What do you look for in gaming-related sites?

[No-one Special]

I browse a lot of gaming-related websites on the net, and after viewing a number of different sites, it only really occured to me just how big of a media spectrum we have.

We have things like machinima, cartoons, comics, live action videos, podcasts and many more. And with literally thousands of sites out there, what is it that draws you to particular sites over others? If all of the sites are based entirely around video games, what makes the chosen few unique and stand out? What do you want to see?

So, for example, why would you be more likely to watch a Yahtzee review over someone else doing a video review? Or why would you want to watch say Red vs. Blue over another machinima? (I'm not saying you would I'm just using them as examples)

 

[Mr Thin]

What is it that draws me to particular sites over others
Layout, update frequency, relevancy to my interests.

What makes the chosen few unique and stand out?
In the case of The Escapist, three things. Variety, Yahtzee and the forum quality, which apparently is higher than most forums.

What do I want to see?
Webcomics, video series, news, interesting articles, columns written by intelligent people; basically everything on The Escapist. Which is why I'm here.

Why would I be more likely to watch a Yahtzee review over someone else?
Because he's frigging hilarious, bitingly intelligent, reliable, and because I liked him before he was cool.

Why Red vs Blue over another machinima?
Because it's funnier than almost every other machinima I've ever seen, most of which simply aren't very good. As for why it's funnier, I suppose a combination of good writing and good voice acting.

 

[No-one Special]

Why Red vs Blue over another machinima?
Because it's funnier than almost every other machinima I've ever seen, most of which simply aren't very good. As for why it's funnier, I suppose a combination of good writing and good voice acting.

I only mentioned Red vs. Blue as an example, but none the less fair enough. It's actually funny you mention scripting and voice acting for Red vs. Blue. The show was only originally planned to be about 10 episodes long. They only really had the joke about the Warthog as a script idea. Also due to this, large parts of the first and second season were recorded over the phone. The voice actors for Sarge and Caboose couldn't make it to the studio so they would do their lines over the phone and they would record that.

I only bring this up because with something like that low quality, what made it last above others that were produced in higher, more thought out quality in their first seasons?

Way to derail my own thread...