Welcome to video game week here at (Anti) Social Development. Since I accidentally published this article a couple of days ago instead of saving the draft, you may have received a list of some of these links in your feed reader or email. Doh! I usually like to do my themes article on Wednesdays but decided to start the week with themes because of this error.
These themes mentioned below are often used on sites with the best slots to play online, don’t you know? Most gaming sites are now built in wordpress. Some of these themes are designed for videos rather than specifically for video games but I think a video game blog would include videos for walkthroughs and game demos.
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Awesome list!
I’m partial to the two Mario themes. Especially that old school one. :-)
eGamer is probably my favorite of the rest of them. CounterForce scares me. ;-)
Thanks Kim!
Hi Jim – I knew you would like Mario :-)
Oops should have read this first! Lol it really brings back the old school feeling.. Kinda miss it though
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I actually like Video-Game-Photo best. I can see that being a part of Web 2.0. I see Mario Brothers has a big showing. I’m not about to admit that my middle name is Luigi :)
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Hi Gennaro – I think you just admitted it ;-)
What I like about some of these themes is that, even though they’re designed with videogames in mind, you could probably tailor them to other topics.
Although why anyone would want to amend the Mario ones would be beyond me… ;-)
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Hi Danny – Don’t mess with Mario ;-)
Some of these theme are designed for video rather than game sites but I thought they would work for this list.
Cool collection of themes kim, I really love the egamer theme.. its reall nice
Hi Nicholas – Thanks! Let me know if you try egamer.
I don’t play video games. :) I do like “This Wicked Life” theme.
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Hi Vered – That one is set up as a video blog rather than specifically for video games.
well Kim i got the link on my reader and then i tried to visit and there was a 404. i was sure it was coming :) i would also like to add that e-gamer is not free but it’s an excellent plugin indeed. anyways i really like the theme of the week as you might have guessed :D
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Hi Stratos – I couldn’t believe I hit publish. I’ve done it before but usually caught it immediately before it hit the RSS feed. This time it could have been 30-60 mins before I realized. I was doing too many things at the same time.
The theme of the week was partly inspired my our game conversations :-)
Lol Super Mario theme is cute! Reminds me of the good old school days.. Good for classic games huh..
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Hi Ben – Super Mario would be perfect for a classic gaming site. I like it a lot.
Sweet! I’ll put this alongside the food themes when I write them up…very cool.
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Hi Dennis – Video food themes ;-)
I bet I could get my hubby blogging with that Mario theme… that’s so cute! egamer looks like it could be adapted to fit any site though, and it’s a very good layout.
~ Kristi
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Hi Kristi – Maybe you should show it to him ;-)
videos of game always were a success
I was stuck in a game the other day and a video finally got me through that point – reading the walkthrough hadn’t helped me at all.
Nice collection. I dont know how you manage to find all such themes. I only managed to find 2-3 themes when i was starting my gaming blog.
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Hi Madhur – It wasn’t easy to find all of these – I thought there would be more themes out there. I think I need to make the ultimate one :-)
I actually downloaded the egamer theme and was going to use it for a photo blog, but its sitting in the themes directory gathering dust because I went and bought a really cool theme that is pretty well complete plug and play. A hell of a lot better than the Thesis theme I bought awhile back.
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I like the theme you are using now. :-) I like Thesis but mentioned on your site the issues that I have with it. You have to know CSS and hooks to make a unique looking theme out of it.
Yep, that’s exactly why I didn’t like it. I reckon it’s fitting that I now use it on my Load Of BS blog :D I absolutely love my new theme. Just the other day I noticed that the color of the link wasn’t quite right, so I go into the dashboard and with a couple clicks of the mouse I’ve changed the color.
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I love this templates. With wordpress and all the above, making a game site is easier than ever! Thanks for the post waiting for more like this!
Hi – Thanks. I’m glad you found the article useful.
wow so many free themes. Thanks for the share.
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Hi Jeevan – Thanks! I hope you find one that you like.
It’s too bad there aren’t more video game blog themes designed for game review sites. Really, the only good one I’ve found is GamesPress.
Hi Penny – There really aren’t any themes specifically designed for review sites – some of the ones that revolve around videos might be the best to take a look at.
Nice! I’m working on setting up a video game review site and I might have to use one of these templates! Thanks.
Hi – Great! I’m glad the article helps :-)
Another great gaming theme you might consider adding to your list is the GameNow Theme – http://www.wpnow.com/themes/gamenow.html
I recently purchased it for a client and its usability is great, even comes with a built in gaming review system. It could also be used for non-gaming sites as well which is nice.
Hi Eric – Thanks for the info – it looks like a nice theme.
Thanks I am going to check out the egames theme.
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Hi Jadeslair – I hope it works out for you.
I found an awesome video game theme for WordPress, its like nothing you’ve ever seen before, check it out: WordPress Video Game Theme
Hi Jake – Thanks for the info. I’m sure there are new themes for video
games since I wrote this article a year ago :-)
Somebody has got to make a Call of Duty theme. That would be killer
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Hi Dennis – I’ve seen regular templates for that game but not a WordPress one.
Some fantastic themes here, I especialy love the Mario ones as they are so colourful and perhaps even atmospheric… make you happy just to see them!
Hi Dee – Glad you like them!
This will help. I am using a simple magazine theme for my blog. Thanks!
Nice themes. I guess the Mario will always be a classic.
egamer is a really nice theme. Sort of looks like gamespot
While I know that this list is old, it still is a valid collection of gaming themes. I have used egamer for several sites and has been a favorite for some time. I will give some of the others a look.
Egamer is still a great theme.
Is there some plugin for building an arcade site using WordPress? BTW These are all beautiful themes! Thanks for making this list!
Have you looked at ArcadePress?
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/arcadepress/
The plugin can be downloaded but the developer’s site seems to be down.
Have someone the Gamers Theme or an current download link ?
Good recommendation. I really like the egamer, Super Mario and Gamers Theme seem to be the best.
By the way, do you think this is a good list of games to recommend? http://nynyonlinex.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/games-id-recommend-to-play/ If not, comment and tell me what games you would recommend to play :)
I saw this list from a long time ago. I ended up making a website that has just this. It contains free themes and premium themes.
You can check it out at videogamewordpressthemes.com
Wow.. Those designs are brilliant. Thanks for sharing Kim. My favorite is the first one, eGamer. That one looks so damn clean but elegant and dark. Awesome design. And suddenly i saw my old time favorite video game, Donkey Kong Country on your theme list. That is also awesome to try out and might gonna recommend to my brother if he ever plans to build a WordPress blog.