The British newspaper The Guardian has long been a daily read for its left-leaning political coverage. Now they’ve added a Gamesblog, so you can check them out for smart takes on gaming played on platforms ranging from PCs to phones.

Amid the obvious — like links to the new Doom 3 demos — the blog discusses a game featuring an s/m virtual world, a forthcoming game in which one can hunt Osama Bin Laden, and the poltical potential of quickly conceived and rendered downloaded Java games.