$250 Best Buy Gift Card Giveaway

Love the website. You guys have some good articles and exclusive pieces. Keep up the good work!!!

Great site. I can’t wait to go buy a Wii with my gift card!

what i think of the site is that it still pretty new to me because im new to it and from what i saw its up todate all it needs is more pictures but that it .

hello.

nice site.

Excellent content, though not thrilled with the layout.

The coloring is too bland on the main page, too much white space. Also, you could use some more reviews on the front page.

Love the site, always informative. Best place to come for information.

$250 that won’t even buy a core-tard package… and you want positive feedback? seriously?

good thing I’m used to low wages and no pay huh?

I think dave is right theres no contrast, the site blends with the ads and is a bit confusing.

also some of the ads especially the one at the top change the format.

I think you need to clean up the advertising a bit making sure there the same size format and probably focus your advertising at your audiance how many of a us gamers really care about our classmates or life expectancy?

Your site is promising, although the layout is kind of dull, as mentioned above. Some interesting articles, but not very many. There seems to be an overall lack of content on your site. I mean you click on the reviews link and the latest review there is october 9th and it’s of the Playboy Mansion game… really guys? I’m not sure anybody really cared how that game turned out.
But… good effort I suppose.

I love this site. Thanks for the great contest!

It looks ike a pretty cool site. I’ve never heard of it before until today. Some more advertising for the site would be great. Get affiliated more with other sites maybe. A new logo wouldn’t be bad either.

This is a great site and it is really nice of you to give back to your readers by giving away this gift card.

Keep up the good work!

Use darker colors, all the whites hurt my eyes :)

Haven’t heard of the site before today. Got a link from the IGN Boards. Looks pretty nice, though I don’t like how the review section is laid out. I think a text listing of all of your reviews would be better for searching.

I like the website. It has a very clean look to it, but I also think that it could use some more colors besides white :-) Keep up the good work!

only been here a few times before, but the more sites dedicated to my favorite hobby the better, keep up the good work…and give me the BB gift card ;)

We truly need more websites like this. These huge websites such as gamespot, 1up, etc all for the most part want your wallet. And they just dwarf small upcoming sites. This one will be my goto for the future as far as gaming goes.

Looking forward to the future of the site, and good luck to the winner of the BB Bucks!

Always interesting stuff to read in your blog..Has become part of my daily routine these last few weeks. Congratulations on your 4 month anniversary. Best of luck for the future.

Great site guys. Keep up the good work!

its a great site. you definately have the content although there is a lotta clutter on your main page. its sometimes hard to find things and to keep up to date. although its needed, maybe a shorter summary or smaller graphic for each entry. one image + summary takes up a lot of space for 1024×768 resolution and thats what i think the majority resolution is probably of your reader.

i know theres a search feature n all but majority wont goto a specific site and search for news. thats what google is for. readers will mostly read whats on the front page and you may need to find a way to fit more than 5 articles on a page without making a ridiculously huge scroll bar.

Hey guys, lovin the site so far. Great articles and a slick interface! Keep it up!

I love this site, read many articles and as Justin.. the interface is awesome

Very nice design. I would recommend it to my friends!

This is pretty cool of you guys, Nice site!

since its random selection an arab will prolly win. but i like what u guys are doin here keep it up and i will surely b back

No lie, first time visitor. Looks like a blog. As others have said, layout could use some rearranging and more color. Look to have some good content though. At least you guys load way faster than 1up.com. God that site sucks. They have good content too but you can never tell b/c their **** doesn’t load half the time, so I’ll give you that much.

and good way to promote yourself, I’m sure you’ll get more 1st timers like myself :)

It’s too blogish, but it’s got a nice concept that needs to go farther. Kill the blog, make it more professional. Use your Header graphic/menus as a theme.

The layout is a bit confusing at times, and the colours a bit bland (I’m canadian, not a typo)

Regardless the writing is top notch, and you have a fan for years to come here.

I think the color layout is the only problem. The all white/gray look isn’t too hot.

Do some video coverage like Gametrailers!

I like this new place, if you can keep the fanboy madness down this place won’t end up like ___stiq.com. Looking forward to many great years of reading….

I’m digging you up too.

