apollo610
CAG Veteran
I've trolled these forums for awhile and you guys are a pretty solid forum group. That said, I would like to solicite some opinions on a website I've recently put together.
The site is rasterreport.com (rasters being the cluster of pixels that make up a bitmap, which was how video games got their name). Anyhow, the premise of the site is to consolidate all of the information available on hundreds of video-game related websites, and bringing them into one centralized website. We don't want to be flashy, we want to be strictly content-based. Updates are made nearly real-time, so breaking news is posted almost immediately as it hits the wires (for instance, we had the LBP recall up 3 minutes after the initial report). Lean, mean, and quick is the name of the game for us. We also add our little twists on headlines, and pull in sources that many people may not know of.
This site is NOT designed to replace other content providers, like Joystiq, Kotaku, Gamespot, IGN, etc etc. Nor is it designed to be a blog, we have no original content at this time (though that may change in the future). Rather, as I said earlier, we aim to be an aggregator of information to remove a lot of the redundency out there and save video game enthusiasts a lot of time from searching dozens of VG sites.
A) Would any of you guys use something like this? Is there anything out there like this, because I don't know of any and I've been on the web for awhile.
B) Are there any sites you guys would like us to consider adding? We are adding sources all the time, however it's our discretion what content gets posted, so no promises.
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
The site is rasterreport.com (rasters being the cluster of pixels that make up a bitmap, which was how video games got their name). Anyhow, the premise of the site is to consolidate all of the information available on hundreds of video-game related websites, and bringing them into one centralized website. We don't want to be flashy, we want to be strictly content-based. Updates are made nearly real-time, so breaking news is posted almost immediately as it hits the wires (for instance, we had the LBP recall up 3 minutes after the initial report). Lean, mean, and quick is the name of the game for us. We also add our little twists on headlines, and pull in sources that many people may not know of.
This site is NOT designed to replace other content providers, like Joystiq, Kotaku, Gamespot, IGN, etc etc. Nor is it designed to be a blog, we have no original content at this time (though that may change in the future). Rather, as I said earlier, we aim to be an aggregator of information to remove a lot of the redundency out there and save video game enthusiasts a lot of time from searching dozens of VG sites.
A) Would any of you guys use something like this? Is there anything out there like this, because I don't know of any and I've been on the web for awhile.
B) Are there any sites you guys would like us to consider adding? We are adding sources all the time, however it's our discretion what content gets posted, so no promises.
Thanks in advance for your feedback!