GP Gets Extreme Makeover

May 12, 2008

We are currently in the process of moving to a completely redesigned GamePolitics site as well as to a different host, RackSpace.

To go with our new look, we'll have more capacity to handle the increased reader traffic and a better, cleaner interface. We've tried to incorporate feedback from GP readers into the new design. So, yes, you will be able to edit your comments!

This could happen tonight, possibly tomorrow. So if we experience a little downtime, please bear with us...

Posted in ECA Media

Comments

Scrambled Eggs

Submitted by JackDon'tKnowJack (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 11:23.

@GP:

FYI, some of the comments are scrambled as to order of receipt (e.g.,, the string following the article posting T2's Complaint against the CTA).

Captcha Fails

Submitted by Freyar (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 06:59.

I just spent a good deal of time trying to get past the CAPTCHA in the Late Show article. It failed on my 10+ times because it's so small. It wasn't really tested for higher resolutions. It's such a pain.

(Failed Once on this post)

Agreed

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 16:03.

Watch me fail four or five times just to post this...Okay this one looks easy...

...

Submitted by TheTrueMrJack (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 04:58.

I'm proud to say that the new design is somewhat less of an assault on the eyes.
The captcha thing however, failed to load both times I loaded the page and I ahd tro right click and reload the image itself in order to get it to show up. Also, the quality on the image itself is total crap and is really hard to see... And I say that as someone who can see fine in the distance from himself to the monitor.

To be honest... and I don't mean to sound pushy... I'd reccomend removal of the feture and just killing spambots by hand. The problems with the new system need to be ironed out.

CAPTCHA

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 05:06.

Hella. Glad I'm not the only one having those problems. I thought my eyes were failing me. Seriously though, how the fuck am I supposed to tell if it's a lower case "x" or just a small capital one? Whatever it is I keep getting it wrong.

Am I the only one who

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 04:52.

Am I the only one who suddenly got the CAPTCHA or is that a new feature to keep that effing SPAMBOT away? Damn my poor eyesight!!!! DAMNIT! THAT'S THE FOURTH TIME I FAILED!

Well this site is pretty

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 04:47.

Well this site is pretty kickass. Congratulations GP! 7/10! Err...goddamn CAPTCHA with it's tiny font...was that a "d" or a "c" and an "l" all close together?

Awesome!

Submitted by Mike Thompson (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 02:49.

Hey Dennis, the new page looks great! Congrats!!!

Comments

Submitted by InJM (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 02:49.

I like the old way comments were displayed but this isn't bad.

Great new look!

Submitted by JC (not verified) on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 02:22.

Ah great, an edit button and some nice new look to go with it. Everything feels to transfer faster.

Very nice Dennis."I'm not

Submitted by Xlorep DarkHelm on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 00:16.

Very nice Dennis.

"I'm not responcabel fer my comuter's spleling errnors." -- Xlorep DarkHelm

I like it

Submitted by Skyler (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 23:54.

This is a nice new format. Good job GP!

Looks nice

Submitted by Unruly (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 22:20.

The new layout looks nice and pretty professional. My only complaint is that the old news ticker would open pages in a new tab(I'm using Firefox) and the new one just redirects me there. I liked being able to catch stories on the ticker to read later, while still being able to browse GP.

standards and usability ... readers don't like those!!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 22:18.

This page is not Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict!

Result:	Failed validation, 88 Errors

Also, why are the fonts so frickin tiny?

For some reason the fonts

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 22:23.

For some reason the fonts all look bigger on my monitor. Lucky me!

Damn!! Look like ya'll took

Submitted by JackDon'tKnowJack (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 22:07.

Damn!! Look like ya'll took it to the chop shop, got the damn top dropped, two-colored flip-flopped,
candy-red lollipop! Now throw some D's on that bitch.

Don't forget spoilers; like

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 22:21.

Don't forget spoilers; like twelve of em', and some mutha fuckin' side skirts!

Instructions?

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 21:43.

Could we maybe get some instructions on how to use everything? That would be handy.

OOH, SHINY.

Submitted by DavCube (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 21:40.

OOH, SHINY.

Right after you post there

Submitted by Cheater87 on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 21:35.

Right after you post there is a feature to edit. I think it goes away after that.

I can't seem to find it...

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 22:43.

I can't seem to find it...

How do I use the edit feature?

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 21:15.

How do I edit?

It's... So...

Submitted by AgnostoTheo (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 21:13.

SHINY! :D YAY!

Okay, here I go...gmplitics

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 21:13.

Okay, here I go...gmplitics is the siht! Time to use the edit feature!

I LOVE the new look and I

Submitted by Cheater87 on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:58.

I LOVE the new look and I can't wait to try the edit feature.

Yeah, me too! I just used

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 21:11.

Yeah, me too! I just used the reply feature!

Look at me rock these friggin' comments!

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:53.

Here's a

and a

and one o' these

! Let's try bold and ittalic and UNDERLINED! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! How do I turn off the underline and the ittalic? Seriously, people might think I'm a fruit...

Grendal's last comment

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:47.

Yeah, it's taking me a while to adjust. SMILEY FACE!

