Welcome to other websites.

Here's a typical list of a selection of sites I've found at least somewhat interesting, or possibly of interest to somebody without being horribly illegal. This list will be updated sporadically with no real notice as to what specifically changed, due to the evolving and inconsistent nature of websites, but I'll try to keep a note of anything that becomes recommended or not recommended with a suitable reason. To keep this page from becoming a list of suggestions of things to buy or people to follow on social media, I'm making some rules as to what can't be on here.

• No social media profiles - Sites here can link to those, but profiles themselves won't be linked here.
• No storefronts - Sites may have a store, link to stores, or aggregate prices across stores, but the site itself won't just be a store.
• No sites already linked on the main page - It would be redundant, whether or not they'd actually end up on this list.
• No sites which only link to other sites and have no content themselves - Any interesting links from those would just be linked directly here.

As always, be cautious when browsing random websites. I am not responsible for any content or events stemming from this list of sites, unless I somehow end up posting something on a site listed here, then that and that alone is on me. Adblock has been recommended in a general safety and convenience case, but I also try to recommend sites here that aren't utterly obnoxious with ads, so the less paranoid or annoyed browsers may feel as if they could disable it for a site or two.

Live, Hot Links

No, not in that way, these are recommended links that, last I've checked, are still active and may regularly get content updates, or are at least still existing without needing to access the archives. On top of that, their ad levels, if present, are more than likely acceptable or better for an average website, at least by my standards.

• Dinosaur Comics
  Also known as that one webcomic that uses the same pictures of dinosaurs every time, except only the text changes. Such a concept has been done before (see The Angriest Dog in the World, which was referenced in this), but this take on it is still novel and has been running for quite some time.
• The Insidious Bogleech
  I've found this site to be an interesting read in my aimless web browsing, covering a wide appreciation for the creepy and crawly that many others would have for the adorable and fluffy, and sometimes those all get mixed together for a wonderful whole. I, too, have liked the creepy cute in many forms. This site has a lot of content stretching back years, from articles covering creatures both from fiction and real life, to a webcomic that's still going. It's the kind of website-y website that I'd like to have that level of dedication for my own.
• The Internet Archive
  A force in digital preservation, regardless of what some overly litigious publishers may think, with all kinds of archived media of various rarity. Also features the Wayback Machine, an interface for browsing past versions of websites in the face of constantly-changing content where it might otherwise be lost, for whatever important reasons. Maybe not the definitive archive, but it's a significant one in scope and volume, and I don't know if any could be definitive anyway given the difficulty of digital preservation on multiple levels. The site's dedicated website archive, the Wayback Machine, runs archived links below as well as those elsewhere on this site. Ads and other scripts in archived sites may run similar to how they did or not at all, depending on the site and archive level, so using this to access snapshots of known script-heavy or malicious sites should be done with caution as usual.
• IsThereAnyDeal
  A nice aggregate of PC game prices across several stores, including tracking all-time lows. It's a good thing to keep in mind if you're open to getting games across other stores for the best prices, provided the key sellers are legitimate (which they generally seem to be here). This isn't a store in itself, though, it's just good to do some research and have some patience possibly before buying games. There are random streams embedded in some game pages, but fortunately they don't seem to autoplay anymore. The only ads I've seen are generally kept in the page margins as a sort of background, so watch out clicking there if you don't mean to open one.
• Nookipedia
  A wiki based around Animal Crossing, from the current games to the history of the series. Very few ads from what I've seen, it's a fairly chill experience that should tell you all about villagers with no problem, including charts for when creatures show up as well. Some pages could use work, but that's what a wiki generally has anyway.
• PCPartPicker
  This site is not only a good source of figuring out how to assemble a PC build with certain parts in mind, but it also does its best to track prices across several stores to determine the likely cost before shipping and taxes. Of course you can also look elsewhere for parts if you want to try to hunt down a deal, but overall it helps with compatibility most of all, and buying parts through their links provides the site with affiliate kickback for running the site. There don't seem to be ads anywhere on the site and they prefer that donations go to a charity instead, so this seems to be the main way running costs are handled. Really makes it feel like a passion project to help others with their own.
• SteamDB
  A site for historical tracking of various aspects of Steam data, including player counts, prices, changes to files or store listings, and so on. Useful for various data regarding a massive and long-running PC download store, whether or not one shops there. It is also definitely not a site to pirate games, and I mean that seriously and not in a joking manner, because certain publisher lawyers have somehow confused the site as such. I'm not linking places of piracy here, anyone who wants to do that can do that themselves, possibly fairly easily even, like how to look up how this site isn't piracy. It's literally statistics across the board. I've used this site in my research on accountability of certain publishers regarding certain games.
• xkcd
  Also known as that one stick figure comic with all the science stuff and also the one people link to because something related came up. Or maybe just "that one stick figure comic" in general, as vague as that sounds.
• ZomboCom
  The original version used Flash, which has been phased out, so they've reworked the site slightly to comply. This other link is an alternative HTML5 reconstruction. Regardless of the format, anything is possible at ZomboCom.

