September 24th, 2007 at 5:21 am
GameAlmighty.com is a new online community for the video gaming world. Think of it as a game-centric version of your favorite social networking site and your favorite online video source all wrapped in a Web 2.0-driven package. Its objective is to offer gaming reviews, previews, latest industry news, videos, podcasts and other creative content within a comic book like entertaining format.
“Our goal is to completely change how digital entertainment is covered,” said Christian Allebest, senior editor of GameAlmighty.com. “For the first time ever, publishers and developers can write rebuttals to game reviews they feel are unjust, giving them a second chance to defend their products. We also invite gamers and members of the industry to publish their own articles, reviews and opinions alongside our professional journalists.”
I must say that without even reading it, my first impressions of the site was a definite “Wow!”. It certainly shows that they have put a lot of work into bringing the user experience to the next level with a graphic novel and comic book feel. Navigating around the site immerses you in another world with uneven bold fonts, bright colors and even those dialog balloons that makes comics unique and appealing. In fact, I was just waiting for something to pop up on my monitor with the words “Kapow!” or “Kaboosh!” (like in the Batman & Robins cartoons of old) showing me innovative pop up advertisements.
This site places gamers, developers and publishers on an even level playing field i.e. anyone can submit content to it and comment on reviews, features and editorials. Each article comes with a unique rating system that helps gamers evaluate specific game elements like design, graphics, sound and value. Thus, giving more value to the next reader that comes around.
Gamers can create their own virtual social networking hub to share and communicate with others of the same interests with handy video upload functions. The forums also allow readers, publishers and developers to gain that valuable piece of insider information about current and future games.
GameAlmighty caters to gamers of all product genres from PC to mobile handhelds. It also reviews and previews the new/next generation gaming peripherals. In short, it is a fair assumption to say that you would probably find anything and everything about the gaming world from this one site.
What differentiates this site from others is not only the enticing visual experience. The site caters not only to hardcore gamers but to gamers of all levels. Its goal is to do reach out and relate to today’s video gaming and movie going audiences in a knowledgeable, humorous yet sophisticated way — without the communication barriers and pedestals. That is something they have been able to do very well so far. In terms of demographics, this site definitely appeals to a wide range of male, females that are young and old.
To top it off, they are wholly owned and run by Super Heroes. Real crime-fighting, super-human super heroes. Watch out, GameAlmighty is here to save the world from all the other gaming site pretenders and it looks like they’ll be around for a long time to come.
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Rob Snyder said: @ 11:31 pm
September 24th, 2007
That is really something! I’ll be on it for hours now.