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With the release of Toy Soldiers today I thought you all might like to win a copy.  Signal Studios and Microsoft were kind enough to give us three copies. Since I already purchased a copy I'm putting all three up for grabs. 

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Looking for Input
Written by Jigsaw hc   
Monday, 02 March 2009 09:21

It has been over 6 months now since XBLA Ratings launched and things have come a long way. We've run three different contests, added XNA Community Games, started doing semi-regular developer interviews, and tweaked numerous minor visual and back end piece to help improve the site. Now I need you help.

I  made this site for fans of Xbox Live Arcade and XNA Community Games, and I want to make the site that you guys want.  What would you like me to improve, add, or change next? If you have an idea for the site please leave a comment and let me know.

Jigsaw hc

 
Comments (14)
Nick the Dude
14 Monday, 13 April 2009 09:41
OS Perry
I subscribe to this guys podcasts over on youtube.

He releases reviews of XNA community games each week. Perhaps get in contact with him and partner up, or do something similar. I check him out weekly... good stuff here and with his podcasts.

http://www.youtube.com/user/nicktheduderino

Perhaps something similar to this with XBLA titles or a combo. They are very simple and straight forward.
Good Stuff
13 Saturday, 11 April 2009 22:39
Kenneth Steven
I like strategyking's idea. You could have a Game Spotlight above the Top Rated games, with the Name, Box art, rating, and maybe a brief description. Game can be changed daily, weekly, or bi-weekly.

I like the overall look of the site. The only thing I would suggest working on is the Top of the page. Maybe the search box could be put inline with the other navigation buttons.

Put a "Search" button to the right of "Contact Me", with the text box to the right of the "Search" button.

This will free up space, where you could put the Game Spotlight, or an advertising banner. They don't really bother me that much, I have enough will power not to buy anything that I see on the internet. If it keeps your awesome site going, then I'd be all for it.

Try making the ampersand a smaller size font (maybe half of the others?) I think this would be more visually appealing. I have some ideas for a logo, if you are interested
Great site
12 Monday, 06 April 2009 14:38
tom
Still loving the site jigsaw! I don't play many xbla games but reading peoples thoughts makes me interested.
My only suggestion would be a avatar of you playing then in your underwear :)
Nice job on the site.
more whining
11 Thursday, 26 March 2009 15:39
Fabian Viking
I actually have some more whining. It would be nice if the security code didn't contain letters like l, 1, 0 and O (yes, it's four different letters!)

When new games show up, they are sometimes missing the 1-10Rating comboBox. Like now when I tried to add a comment to "SuperCow" the rating didn't work. It's a update problem or something?
@JamesH
10 Wednesday, 25 March 2009 08:26
Administrator
I've started adding those to new games now and I'll try to go back through older ones as I have time.
@Fabian Viking
9 Wednesday, 25 March 2009 08:09
Administrator
I see what you mean about the order of the games by default. I changed that around so now newest ones are listed first.
@Pandapadawan
8 Wednesday, 25 March 2009 08:07
Administrator
Feel free to just leave a short one sentence or even one word review with your rating. Even just "good" or "bad" is fine.
Ratings without reviews
7 Wednesday, 25 March 2009 05:52
Sascha James
I want to be able to rate games without having to add a comment.
Want another game order
6 Monday, 23 March 2009 02:02
Fabian Viking
Hello!
About XBLA-ratings:
I review a lot of games here, I guess Im on the top10. I started to notice that it is not the rate that matters, it's how many that reviews witch will show if the game is interesting or not. I kind of destroy the concept. Maybe it would be better with some kind of "Digg It" rating system.

Another strange thing is that people give way to generous rates. "Damn this game suck, I would never play it, I give it a 5". I give a 5 if a game is totally ok, but doesn't do anything extra. Somehow Im always the one that gives the lowest rates even on the games I love..

I also have a complain, when you enter the site the games are listed in alphabetic order, you should change it to "most recent" be course that's what people are interested in when they enter the site..

I'll be back with more reviews, see you then!
Reviewing Reviews
5 Saturday, 07 March 2009 13:57
Rorifett
I'd like to also add thanks for the good work, I think some games maybe need a wee review since they've been updated, talking specifically about Easy Golf here but that counts for all the games. Easy Golf now has 8 player online MP and the physics have been tweaked, along with loading times and the ability to put any object within any other object in the course editor i.e. an island within a water feature. Top job anyways! Cheers
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4 Saturday, 07 March 2009 11:13
Michael Voigt
Just keep up the great work! :)
Some stuff
3 Friday, 06 March 2009 19:26
Aeron Bess
How about a bi-weekly thing where you randomly name a game to try? People could discover some stuff they missed back in the day that way.
Also what jamesH said.
Links
2 Tuesday, 03 March 2009 14:13
James Hargrave
Maybe I missed them but it would be nice if there were links on the pages so you can queue up downloads from xbox.com quickly.
Looking for input.
1 Monday, 02 March 2009 10:41
Greg Berdan
Needs more cowbell.

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