Press Coverage (Print, Web and now TV)

Post by **skipclarke** » 03 Feb 2006, 04:31

We got a nice mention in the blog of Matt Brett:

http://www.mattbrett.com/archives/2006/01/widescreen-gaming-woes/

"Luckily for us, there is a pretty large and active community of gamers with widescreen monitors that are adamant to getting the experience they deserve. Enter Widescreen Gaming Forum. Much more than merely a forum, they have an extensive FAQ, user reviews of widescreen monitors and a master games list with solutions for getting your favourite games to run at 16:10 resolutions. I was fortunate to find this early on and itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s answered many questions I had an presented solutions for just about every game I own."

And a number of referrals... :wink:

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 03 Feb 2006, 04:35

Nice :D :D

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 03 Feb 2006, 08:31

Cool, how much referrals did we get? :P

Post by **skipclarke** » 03 Feb 2006, 15:27

About 15 a day so far

caevob · Post by **caevob** » 24 Feb 2006, 11:05

Just you let you know, the forum is mentioned in Issue 31/april 06 of Custome PC here in the UK.

They review the veiwsonic VA2012w (78%) and theBelinea 102035W (84%)

There is much talk about the expansion of wide screen gaming due to the Xbox360 and HD.

Specifically they metion the WS games list

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 24 Feb 2006, 11:28

Cool - I've got to find a copy! :D

Post by **skipclarke** » 24 Feb 2006, 14:18

Great - WSGF's exposure is growing WIDER :D everyday :wink:

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 24 Feb 2006, 14:33

Sweet :D

Post by **skipclarke** » 24 Feb 2006, 17:01

Very cool. I'd love to get a copy. I still wish I could get a copy of the PC Gamer UK we got mentioned in.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 25 Feb 2006, 15:07

I've got a spare copy of that PC Gamer UK issue... I was just waiting for you to tell me where to post it. ;)

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 27 Feb 2006, 20:03

OK...

I'm sitting here with the April 2006 issue of CustomPC open in front of me to page 58 - that's where the review of the Belinea 102035W is, and looking at the mention of the WSGF.

They added an extra 's', so apparently we're the widescreengamingforums.com...

Aside from being a technically good panel, the Belinea also benefits from its widescreen aspect ratio. While not that many games appear to support 16:9 or 16:10 - Half-Life 2 is one of the few games that offer than option - a great many games can be converted without much work at all. The crew at www.widescreengamingforums.com maintains a comprehensive list of titles, and during testing we were able to get F.E.A.R and Need for Speed: Most Wanted to work quite happily at 1680x1050.

If you do want a copy of the mag, Ibrin, I can see if they still have some left when I pass that newsagent again?

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 27 Feb 2006, 21:07

Come on, doesnÃ‚Â´t anyone try the links before they include it? :evil:

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 27 Feb 2006, 21:21

I dunno. :lol: I'm thinking of signing up to their forums and giving them a heads up that it's wrong. :)

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 27 Feb 2006, 22:32

Yeah, maybe that's good.
Else everybody is like "huh, why doesn't this link work. Weird, maybe they have a bad server and the site is down." :shock:
And that is offcourse not what we want. :D

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 27 Feb 2006, 23:04

Yes thatÃ‚Â´s what I thought too ctrlsteef. Some people will try without the s but not all average surfers looks at a link and try something else if it isnÃ‚Â´t working.

Post by **skipclarke** » 27 Feb 2006, 23:29

1 - I'd love a copy
2 - I can't believe they messed it up
3 - Please, someone register with them and correct it. Maybe we'll get a "corrections" printing next month.
4 - Do you think it's worth it for me to register that domain, to point over?

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 27 Feb 2006, 23:38

4. Yes I do. For two reasons. For typos like this and so noone buys it and uses it to their advantage to lurk people to their site, advertising or whatever. If someone makes a site just like this on that domain with a lot of advertising it could discredit this site as they think they have come to the to the right place. For example gooogle.com googl.com gogle.com. A lot of companies buys the extra domains just to get rid of scams.

Post by **skipclarke** » 28 Feb 2006, 03:11

PRESSSS coverage :twisted: :evil:

You can't beleive how many F'n times they have COMPLETELY BLOWN IT for our Turtle Rescue organization !!!!

GRRRRRRRRR !!!!

Don't get me going boys.... :evil:

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 28 Feb 2006, 08:29

I think the water is boiling. Ow, wait, it's Doug. :lol:

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 28 Feb 2006, 10:19

1 - I'd love a copy
2 - I can't believe they messed it up
3 - Please, someone register with them and correct it. Maybe we'll get a "corrections" printing next month.
4 - Do you think it's worth it for me to register that domain, to point over?

1) I'll pick another copy up. :)
2) Neither can I... :lol: but typos are easy enough to do...
3) I'll register this evening and do so...
4) I think it would be a good idea. As Bongo says, it minimises the problems with this sort of typo, and also with potential scammers...

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