# Just show me the game!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-show-me-the-game/535278>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 7, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-show-me-the-game/535278 "2010-04-07T14:47:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-show-me-the-game/535278/1 "2010-04-07T14:47:28Z")

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Anybody else dread going to the official company website for a game? Case in point: [http://www.callofduty.com](http://www.callofduty.com) First you have to enter your birthdate. Then you watch the progress bar waiting for all the delicious Flash crap to load. Too flashy, too cumbersome. And I remember when I was playing COD4 I tried to find the latest patch on their site, wasn’t easy. Wound up getting it from GamersHell or something.

So instead if I want to find out about a game I usually look for gameplay footage on [Gametrailers.com](http://Gametrailers.com) or YouTube, and read reviews on GameSpot, IGN, user reviews on Amazon (which tend to have a curious blend of stupid and smart people) and a few others.

I’m also not interested in non-gameplay footage, I could care less about the cutscenes and concepts. Reminds me of the Atari 2600 game boxes, awesome art but the game was blocks and bleeps and bloops.