Where Can You Find Reviews of Xbox LIVE Community Games?

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Today, at 5:00 p.m. (PST) 1UP.com is hosting their Game Night where tonight they'll play The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, Miner Dig Deep, and Groov. Looking for opinions about any other of the 200+ Xbox LIVE Community Games? Team XNA knows that user reviews of games on the Xbox 360 Console would be fantastic, but they don't exist, yet. Luckily, there are several places on the wilds of the interwebs that focus on offering reviews of Xbox LIVE Community Games and some that even offer you the chance to share your opinion.

Destructoid: An enthusiast press site that regularly reviews Xbox LIVE Community Games!

Worth the Points: Offers reviews of Community Games based on the demo versions of the titles. Also has user reviews for registered users.

XBLA and XNA Ratings: Offers reviews of Xbox LIVE Arcade Games and Xbox LIVE Community Games and also offers users a chance to rate them.

XNA Round-up: A fantastic and fun weekly video webcast of select Xbox LIVE Community Games.

XNPlay: Offers reviews of all available Xbox LIVE Community Games sorted by Microsoft price point and recommended titles.

Ziggyware's Community Games Reviews: Offers reviews of Xbox LIVE Community Games and registered users can also contribute. Ziggyware is also an incredible resource of articles, tutorials, samples, and forums for anyone using the XNA Game Studio.

Offline, Dan Amrich does a regular column in OXM called "XNA Underground" covering various Xbox LIVE Community Games each issue, too!

If you're looking for an easy way to keep track of Community Games as they become available now there is a handy dandy Windows Vista Desktop Gadget that can do just that! It shows games as they become available on the Xbox LIVE Community Games Channel on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. It can be configured to filter by region (All, United States, France, etc..) or filter to show games by a particular Creator.

There are also message boards at Xbox.com just for Xbox LIVE Community Games where you can discuss your favorites and learn all about other titles you could find interesting.  

If you know of a site or source that you find helpful when talking about or looking for more info about Xbox LIVE Community Games let me know about it, too!