I like the simplicity of your site. If you compare to other sites, there’s 100,000 links and flashing things, and takes time to load. Simple = effective & functional & you did pretty good.

You have an awesome site, keep up the good work.

Good to see another game site working its way up. Like your guys style too. Keep up the good work and more people will find out about this site.

The lay-out is very old school (which I like). Keep up the good work.

I love the lay out of the site. And the interesting angles of some of the articles is a fresh look at the same news you see on all the other sites. Can’t think of anyway to improve you guys have done a great job.

The layout is clean and simple, which I like. You keep your articles nice and to the point. Great stuff here, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

You guys rule!!!1! I love how you speak your opinions and are not influenced by the hype of games and such. Keep on rocking!

(+) I enjoy the style of writing found on this site and contributing authors seem to be enthusiastic about the project.

(-) Too much advertising. I realize how expensive a project like this can be, but there’s a certain point where it becomes difficult to take seriously. My browser went nuts trying to install plugins and blocking pop-ups– and then there are at least six prominent advertisements on each page.

Never knew this place existed until today. I’ll add you to my daily rotation of sites!

First thing is that the site’s layout is kinda bland, but I also can see that you went with simplicity. That really doesn’t bug me as much as other things. Make some sample site layouts and have a vote on what people like. Never knew, people might like this layout the best!

Reviews – You need more reviews of games, especially awkard games that major gaming sites just shrug and pass on. You also need more in game pics of the games (with funny captions of course) to get a better feel of what you’re talking about in your write ups. I’m not sure how big your staff is, but more merrier. The more unbiased game reviews you have the more traffic you’ll get. Also I’m unsure of you bandwidth restraints because always make video reviews when possible. Just make them all in flash. After gametrailers.com I’m so spoiled by them that I shurg off write ups.

This section should only have game reviews in here, not reviews of trailers or events. That can be kept in the ‘preview’ section. Reviews should only be reviews of game demos, released or soon to be released games. There’s too many movies released on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray every month and it would only take away valuable resources that could be put into game reviews.

Also at the end of your first page it says ‘Older Entries.’ Well as your page grows this is going to become a mess really quick as your list grows. I think you should simplify it. Once something falls into the ‘Older Entries’ just have alphabetic listing from A to Z and when you click on a letter it says a simple HTML link to the review. So for example, say a month from now I want to see a review of Halo 3. I click on Old Entries, click on H, click on Halo 3.

Previews – Just need more pics if possible in the previews. Videoes of gameplay are great. If it’s a video that doesn’t show gameplay don’t waste the bandwidth I say.

Trailers – Rename to featurettes. ;) Features I say is something game released that doesn’t quite fall under previews or is too broad to put under one game’s catagory.

Gimmick – You need a gimmick. Gametrailers has screwattack. The Escapist has Yahtzee Croshaw. You need to find your own video gimmic.

Those are my thoughts. It’s all about content. The more quality content you have the better.

I must say, I came for the Best Buy Card, but upon reviewing your site I have found out that its AWESOME! Keep up the good work and I will definitley become a regular and spread the word at where I usually go.

you guys have some of the best writing i’ve seen on a video game blog in a long time. the layout and design of the site is pretty user friendly and that’s a good thing for someone like me who has ADD for websites :)
keep up the good work.

As others have said, the color scheme is rather bland, but that’s not my main issue. The layout needs a good overhaul. The top bar is good, but the actual news area needs some help. I don’t like having to keep scrolling down to see the updates. I noticed that there’s a ‘Recently Written’ box on the side, but I barely did because it looked like it was part of the Google ad. All of the updates should be condensed down on the main page so that I can see everything right up front. Why does a gamer come to a site like this? For content and information, so you need to make sure everything you have to offer is right in front of them when they visit. The articles themselves are well written, now all you have to do is make sure we can easily see what you have instead of having to go searching for it.

havent read anything yet – but i’ll take the $ for sure! this better be randoM!

Looks pretty good so far for a new site. It’s pretty basic, but I’m sure the financial backing isn’t the greatest yet. I’ll add you to my list of sites to frquent. Keep up the good work.

Nice looking site and nice giveaway!