Moderately Recommended

These sites are ones I would recommend up top, but there's just something off about them to keep them off that list. Usually, it's ad saturation or behavior that interferes with using the site to a small degree. However, it's not a major enough issue that they're excluded from this page entirely. Using an adblock or another plugin might be recommended when browsing these as a workaround for their issues. Be cautious as usual. If a site wants to block access to itself for anyone who even looks like they have adblock installed, even if it is turned off that site, they won't even be on this list.

• Bulbapedia
  Issues: Significant ad saturation including content breaks, sticky video players promoting random videos as well as video ads
  This site works better in tandem with Serebii to get the most Pokémon knowledge that you might want for whatever reason you'd want it for. It seems to go more in-depth for subjects such as the anime and manga, but also has a decent summary per monster of all that they've been in. Their gradual slip further into ad hell is a shame, though, but for now it's still a very usable site enhanced with some workarounds.
• Fallout Wiki (Nukapedia + The Vault)
  Issues: An almost nuclear bombardment of ads, thanks to this being hosted on Fandom (formerly Wikia)
  A good site for finding out all about the Fallout series, from the original games in the Interplay days to whatever the hell Bethesda's doing to it now, and a bunch of behind-the-scenes stuff as well as cancelled projects. However, adblock is recommended here due to it being a Fandom site, and even though this particular wiki stood up against Fandom's need to insert a bunch of random unrelated crap into every page, which did result in a reduction of said crap compared to other Fandom wikis, there's still excessive ads that will take up over half of the screen at times. At some point, the wiki duplicated itself over this and another host, possibly initially due to the Fandom crap, but they re-merged after several wiki networks were purchased and merged, which is why it's referred to "Nukapedia + The Vault" instead of just "The Vault" as it was before.
• Mod The Sims
  Issues: Unrelated autoplaying videos placed around the site
  A site with a lot of good mods for Sims games, from Sims 2 to Sims 4. It has a handful of ads, somewhat out of the way, and no logins are needed to download or even search, making this a much more pleasant experience than some Sims mod sites that are 90% ads and lock features behind paywalls or having adblock off. See my Sims page for mod suggestions in general.
• PCGamingWiki
  Issues: Moderate ad saturation
  A one-stop site that holds fixes, or links to fixes, to get PC games running on more hardware than would be normally possible with stock configurations. As well, it can also have tips to boost performance, and even links or hosts the occasional patch or mod to make a game run more smoothly.
• Serebii.net
  Issues: Occasional banner ads become overly large on screen with autoplaying video, not in line with usual standard banners
  Being one of the lead sources for Pokémon information for decades now, if you want to know something really specific about a very specific Pokémon-related subject, it's likely here. Though the focus is more with the games than the anime, both are still covered in detail, in addition to the card games. It's comparatively light on ads when they behave, at least compared to the likes of Bulbapedia (which is still useful, but holy hell hold back on the ads a tiny bit), and is generally fact-checked before things are posted (though not always spell-checked, particularly during live updates).
• The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages
  Issues: Slightly increased ad saturation, now including occasional giant banners and autoplaying video that are difficult to stop or close
  With knowledge of the Elder Scrolls series and mythology that runs deep, even into the technical workings of some otherwise forgotten games, and still somehow far from an excessive amount of ads unlike any Fandom-branded wikis, this is where to look to figure out how to do things in Elder Scrolls games, or try to understand the bizarre happenings in the lore or possibly mechanics or "features". Also a good reference if you need to get into the developer console in the PC version to fix things when they don't just work.

The Archives

These sites have either gone completely defunct, or have morphed so much they're no longer recommended at all, but were once a great source of whatever the site was a source of. These links are archived or mirrored in some way and may take some time to load or have a lot of broken links within.

• GameWinners
  If you're looking for mostly accurate cheat codes and weird tricks that may be less accurate, this is the site I would always go to since it had so many games with so many cheats and not too many ads. The site closed around 2017, but this snapshot I've linked starts around 2011. This chosen snapshot may link to the "new" format for the most recent consoles on the list as well as the PC platform, which can be difficult to navigate between pages in the archived format (hint: use the letter index links at the top instead of the previous/next page links), but the older console pages should work without much issue as those follow a static format. You can try to jump forward to squeeze what few cheats there are in games from the time of the eighth generation of game consoles, but success may vary.

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