Hotline – @gamerhotline
IGN – @ign
GameTrailers – @gametrailers

Companies
Valve Software – @VALVeSoftware
thatgamecompany – @thatgamecompany
Irrational Games – @irrationalgames
OnLive – @onlivegames
EA Presents – @ea_presents
Naughty Dog – @naughty_dog
Lucas Arts Games – @lucasartsgames
SEGA – @sega
SEGA Press – @sega_press
Infinity Ward – @infinityward
Treyarch Studios – @treyarch
Rockstar Games – @rockstargames
Remedy Entertainment – @remedyalerts
Majesco Entertainment – @majesco
Bioware – @biofeed
Eidos Montreal – @eidosmontreal
GameStop, Inc. – @gamestop
Razer – @CultofRazer
Capcom – @capcom_unity
Ubisoft – @ubisoft
Lionhead Studios – @lionheadstudios
Bungie Studios – @bungietweets
Halo Waypoint – @HaloWaypoint
TriplePoint – @TriplePoint
Turn 10 Studios – @turn10studios
Zynga – @zynga

Humans
Chris Grant, Joystiq – @chrisgrant
Justin McElroy, Joystiq – @justinmcelroy
Ludwig Kietzmann, Joystiq – @ludwigk
Ben Gilbert, Joystiq – @BigBossBgilbert
Griffin McElroy, Joystiq – @griffinmcelroy
JC Fletcher, Joystiq – @jcfletcher
Alexander Sliwinski, Joystiq – @xandersliwinski
Andrew Yoon, Joystiq – @scxzor
Dave Hinkle, Joystiq – @davehinkle
Randy Nelson, Joystiq – @dangerpenguin
Michael Wilford, Twisted Pixel Games – @mrwilford
Frank Cifaldi, 1UP – @frankcifaldi
Chris Jurney, Double Fine Productions – @jurney
Karl Stewart, Crystal Dynamics – @crystaldkarl
Jamil Moledina, EA Games – @jmoledina
Ben Kuchera, Ars Technica – @benkuchera
Andre Vrignaud, Xbox – @ozymandias
Peter Molyneux, Lionhead – @pmolyneux
Libe Goad, Games.com – @libe_goad
Aaron Greenburg, Xbox – @aarongreenberg
Tim Schafer, Double Fine Productions – @timoflegend
Stephen Totilo, Kotaku – @stephentotilo
Chuck Jordan, former-Telltaler – @spectrecollie
Jeff Gerstmann, Giant Bomb – @jeffgerstmann
Simon Carless, Gamasutra – @simoncarless
John Davison, GamePro – @jwhdavison
Jeff Rubenstein, PlayStation Blog – @jeffrubenstein
Cheapy D, Cheap Ass Gamer – @cheapyd
Jared Gerritzen, Zombie Studios – @gerritzen
David Jaffe, Eat Sleep Play – @davidscottjaffe
Tracey John, UGO – @traceyjohn
David Cox, Konami – @castlevanialos
Garnett Lee, Shacknews – @garnettlee
Charles Martinet (the voice of Mario) – @charlesmartinet
Kyle Orland – @kyleorl
Major Nelson, Xbox – @majornelson
Kimi Matsuzaki – @ubikimi
Marty O'Donnell – @MartyTheElder
Clint Hocking – @clicknothing
Ken Levine – @IGLevine

Games
Killzone – @killzonedotcom
Quake Live – @quakelive
Dead Space – @deadspace
Dragon Age – @dragonage
Final Fantasy XIII – @officialffxiii
Rage – @ragegame
Battlefield BC2 – @officialbfbc2
Battlefield 1943 – @officialbf1943
Battlefield 2142 – @officialbf2142
DJ Hero – @djhero

Miscellaneous
Joystiq Lulz (quotes from the Joystiq podcast) – @joystiqlulz
Kevin Butler (fictional account from PlayStation ads) – @thekevinbutler

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