Gamer specific social networking sites.

I'm in the middle of midterm madness and barely have any time/energy to blog, but the show must go on.

Today's post is about GatheringofGamers.com and GamerDNA.com These sites are weird, not because they are gamer specific social networking sites, but because they're just unpleasant/overwhelming to look at.

Before I start bashing them, I should give you guys a little background. Gathering of Gamers works like a Myspace; you make a profile, upload pics, and add friends zZzZzZz. It seems that the purpose of this site is to help members find local gaming tournaments, but with only 5,346 members spread out around the country, I doubt this site has achieved much of that.The biggest problem with this site is that it's an eyesore. The colors, the layout, the stupid little mascot, yuck! Whoever designed this website needs to get fired. Aside from that, it's a young website and their goal is worthwhile I suppose. Hopefully, they can get organized, make their site prettier, and start attracting a decent number of people, but for now they are dead in the water. ( I'm a little cranky today)

Gamerdna.com is actually pretty cool, but it can be a little overwhelming. The design/color scheme is sweet and the site is much more polished. This site kind of works like Twitter, but there's a little more to it. When you first join, you are prompted to take this personality quiz based on the games you play. Your results determine the first 20 people that you will "follow". Following on Gamerdna is just like following on Twitter, and after you take the personality quiz you are free to follow any other gamer. Each person does get their own profile, but most of the action takes place in your homepage where all your "friends tweets" are displayed. This site boasts over 376,000 members and it seems to be growing daily, so it's actually worth checking out.

KK back to writing papers. Wish me luck =\