Comments on: Answer: Same old Siliconera!

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:45:26 +0000

Spencer,

Great site. I actually found out recently about your site from references in Kotaku. your stories are great, original and refreshing. I especially liked the Korean coverage last week as I am living here for a few years. I try to hit all the local Japanese import malls as much as possible here to stay on top of the Japanese game scene. but since I’m living in Korea, I don’t have much time to study yet another language.

Anyways, I look forward to more news and quirky stories. Thanks for asking for feedback.

By: LuminousAtelier

LuminousAtelier — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:21:15 +0000

Yeah I agree with Alice keep up the good work.-^__^-b

By: lounge707

lounge707 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:59:07 +0000

Spencer. THis is the number one gaming site for me. Fan for life (unless you turned this into a Investment website).

Excellent work guys! ROck on!

By: daizyujin

daizyujin — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:07:43 +0000

Glad to hear that you are staying the same. Of all the sites I come to for video game information I do feel that Siliconera is the one that has the freshest and most appealing information. Too often other sites seem like carbon copies of each other to the point you might as well not even read half of them. I can’t say for sure how many people read the site, but I can tell from the comments that the ones that do really enjoy what they see. Keep up the good work Spencer. I know I appreciate it.

By: Johnny X

Johnny X — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:40:03 +0000

^ Your comment almost made me spill my coffee. -_^

“Will you walk down a path that everyone follows? or create your own?”

By: alice

alice — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:20:05 +0000

Besides, if you were to change Siliconera where would Kotaku get their content from?

By: gb

gb — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:48:17 +0000

stick with what got you here so far. it’s always been obvious to me (and i think most of your readers) that people like this site because it runs off the beaten path. if you’ve got something that people can’t get anywhere else, well, isn’t that the whole point? keep up the good work.

By: Pichi

Pichi — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:09:45 +0000

Glad its staying the same! ^o^ And its your site, do stories whatever your staff and yourself feel like to help keep things fresh. Unique stories and your fresh in-take on big topics are always good to me. ^_^

Indeed, a number of page views doesn’t necessary mean more interest, especially if its a popular game or person. They’re popular, so your going to have more of those page views compared to niche topics. Especially where other sites who link to your stories.

By: Melody Kitn

Melody Kitn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:56:34 +0000

Glad to hear that you’re encouraged knowing readers do dig what you write, even if it isn’t the same kind of big-name game bloggy bits. I like hearing what obscure game you’ve found, and read into it, because chances are, even if I never get to play the game, I’ll have had at least some insight into it, all thanks to you ^^

By: Icupnimpn2

Icupnimpn2 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:16:32 +0000

Yes, unfortunately I don’t think # of reads is really indicative of how many people are interested in the coverage. I tend to read about 50% of the longer articles. But that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy the “before the break” bits of the other articles.