Social Network For Gamers

gamervision.com

1 pointJMiao4 comments

I'm curious how this stands a chance in light of XBOX Live and popular gaming sites like Gamespot. Facebook has an ongoing petition for a "Favorite Games" profile category, but I know that Gamespot has had a tough time getting people to interact outside of commenting on news articles and previews.

Sort of bothered by the site's cluttered design -- the blog posts on the left hand side are colored to look like cheesy, forgettable advertising.

Of course the advertising is forgettable there is no advertising.

Aren't the biggest social networks for gamers the games themselves? (at least for MMOG)

I definitely hear what you're saying (my background is in interactive games)...aside from MMOs, this is another compelling reason why a unified online framework like XBOX Live works so well.

Things like Gamervision are more focused on networks for gamer interests ("life outside of the game"), i.e. discussing things that matter to gamers. There's another one specific to WOW called Rupture that is VC-backed and founded by Shawn Fanning of Napster fame.

Again, I'm not defending things like Gamervision. I'm more keen about Raph Koster's work.

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