I like the site, it’s a good promotion you’ve got because this is how I found the site! Wii rocks!

I have to say, the best part of the website is your layout. It is perhaps the easiest of the gaming sites I visit to navigate. Way better than IGN, and very joystiq-esque (that’s a compliment). Don’t change a thing!

I haven’t read other comments, so I don’t know if it’s been said, but the background needs to be black instead of white. It’s too bright and hard on the eyes.

Count me in!

I hate sites that have black backgrounds. I’m glad you have a white background. For the poster who said the contrary, might I suggest turning down your monitor’s brightness.

Love the site guys keep up the great work. The lay out is superb.

The best part of the site would have to be the layout everything is simple and easy to find.

Very promising site – nice clean interface. Keep the content coming!

Love the new site! Keep it up!!

Nice website. I don’t mind the white color. Too many colors and graphics is annoying.

The site is pretty nice. Good information. Though I do agree the advertising is a little iffy and could use some redoing.

Great site, fun to read

I like this website because it’s just more interesting to read opinionated news rather than the straight facts. After Kotaku, you guys are the next stop in my daily gaming news surf. If I had to rate you guys, it would be a solid B.

Layout and design is “ex pro coooool”
Love your reviews & trailers

Nice site. I would like to some PC Game reviews though! Hope I win the gift card.

More contests! Nothing keeps me coming back to a site then contests! And this is a great way to do it!

great contest. i never win anything. i like the writing on this site. keep up the good work.

Site is very white but it loads pretty quickly and the articles are good. Never herd of it before seeing the contest. Will continue to check it out though.

Love the site but needs more colors I love reading the artcles and the site loads fairly quick

Like the site, like the info it provides, but yes, it could use more color. I like the white background, it is easy on the eyes. However, it would be nice if each topic down the left and right side of the page had a color associated with it so it can be found relatively quickly with a visual review of the front page of the site. I agree with the comment listed suggesting alphabetical listing for older entries. Also, I would like to see the ads on the site all kept in one area so that the page is less distracting and the reader does not need to sift through all the ads to find content of interest. All in all a great start and things can only get even better as time goes on. Thanks for letting the readers have input.

Hell Yeah,

A Free $250 dollars, count me in.

I never win stuff like this, and yet I still enter.

Great Site dude, I love reading the articles here.

Uh yea, i’m here cause i got lost…but i like it so i might stay,

hey very nice site just jumped on here from another site liked what I saw so I have on my top 5 Favs. keep up the good work

My favorite thing about RIPTEN is the ‘top tags’ and ‘recently written’ info on the front page.

I also really enjoy reading what Drake and Chadd have to say :)

But, I think the site needs more color. All the white hurts my eyes! And maybe a new layout.

The clean lines and washed colors give Ripten a solid, grid look. I would like to see a print.css so the articles are better formatted for a printer. Very fine use of WordPress.

Nice site. Very informative. Would suggest changing color and layout for easy viewing.

Simple and direct, easy on the mobile read

Never been here before. It is a very nice site, so how did I miss it all this time? My DD loves this stuff. Myself I just hop around looking for Christmas gift ideas.

Nice website, lots of useful info.

Great site!
I always look to you guys before I buy. Keep it up!

Definitely nice, can always find what i’m looking for here :)

So I’m definately in love with your site, gives alot of good feedback on games and for me one big reason why i like this site is that its not blocked from my work intranet which is a huge plus cause when i get home and not in the mood to be social i just start playing cod4 so i really have no other time to check the internet except when i’m at work. keep up the good work guys

Pick me :)

I am Still kinda new to the site but so far i have really enjoyed it and it keeps me awake at work on the slow days lol

OMG I love this site! Keep it up!

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The site is very user friendly. Everything is very easy to find and gives you the information you want to know without any trouble looking for it. Great site the layout is not boring at all, you don’t want to much going on. You want just enough to draw your attention not to so much to give someone a seizure.

Great concept and layout. Thoroughly enjoying the site.

The site is very user friendly. Everything is very easy to find and gives you the information you want to know without any trouble looking for it. Great site the layout is not boring at all, you don’t want to much going on. You want just enough to draw your attention not to so much to give someone a seizure.

This is actually a pretty neat site.