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Daily Q: What do you want from us?

Category: Features, Posted: 06/01/2008 at 08:17PM CDT by Creighton DeSimone, Staff Writer

Well we've made it a whole month Daily Qers. An entire month of questions that you have all answered to the best of your ability with a number 2 keyboard. Sure there were some hiccups but no one's perfect...except Brendon (he's the editor-in-chief). On the one month anniversary of this daily feature I want to mix it up. I want to hear your voices speaking out, not just speaking up.

What do you want from GamerNode?

I want to know what you think we can do better. We've been increasing our features if you haven't noticed. We've got Pro Tip, Lets Play, One Word Review, and Eddie's Column (where he does all things Eddie), and of course the Daily Q.

Do you think features are the right direction? Or can we somehow improve elsewhere? I want to know. We're doing this for you, dear readers, and I would love to hear...er... read your input.

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Posted by NavMan on 06/01/2008 at 08:22PM

I think, recently, you guys have had too many features and less news. I want more news from the gaming industry.

Posted by Nick_Fury on 06/01/2008 at 08:32PM

I agree with Nav. I think adding OWR is unnecessary, though I do think the Let's Play and Pro Tip features are nice. Keep up with the news and don't let these smaller things take up too much of your time. They add a nice flavor to GN, but shouldn't be your emphasis.

Posted by lskennedy on 06/01/2008 at 08:37PM

Yeah, this one word thing i pretty much stay away from...

Posted by Leonick on 06/01/2008 at 10:13PM

couldnt agree more

less features more news i say

Posted by dooganking on 06/01/2008 at 11:51PM

how about instead of putting these daily/weekly articles in the news area (or whatever that front page main area is called) give them a permanent largish link/icon/thing on the side or just above the "news" area (give it enough space so it can be previewed a bit... similar to the "columns" section on the front page but more preview and less pictures...)

Posted by Disc0 on 06/02/2008 at 12:19AM

More news on homebrew and indie devs, frontpage news on open betas or new free games (if they might be worth downloading--snake clones and the like need not apply), more contests (but not for comedy dvd's), more exclusive interviews with developers/publishers/gaming industry bigwigs.

And maybe a bit pickier guidelines about user contributions, or more distinct separation from staff content. When one entry is stylistically or even grammatically sub-par, it brings down the whole site a little bit.

But don't get me wrong-- in spite of these criticisms, I still visit GN daily and think it's the best gaming community on the net. The most important thing you guys can do is keep running things as you have been, involving the community and giving us a nice alternative to the crapheaps that ign, gamespot, and others have become.

Posted by Coyotegrey on 06/02/2008 at 12:23AM

I want to see more content from Kyle, but maybe I'm biased...

Posted by Eddie R Inzauto on 06/02/2008 at 12:46AM

Kyle's my favorite...I love when he writes news, especially...

Thanks for the suggestions so far, guys. We will do our best to respond with deadly force

Posted by Brendon on 06/02/2008 at 12:49AM

I too vote more content from Kyle. And more news will be coming in the summer when people have more time to write it.

Posted by lskennedy on 06/02/2008 at 09:19AM

Who the f*** is kyle?

Posted by Quasar on 06/02/2008 at 11:47AM

Nice observations and comments guys. And fully appreciated. GN has gotten its strength and readership from gaming news, and it's great to hear that our fans still want this at GN. In the meantime, we're growing and trying to offer more varied content on here as well with our news.