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Yes this site is part blog, but on this site you can download a game maker sprite editor. This is valuable because it can do everything listed on the info part of the site. You can make better games with more sprites because you can have more graphics then just the bunch that came with game maker.

This is a very helpful video tutorial on how to make a platformer game in Game Maker 7, but it does also apply to Game Maker 8. It goes through the basics by actually showing you how to make the objects on-screen.

This is a set of resources I have created including videos and 'how to' examples of game maker skills and concepts. The examples use game maker 8.1 and will soon be accompanied by examples using Game Maker Studio.

This is a link to the recording of Dr. James Gee's webinar on Designing Games for Learning held on 12/8/2011

A number of video tutorials on using game maker including FPS tutorials, Game Maker 8 and Game Maker 7 tutorials.

These may be common knowledge, but they're good reminders/tips for everyone to abide by -- especially those procrastinators out there (myself included)!

To learn more about the creation of particular types of games a number of tutorials are available on this page. All tutorials have been rewritten for version 8 of Game Maker. They all contain a text document in pdf format, a number of example games, and often additional sprites and sounds.

A series of educational videos about how to create various things in Project Spark, with a primary focus on the "kode" language that Project Spark uses. By watching these videos you can learn the basics of how to create your own games in Project Spark, as well as some advanced features. Your host is "Mescad', a stay-at-home dad from central Kentucky who loves Computer Science education and enabling creative people to create awesome things in Project Spark. The current production schedule is that a new tutorial video will be uploaded on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week. Follow @mescad on Twitter or subscribe to this channel to receive notifications when a new video is posted. Comments and questions are always welcome, and I do take requests for videos. Project Spark is a free game creation platform developed by Microsoft's Team Dakota, available on Xbox One, Windows 8, and soon on Xbox 360. Learn more at http://www.projectspark.com/

really good tutorial on how to add sounds in your game

Part 2 in a tutorial created to guide you through creating a platform game in Gmae Maker