I had no idea Gamespot was planning a new website design. I was visiting their site to see the latest news on video games and when the page loaded I first thought I went to IGN's site on accident. Then after looking around I saw it was indeed Gamespot.

My gut reaction was not another site design update. I've been a regular visitor of this site for many years. As you can see my account says I've been a member since November 2002 and I know I was a frequent visitor long before that.

In fact now that I think about it, Gamespot was probagly one of the first gaming sites that I read and continue to read to this day. Over the years it seems they have gone through several different designs.

I must say that overall I am pleased with the newest one. It does look very simplified with less graphics so the pages should load quicker. I see the top ten games are moved from the bottom of the page to the top right corner. I couldn't find it at first. This must be a popular design mechanic, because they have used the top ten chart for many years.

I'm sure it will take me a few days to get used to the newest version but I will as I have done many times before.

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