Thursday, August 14, 2008

Gamespot Has a New Look

You can see it here. I vowed to stop reading Gamespot after the whole Gerstmann debacle, but the truth is, 1UP is an inferior substitute. It's poorly designed and not updated as often or thoroughly as Gamespot. I know that the Games for Windows magazine went belly up and that Jeff Green and company were switched over to an online version of the publication at 1UP. But the transition has not gone smoothly as Green's blog and editorial entries are sporadic at best and the vaunted redesign has yet to appear.

Gamespot, on the other hand, looks and navigates much better. Unfortunately, it's still not clear how much their management bends to the will of advertising companies. Just goes to show, in video gaming, you either take disorganized independence or well-designed shilling.