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In a few minutes we will begin making a few changes to the navigation of the web site. We've consolidated a few menus, spat a little turtle wax here and there, and are in the process of sneaking in a new feature of the site called Community Blogs. Dust off those black suits, gentlemen -- we want to bring you to the party.

As the name implies, you'll be able to blog within Destructoid about games or your miniature donkey collections as you damn well please. Your blogged stories will appear on a new sidebar right above our Top 20 so all the regulars that roll by can see the latest upcoming stories you're working on, or browse to your blog with the new Community Blogs tab up top.  This feature is a Beta and, truth be told, will probably suck for a few weeks until we fine tune it. We'll make another announcement when you can play with it. Until then, watch for pretty pitchurs.

I can say so much more about why this is necessary not just for Dtoid but moreso for the industry, but I think I'll save that speech for a different occassion. Welcome to Zoo Station gamers; speak and do as you please.








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ZeroTolo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 01:46
ZeroTolo
Sweet deal, Niero. This blog thing could be a good way to organize my thoughts about gaming and such... with a remote chance of others reading it.
Daniel Husky Lingen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 01:48
Daniel Husky Lingen
What about the forums
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 01:53
Niero
We're still talking about a possible move to Vbulletin. Forums are gonna get a major upgrade soon as well.
Daniel Husky Lingen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 01:56
Daniel Husky Lingen
If any help is needed let me know
Putthebottledown's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:01
Putthebottledown
Finally I can talk about my love for 50 Cent : Bulletproof!
World Famous's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:06
World Famous
Diddytoid here I come!!!
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:07
Darren Nakamura
I told myself that I myself would never blog, but for Dtoid, I just might...
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:09
bleep
So in the community blog we can rave about thing that actually happen on Dtoid's blog!!! Wait is this just providing space for more people to hate on Summa?
bluexy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:15
bluexy
Just so happens I was looking for a place to blog my miniature donkey collection adventures.

We've found a home at last my little ones.
nightmareci's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:18
nightmareci
Sounds like a great thing to me. I might even use it, since it'll just be "right there", and not requiring any fancy configuring, like Wordpress would require. This may even lead to new writers being found, which is always a good thing.
charliesuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:20
charliesuh
wow, the site sure does look great without any ads. hehehe

someday :)
joepekula's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:29
joepekula
Sweet! Now I can give Zelda games ratings like 4!
Fana7ic's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:32
Fana7ic
Hell yeah, like I always saiy: Dtoid is getting better and better :)
Fana7ic's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:34
Fana7ic
Web 2.0 ftw
Joseph Leray's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:37
Joseph Leray
I'll definitely use it. Hell, I might import from my old blog and just use Dtoid exclusively. Hell... it already consumes the rest of my life.
Haole Boi X's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:43
Haole Boi X
I'm affraid of change
c--b's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 02:48
c--b
I do realise that this feature will be separate from the rest of the Dtoid blag, but won't this dilute the articles written by the Dtoid staff?

Or perhaps it's just a means of getting potential blaggers here instead of another non-dtoid blag page.

Having said that, I may just end up using it myself. Now you'll have to use somthing more than your hands to block out my inane ramblings.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 03:02
Hamza CTZ Aziz
This is going to be more or less similar to what 1Up does then, am I correct?
Lezbro's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 03:08
Lezbro
I don't blog anymore.

I'm a commenter.

That's what I do.

That's what I always do.

Comment.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 03:36
Fronz
bill gates just called. he's excited
Fana7ic's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 04:00
Fana7ic
The new design is teh hotness.
charliesuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 04:05
charliesuh
community blogs!!! :clickclickclickclick::!!

so close.. :)
tehuberone's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 04:06
tehuberone
Sweetness now I can ramble on about how I spent all night playing virtual console games.
Fana7ic's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 05:06
Fana7ic
One cool thing that you could still add would be making the activated tabs red. For example: If you´re viewing the Wii posts the Wii tab is red.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 05:56
Aaron Mxy Yost
I predict half a dozen blogs each day complaining about how Destructoid writers are biased towards X.

I'll probably mess around with the blogs until something shiny comes along and distracts me.
Generic Dude's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 05:56
Generic Dude
How can I blog about the exciting inclusion of blogs if the blog isn't ready for me to blog on?

Also, if a blogger blogs on a blog in the middle of the blogosphere and nobody is around to comment, did he blog a blog?
Fana7ic's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 07:23
Fana7ic
Dude stop talkin so much my head hurts now thx a lot
Mad1's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 07:26
Mad1
It's gone from messy to less messy. I'm glad I don't ever use the menus. How many sets of menus are there exactly? Two at the top, and some down the side. I just ignore them and read the updates for the day - which are good. Except for Summa's :P
GENACON's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 07:31
GENACON
This powerful mojo you speak of, can it have something to do with mojo jojo... Just for me. <3
Spilt Milk's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 07:46
Spilt Milk
I would like to live blog donkey shows.
Chris Taran's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 07:56
Chris Taran
Daddy like.
Milofo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 08:08
Milofo
I should write about the gaming I'm doing while in Japan, which is basically the arcade machines. I do have some DS love while here so I should probably get on that too.
zaqu's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 08:16
zaqu
will this new feature include mudkips?
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 08:18
bleep
This will just make us all more addicted!
boombye's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 08:30
boombye
Hmmmm, perhaps I'll give this a try.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 08:43
Topher Cantler
Great, like I don't spend enough time here as it is. :)
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 09:02
subnet6
pretty cool.
dorock's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 09:25
dorock
Amazing! Hurrah now a somewhat more legit blog. Maybe people will read this one.

Now something to keep me busy at work.. wait a minute...


Keep up the great work guys.
LarkOhiya's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 09:30
LarkOhiya
I'm glad the stuff we discussed in the meeting has finaly become a reality! I feel all giddy inside. I strive to be the number one go to blogger on this site :P

also subnet6 and Chris Taran, your avatars are teh HOT and i don't know why...
tim's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 10:15
tim
This layout and navigation is much better. Good work!
Cardoweth's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 10:18
Cardoweth
Man I have a feeling I'll be on this site all day at work.... Wait... I already am.
FrogMan's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 10:18
FrogMan
Looks good guys. The comm blog idea is great and you can bet I'll be abusing it.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 11:58
brad drac
THIS is why I keep coming back, in spite of being pissed off by shit like rev ant's awful TP review. Great addition to the site. Might I propose a mandatory spellcheck, though?
Please....?
squallsan's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 13:07
squallsan
awesome, now I can bring my own brand of blogging goodness to the toid!
soccerking3t's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2006 17:09
soccerking3t
cant wait!!
007's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/10/2008 22:13
007
Oh man, I can't wait either!
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