Game Hurry... wha???
In a nutshell, Game Hurryallows you to read video game reviews from all around the web, on one easy page. We collect a small excerpt from video game critics all over the web which best reflects their overall opinion of a game, and compile those reviews into one source for a particular game. You can click on any of the excerpts to open up the full review from that particular critic. Aren't there already other sites that do this? Not really ... at least, not the way we do it. This site is dedicated entirely to video games. No books, movies, dvd's, or films. We read every review we quote on this site all the way through, and try our best to reflect that critic's opinion in our individual game pages. Next to each excerpt, you will see either a cherry (which means they liked it) or a Hurry(which means they didn't like it). This gives you a clear and simple "birds-eye" view of whether or not a game has received good or bad reviews. We also pride ourselves in the clean layout and easy navigation our site provides. For example, finding out what the highest rated Xbox 360 action adventure games, or the best PC first person shooters is only ever a few clicks away. With our easy-to-use platform pages, it is simple to drill down and identify which games are worth your money. Going to our homepage, you can get an abstract view of all the recent reviews for every gaming platform. In addition, you can also browse the latest news from all the major gaming blogs and news sites. Our goal is to be the connection point between gamers and all the latest reviews and news. So what makes a game a "Hurry"? Any game that averages a score below 75% with critics is considered a Hurry. Some people have asked why a game that gets an average score of 7/10 is considered a Hurry, afterall, that's a pretty good score isn't it? Well, not really. We read a lot of reviews here, and trust us, if a game scores below an average of 74%, it's not a great game, and your money would be better spent on something else. If you see a cherry next to a game on the other hand, rest assured the game is a good one, and is worth the money if you enjoy that type of game. What's the deal with these blue stars I see next to some games? Blue stars are given to any game that averages above 90% with gamers - sort of like that little star sticker your kindergarten teacher used to give you for being good in class. The stars are only used to indicate the overall rating, and not individual critic opinions. This means you will never see a blue star next to a critic's excerpt, even if they gave it a score higher than 90%. Only cherries and Hurrys are used on individual excerpts. We do this to keep things simple - either a critic liked the game or they didn't. The only time you'll see the shiny blue star come out is when the overall average is above 90%. How long has this site been around and who's behind it? Game Hurrywas founded by a close-knit group of online friends in December 2006, after meeting each other in World of Warcraft while killing internet dragons (somebody's gotta do it). What started as little more than a joke, slowly became a reality after we decided we could make a better place for hard core gamers to find reviews and news than what was out there. The site has been growing at a steady rate ever since it went live ... even with our small (and by small we mean non-existent) advertising budget. We average over 500,000 page views a month. Most of our success has come by word of mouth. We continue to work on this site, and are always adding new things to make it the best site ever! EVER! Let's exchange links! Currently we don't have any type of link exchange program in place (we're working on it). If you have a site and would like to trade links with us, email us and tell us about your site. How about advertising? Right now we mostly run CPC google ads, with the occasional CPM ad from a specific customer. If you're interested in advertising on here, email us and let us know what you're looking for. We have site statistics and some fancy graphs to show any potential advertisers who want to know how many eyeballs will see their ads. |
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