- First Impression
Okay, here's the thing. Names are like the covers of books: even though people are told not to judge people by them, they do. Be honest. You walk through bookstores and sometimes you turn your nose up at books with shitty covers, just like you hear about someone whose name is "Lacy Jo" and automatically assume she's a stripper (because, let's be honest, anyone named Lacy Jo is going to be a stripper). There's this one comedian, Adele Givens, who says that you have to name your kids something they're going to live up to. So if you're going to call your website "HotGayPorno.com" you better be ready to deliver some hot gay porno. - Navigation
Right off the bat, I'm not judging this cover favorably. The guests homepage is kinda of garish, a lot of bright blues and yellows. And, for some reason, any complete nudity is censored out by a big yellow sparkle. I don't' get that. Like, you're a gay porn site. Own it. Who cares if some underage types in HotGayPorno.com and accidentally sees a penis? That's their own issue for being so stupid. Upon logging in, the colors subdue themselves so it's a smooth blue and kind of a butter yellow. It doesn't necessarily mean it works, but its less visually affronting. The navigation is delightfully simple; there's a navigation bar on the left side of the page, as well as a bar on the top of the page that lets viewers sort videos into most recent, most viewed, top rated and most favorites. I love simple things like this, because nine times out of ten, viewers know exactly what other viewers want to see. -
- Content
The content delivery is fabulous. Like other websites in this network, the content delivery is multitudinous. Viewers can stream the videos online, or download them in multiple formats, including MPEG 4 (in three different qualities) or a format for your iPhone, just in case you felt like watching Hot Gay Porno on your morning train commute. Similarly, photo sets can be viewed online in slideshows of varying speeds, or downloaded in zip files. This is wonderful. Both the videos and the photos can be sorted into any number of different genres utilizing drop down menus at the tops of the pages. -
- Guys and Sex
The guys and the sex are pretty hot, which I'll admit, surprises me a little bit. I wasn't quite expecting that. I mean, if you call yourself "Hot Gay Porno" it seems a little bit like you're setting yourself up for failure. It's like when your'e watching American Idol and they're doing back story on a contestant and you just know their going to be a trainwreck. Not the case, here. -
- Value
The bonus content is ridiculous. Access to HotGayPorno gives you access to all of the websites in this network. And by "all the websites" I mean "all 94 of them". Granted, some of them might not be gay sites, but still…that's a whole helluva lot. Additionally, there are 73 bonus sites which each offer a new scene a week for viewers to watch. It's like Christmas, if Christmas were about a lot of sex. -
- Bottom Line
HotGayPorno.com on a whole is fantastic and lives up to its name. