This morning Time Magazine released their yearly feature, "The 50 Best Websites of 2011," where they "honor the scrappy newcomers and established players that make the Web so useful, entertaining and just plain indispensable." I'm not sure if we're technically a scrappy newcomer or an established player, but it's awesome to see TouchArcade getting this kind of recognition.

TIME cites our reviews, the forums, and our recently rebooted twice-weekly podcast The TouchArcade Show as reasons for inclusions. (And speaking of podcasts, this is probably a good time to subscribe if you haven't already.)

Anyway, I suppose this is an excellent time to thank the whole team here at TouchArcade who work their collective butts (fingers?) off wading through the ever-thickening jungle that is the gaming section of the App Store. We've got some awesome people at work here between Jared who stays up all night like an old bearded man in a light house, Brad who takes time out of his busy weightlifting schedule to manage and produce the podcast, as well as our team of freelancers both new and old who tirelessly crank out reviews all week long. So seriously, thanks guys, and thanks to everyone who makes the forums an awesome place to hang out.

[via TIME]