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DaGaffer

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Part of a network, "GamesN", set up by a mate of mine (former publisher of Edge). The idea is to go deep on specific games rather than shallow and general. Thoughts?
http://www.pcgamesn.com/
 

Mabs

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looks fine, my gut reaction is "do we really need another of those" though
 

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Part of a network, "GamesN", set up by a mate of mine (former publisher of Edge). The idea is to go deep on specific games rather than shallow and general. Thoughts?
http://www.pcgamesn.com/
  • That I hate sites with no readable content off the bat, i.e. you have to scroll before you start.
  • There is little clear segregation between the articles, chuck in a horizontal line to separate them or something.
  • The ad block on the right hand side wastes masses of space (rock paper shotgun also suffers from this)
  • It seems like reddit? http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/
 

Deebs

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Slow as fuck to load. Gave up before it finished.

If he needs someone to tune the servers ..... (for a fee)
 

Keitanz

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They load really fast for me, I like the site.
 

opticle

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It's very white. It hurts me. Can't really read it for more than about 20 secs.

And slow :(
 

Raven

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I quite like the articles but the site is a bit too tablety for my liking.
 

Scouse

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Loads just fine on my new 60mb connection ;)
 

Binnsy

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Hello. I thought I'd jump on and say hello... I am the man wot made PCGamesN.com. It is my fault.

Firstly thanks for the plug DaGaffer.

Ah, I miss the old Barry's World servers. Great days.

Replying to themes above...

Yeah, loading times have been a big bag of spanners. Speeding up now... shoulda spent more on the server (didn't really expect it to be so popular).

Yeah, it is a bit white... I kinda like that... more than green ;-)

Yeah, we love Reddit too - we're trying something a bit different though, adding in original, new content and feeds

Yeah, we're tweaking some of the presentation of articles.

Yeah, the ads are big... erm... all them words ain't cheap.

Keen to hear any more tech/ platform questions.

We're gagging for commenters on the site... it would be amazing if a few of you wandered over to have a look and a rant.

My favourite two stories in the site right now are
http://www.pcgamesn.com/article/bringing-mods-gods-prometheus-recreated-doom-3-spoilers
and one I wrote about Carmack/ Doom 3/ VR
http://www.pcgamesn.com/article/why-john-carmacks-rocket-powered-3d-goggles-won-e3

Cheers.
 

Deebs

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Binnsy Welcome to FreddysHouse. Feel free to ask for help/advice as I am sure lots of us here can offer advice and often unwanted opinions :)
 

Poag

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Nah, best article = Jurassic Battlefield 3

T-Rex with a tiny tiny gun...but it can't reload!
 

Binnsy

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I liked the dino pilot best - Hey Poag, you should go comment ;-)
 

DaGaffer

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Blimey, Palmer Lucky is a bit touchy isn't he?
 

KevinUK

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I like the site, is there an RSS feed? If there is I can't find it.
 

Binnsy

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Hi Deebs - thanks for the tips - will share with our boffin. Maybe for Friday (!) we'll have search by tag in place. Fingers crossed.

Hi Kevin - yeah, no RSS feed yet. Grr. It's on the list too ;-)

Thanks for dropping into the site and commenting chaps - more of those will raise the tone of the place.

Cheers
 

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