Hello all. Anyone remember me? Well for those of my friends who moved from Gamespot to Giantbomb i now understand completely. Is it because i have grown up and become more aware of the industry? Or maybe i have changed my views and how i perceive people? Whatever it is i just cannot stand being on Gamespot anymore except from checking their news (which is usually hours behind everyone else).
 
I very much plan to make this my new home for blogging, gaming and general gaming community. But it has really raised a question in my mind, why have i turned on Gamespot a site i used to love so much? I think there are a few reasons.
 
Let us start with the core of the website. Games. I very much find Gamespot reviews to be taken from one angle. They just think in last generation where as now with so many factors and thought going into games, they can no longer ignore what gaming has become. An art, computing science, a form of entertainment that extends well beyond what it once was. For example Fat Princess. IGN gave it a fantastic 9.0 and Giantbomb here gave it a solid 4/5 where gamespot gave it 7.5. For me Fat Princess is just fantastic and it did have launch issues but look at from a perspective of design. The art, fun style and humor behind the game, plus the most important, 'the fun factor', makes this game one of my favourites on PSN. Now most of you musty be thinking "Just your opinion", which is very true. But Gamespot just don't seem to make reviews which make sense to me. Continually missing the point of a game and tearing it apart for very small reason. I just can't agree with their features or reviews anymore.

Now the second biggest part of the website. Its community. I first joined Gamespot in 2005 when i was 15 and was very narrow minded and made a lot of friends. But now when i look at the, i suppose closest friends i made they continue to, well i suppose annoy me. They make blogs, comments and posts that are just not thought out. They take it from one angle and have very little understanding of how other people might interrupt whatever the topic is.
 
It is hard for me to exactly determine exactly what it is but i believe it is this very childish and narrow minded approach that i seem to find so frustrating on Gamespot. Maybe some of you can relate? I just think i can no longer be on a website where majority of users think "i got THA PLATINUM in UncHARTed 2" is actually acceptable writing or 'cool' with most replies being "i gotz 15 PlATInums n00B!!".
 
Now i'm not saying that everyone i met on the site was like that. I found some great blogs, people and did actually make friends, but when 94% of the people are little s**ts who don't think before they say anything you really lose heart in the whole thing. For me it has run its course and am wanting to find a new home here at Giantbomb. Welcomed? I hope so :)
 
Stuart

im really enjoying it. i have to say after yesterdays major slow down due to Beta testing and a huge number of users signing up things have improved so much. i open Mozilla and add another tab and click both my gamespot and giantbomb accounts and giantbomb actually loads faster. its fantastic. i also have foound some good forum topics i enjoying commenting on as well as some good reviews. although i dont like the out of 5 rating due to it being very vague the reviews give a good account of why it got it score.

in gaming news i did level 7 of Halo on Legendary yesterday and it was awful. this is my first time palying through Halo 3 and the level was dire. it took so long and it was ridiculus the kind of things the enemies were coming out with. still i got through it so only level 8 now and then level 9 which is just driving if i heard my friend correctly. also only a few scenes left in Vegas 2 on Realistic then thats finished and i will have a new favourite online game :) i feel bad for both my Wii and PS3 cause there not getting much attention but my 360 is new and fresh so im still enjoying it :)

thats all the news i have so i hope to see you all out on the forums :)
many thanks
02sfraser (Stuart Fraser)

hello everyone on this social gaming network. it is a gaming network right? well even if it isnt i will still stick around. i just made my profile so nothing is up but i moved here from gamespot. will it be better? only time will tell. so far from what i can make out, the lack of development and servers mean this website is very slow :( not enjoying that very much but it will improve over time :) hope to see you all out there.

dont really have any news but add me and i will add you. its what i do :) in a quick note i lvoe games, manga and anime, beer, parties and the sun. that all :)

many thanks
02sfraser (Stuart Fraser)