I really like the new

Submitted by Grendal on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:29.

I really like the new layout, but it will take a little while to get used to all the new buttons and shinyness.

Post in new system

Submitted by Jonathan, Aka Soul (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:26.

Posting in the new system :p.

Sorry about the multi-post, I'm still trying to master this.

Submitted by GRIZZAM PRIME (not verified) on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:19.

I went ahead and changed my name from GRIZZAM 512 to GRIZZAM PRIME as a tribute to Superboy Prime. Diggin' it?

Okay...this is GRIZZAM 512

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:15.

Okay...this is GRIZZAM 512 here testing the new comment system...let's try some bold print...nice...okay, nowmaybe a ...okay...awesome...now some of this...SWEET! Diggin it!

Nice

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:15.

Excellent facelift for the site

This is awesome as hell!

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:04.

This is awesome as hell!

The new look

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:02.

This looks awesome!

Congrats

Submitted by Falcon4196 on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:33.

Congrats on the upgrade. The edit button is fantastic.

Test 3

Submitted by Andrew Eisen on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 21:03.

Yep, another test.

I can do this all day.

Andrew Eisen

Edit: Edit test.

Congrats on the upgrade.

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 19:41.

Congrats on the upgrade.

Submitted by Garret (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 18:50.

thank the programming gods! an edit button!

Submitted by GRIZZAM 512 (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 18:52.

WOOOOOOOOO!

Submitted by DarknessDeku (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 18:53.

Awesome! I hope this comes with an actual quote button also.

Submitted by GRIZZAM 512 (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 18:54.

This is gonna be radd!!!

Submitted by GRIZZAM 512 (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 19:04.

Wordpress is gonna be sad. :( HAHA! :)

Submitted by GoodRobotUs (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 19:15.

It will be good to simply edit a post instead of going for a multi-post.

Submitted by chris (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 19:21.

Posting can improve, but I like the site layout as it is, seems very professional and news-ish.

Submitted by Colonel Finn (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 19:33.

I'm thinking blue, maybe with a hint of minty banana orange... and the cursor should be a swirl of stars.....

Submitted by Shaesyco (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 19:41.

will it resemble the comment set up of huffington so its easier to see if someone responded to something we said?

Submitted by Cheater87 (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 19:47.

YAY a new look AND an edit button. :D

Submitted by Freyar (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 19:48.

This will be a great update. :)

Submitted by King of Fiji (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 19:57.

Fare thy well old look to the site.

Shout box

Zen: I felt Brutal Legends was a funny & beautiful look at the world of rock from Double Fines point of view. The only parts I wasn't hot for were the RTS bits as it felt forced. Otherwise fantastic.02/12/2012 - 1:34pm

DorthLous: Passed 1.5M$. And I'd also say that Brutal Legend is far from being a bad game. I just think it was a few levels under what people expected from the people working on the project.02/11/2012 - 8:25am

Technogeek: Brutal Legend wasn't bad so much as "marketing had no idea how the game actually played", causing it to suffer accordingly.02/10/2012 - 10:38pm

RedMage: It looks the CIA's website has been DDOS'ed. Anon?02/10/2012 - 7:52pm

RedMage: Brutal Legend.02/10/2012 - 7:52pm

ddrfr33k: Has anything Tim Schafer ever made been of crap caliber? I'm struggling to think of one...02/10/2012 - 7:37pm

Guamish: I think it is in good hands. Tim did a game for the GDC award show and that was fun for how short it was.02/10/2012 - 12:22pm

Andrew Eisen: It'll be tragic if the game ultimately sucks.02/10/2012 - 12:17pm

james_fudge: $1.3 million02/10/2012 - 11:32am

Uncharted NES: Germany Says It Won't Sign ACTA [Update: ... Yet]- http://tinyurl.com/7r2twrg02/10/2012 - 11:21am

Andrew Eisen: Damn. Double Fine's Kickstarter fund has already passed a million dollars.02/09/2012 - 8:16pm

Andrew Eisen: Audrey didn't quote the sassy parts. Here's IGN's article: http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1218359p1.html And here's my original post: http://tinyurl.com/7y68a3902/09/2012 - 7:50pm

james_fudge: I hope you some said something sassy! Where's the link?02/09/2012 - 7:46pm

Andrew Eisen: Hey, neat. IGN quoted a blog I had writen only two hours earlier. I certainly timed that one pretty well.02/09/2012 - 7:38pm

Andrew Eisen: Toki Tori has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android.02/09/2012 - 5:11pm

james_fudge: Thanks for the heads-up DorthLous02/09/2012 - 4:33pm

DorthLous: Will do, my apologies.02/09/2012 - 4:14pm

Andrew Eisen: I appreciate the heads up but please keep typo alerts to the specific article's comments or PMs.02/09/2012 - 3:33pm

DorthLous: The title says 30, but in the article, the developer says it's like a 20% net tax http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/02/09/developers-call-facebook-currency-transaction-fee-thirty-percent-tax02/09/2012 - 2:43pm

Uncharted NES: If they actually release Final Fantasy XI for PlayStation Vita, then I will consider buying one.02/09/2012 - 12:13pm

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