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[macosgames]

I have always been an apple fan and have loved inside mac games since the beginning.

I really wanted to be apart of this growing community so i took it upon my self to start an apple gaming blog that focuses more on the more commercial side of apple gaming. Only really featuring games that are well polished and that are apart of the new wave of apple gaming that comes along with the intel macs.

I would love to hear everyones views on its design/content.

www.macosgames.com

^.^

[Thain Esh Kelch]

You might want to change that domain to macosxgames.com, as not to make people think you're talking about Mac OS 9 games..

[Hansi]

- Host way to slow, get a better host
- Hate the banner, so far removed from Apple/Mac generics
- I'd recommend a magazine based WP theme instead of personal blog based one
- You might want to up the ante on the content. Spelling and grammar are not that good and although I generally like the dialogue centric blog posting way; here it does in some of the posts come off with you sounding like a 12 year old :/

[the Battle Cat]

Good first effort, heed your critics.

[Janichsan]

Hansi, on 13 September 2010 - 07:35 AM, said:

- Host way to slow, get a better host
- Hate the banner, so far removed from Apple/Mac generics
- I'd recommend a magazine based WP theme instead of personal blog based one
- You might want to up the ante on the content. Spelling and grammar are not that good and although I generally like the dialogue centric blog posting way here it does in some of the posts come off with you sounding like a 12 year old :/

^ All of that, plus the correct spelling is Mac OS – with a capital "S". One more word regarding the banner: it's also far too big. You waste an awful lot of space. Make it smaller, integrate your blog's title and headline into it, and you are on the right way.

[Sargiel]

I like the blue in the header but the apple needs improving. Perhaps in white ? Also I agree with Janichsan about Mac OS Games - that's a quick fix

I'm sure plenty of others will offer good advice so I'll just say I like the first edition - well done

[Jarmo]

Neat, might follow this regularly if you manage to stay interested and update often enough.

The others are right about spelling though, you definitely should proofread or get someone to do it.
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it's not just nitpicking, these make the text harder to follow (especially for those like me for whom english is a secondary language),
and also make you come through less professional than you'd probably like.

In any case, I'd add this to my igoogle account as it is, if you can (or want to) find out how to enable that.

[Sneaky Snake]

The blog looks pretty good. If the spelling and a few things are fixed up like previously mentioned then it would be great. I really like how you already have a lot of content on there.

[dimmer10]

Sorry, but why? Mac gaming is doing a little better these days, but why not instead help the long-running Mac gaming sites like this here IMG by offering reviews, content, opinion here? Sure, the pay is for popsnizzle*, but why splinter a small space?

(* I have no idea, but I'm sure Tuncer isn't retiring on it.)

[ikir]

Very nice blog! Congratulations!

[Sneaky Snake]

dimmer10, on 15 September 2010 - 11:07 PM, said:

Sorry, but why? Mac gaming is doing a little better these days, but why not instead help the long-running Mac gaming sites like this here IMG by offering reviews, content, opinion here? Sure, the pay is for popsnizzle*, but why splinter a small space?

(* I have no idea, but I'm sure Tuncer isn't retiring on it.)

Putting out a blog isn't gonna splinter the community, it just gives us some nice reading material. If anything this will make the Mac community stronger

[jackdawsson]

Sneaky Snake, on 16 September 2010 - 12:50 PM, said:

Putting out a blog isn't gonna splinter the community, it just gives us some nice reading material. If anything this will make the Mac community stronger

I go along with that. AFAIC, the more Mac gaming sites out there, the greater the interest that may be generated, which is the better for us all.

To the OP: FWIW, I think it's an excellent blog & I'll be sure to read it from time to time. Good luck!