Question: Beyond being different and the future of Siliconera

When I go online every day, your’s is the first site I open. I hope this says it all. Don’t change a thing. (oh, and I love the obscure games and ideas)

When I go online every day, your’s is the first site I open. I hope this says it all. Don’t change a thing. (oh, and I love the obscure games and ideas)

I have to admit, I didn’t visit Siliconera much before I joined the staff. However, I read SE every day now, and not just because I also write for the site. I love all the niche stuff that you seem to find, Spencer. And even though I don’t contribute nearly as much to the site as Spencer does, I hope that all the readers out there enjoy the stuff that I write as well. So yeah Spencer, keep doing what you’re doing. The site is absolutely great the way it is.

Honestly, breakin news are brewakin news. You,my dog, my mom and her friend’s dog are gonna talk about them, so its fine to have them. Just breaking news? no thanks!, there’s very nice news reports in this site that don’t usually appear in any other sites.
That’s the reason I come here, because I get to rid all kinds of news in one place.

Thanks btw

Is different good? You’re kidding right?

The whole reason why I read Siliconera is because you guys cover the smaller stories; the esoteric bits from Japan that totally slip by the bigger sites but that are often much more entertaining, adorable, awesome, etc.

I think you guys have an excellent niche here and you’re by far the best at what you do. After all, there IS a reason so many of the megasites link to and read Siliconera…

I know if I read Joystiq, I’ll read 95% of the articles covered in Kotaku, so I only skim one or the other. Siliconera deserves a visit because it is different. The closest to you would be Magic Box but they don’t update everyday.

Variety is the spice of life.

I know if I read Joystiq, I’ll read 95% of the articles covered in Kotaku, so I only skim one or the other. Siliconera deserves a visit because it is different. The closest to you would be Magic Box but they don’t update everyday.

Variety is the spice of life.

I find it refreshing to see obscure stuff and also stuff that everybody knows but maybe taken from a different perspective. I don’t want to see the ‘mainstream’ not be there anymore, just as i don’t want the more original stuff to dissapear. I like the mix.

I find it refreshing to see obscure stuff and also stuff that everybody knows but maybe taken from a different perspective. I don’t want to see the ‘mainstream’ not be there anymore, just as i don’t want the more original stuff to dissapear. I like the mix.

siliconera is really the only major gaming blog that is actually about games period and not about games sort of but also what the blog writers did on the weekend, or what some PR guy said about some game, or what ridiculous toy some nerds in Japan are all excited about. I like to play video games but I am not a part of the gaming culture/lifestyle and the other blogs are too much into the GAMER aspect of the hobby. I just want a site where I can read about games that are coming out… couldn’t care less about someone making a halo level out of legos or someone baking a mario cake. Siliconera is that site.

Also, I like your writing style. The bloggers on the other sites, in between posting pics of portal stuffed animals and Zelda socks, fall over themselves to write in this weird snide “I am cooly detached from all this stuff” manner that is really off-putting.

Most websites either just regurgitate press releases as news stories or create rumors out of thin air. What’s unique and fresh about this site is the stories about offbeat things. Where else would you see a Starcraft English book? It’s these sort of things that interest quite a few people and keeps me coming back to the site. So keep up the good work!

What keeps the readers coming back are Siliconera’s unique articles. Don’t change a thing! The “big news” items can be found on plenty of other sites, so there’s no need to focus on covering them. I enjoy the game previews, impressions, videos, etc, of the various games you post. I like your style, but it is your site, so do what makes you happy.

Game|Life, NWR, and of course SIliconera are the game-related sites I visit regularly, but Siliconera gets bonus cool points for the Godzilla themed icons. :D

yes, different is good! keep doing what you’re doing spencer, i like the approach your blog has in regards to alternative gaming information. and you’re right, if i wanted news, i’d just hit up joystiq or kotaku. no need to rehash, or you’ll end up just like everyone else. obscure, quirky, and unique are worth more to me as a reader.

yes, different is good! keep doing what you’re doing spencer, i like the approach your blog has in regards to alternative gaming information. and you’re right, if i wanted news, i’d just hit up joystiq or kotaku. no need to rehash, or you’ll end up just like everyone else. obscure, quirky, and unique are worth more to me as a reader.

I love what you do here – I came here originally because I’m an English speaker living in Japan and your reviews/playtests helped me decide which games to buy.

Now I come to see you collate the news, but also to surprise me with a bit of gaming culture I didn’t know about. Now that I read Japanese better, I don’t need the excellent ‘import-friendly?’ information, so if you didn’t publish other stuff, I’d probably just get my J-game news at Kotaku (or by buying Weekly Famitsu).

And as others have said above, your style is great – informative without being either a crazed fanboy or trying for that ‘geekier-than-thou’ kudos.

Keep on going like this, I reckon.

I quit reading Kotaku when I found this site. As great as it is to have up to the minute info on all things video game, I’m sick of getting the rinsed, washed, and repeated news of video games that is the mass media’s perception of games. Silicon Era is fresh and light hearted. This site reminds me of why I love video games so much ^_^