What drew you to Gamespot in the first place?

Why did you come to this site initially?

Was it for game reviews, videos, previews, the forums or what?

And why this site in particular? What set it apart from IGN, Giantbomb, blah, blah, etc etc.

I first came to read reviews about games I was getting on my brand spanking new 360 about a year and a half ago.

A month later, I decided to set up an account for no reason really. Four or five months after that, I stumbled across the forums and about a month after that I made my first post *tear*.

I have no idea why I was attracted to this site at the start, I spose it was the great review style, and the later the quality and layout of the forums.

Question is, why do you have an active account on Gamespot? What is it about this website that makes you come back on nearly a daily basis?

A very long time ago I used to come here for N64 cheats. I didn't even think of forums until around the Halo 2 days where I lurked and lurked (and then moved on to other games) until I made an account.

I joined because of the girls on GS. :D

I used to come here for the reviews when I was back in junior high or something like that, but then I left for a long time since I stopped caring what GS had to say. Sometime last year, I started checking out the OT forum for some reason or another, and it seemed like a generally alright place to hang out, so.

I used this website for gaming news and reviews. Few months later I decided to make an account for the forums. This website's look appealed me and their reviews were better (imo) than IGN or any other.

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I've known about gamespot for quite awhile. I remember it mostly from when it looked like this. But to answer the question, the same as you TC. What keeps me coming back is the community. I've met some awesome users here, I'd like to continue being able to chat with them for as long as I can.2ndWonder

That's such a cool website, I'm gonna try some other stuff. Didn't know gamespot has been around for that long.LustForSoul

guides. then i entered the forums. got hooked for a year. left for two. now i'm back :)

I'm a gamer and I wanted to discuss games with my fellow gamers.

I came here to write reviews, then I found out nobody really reads user reviews. So I found OT were nobody reads your posts. I came full-circle.

I came for old SNES cheats and walkthroughs. Lurked for a while, made an account to post in the DS and UK forums, wondered into OT some time after that Lord help me.

I was drawn here because of all the delicious food.

I use to come here way back when and look at all the gaming news and reviews and stuff. When I first started coming on here, it's because I had to see screenshots of Battle Arena Toshinden 3. No other site at the time had not one pic of the game, and when I first discovered that a sequel if not many existed, I was hooked on the site. I think it was last year that I really started posting in the forums regularly though.

a friend told me bout this place

Back about 8 years ago when I was a game cheater, I came here for playstation cheats. Upon googling, this was the first site that showed up. When googling further for various games, Gamespot continued to pop up. I would come here on occasion and then about six years later, I figured out GS had forums and the threads and opinions on the forums intrigued me and to be honest none of my friends are into games so I thought it would be fun to talk about games with other gamers on here. So I signed up.

First started using it for game reviews.

Game reviews. It's still my primary source for game reviews, since it's usually faithful to what I think of a game.

I really just came here when I wanted to see some reviews on a game I was thinking of getting then about half a year ago, I started wanting to write reviews but once I joined, I mostly stuck to the forums and getting information on the latest, greatest games.

I came here to discuss games but I got tired of every other thread being "MGS4 is DA BEST GAME EVER" so I came to OT.

I was banned from Teh Vestibule for a week, and needed a new, active game forum to go to. Needless to say, I ended up staying.

I first found the site when looking for I think Nintendo 64 cheats.

Later I found out the site had forums which I read for a while before finally creating an account of my own.

I'm ashamed to say it, but system wars. It's a miracle I survived.

I originally started coming here to read reviews on games I was going to get. Not just for the critic reviews but for the player ones as well.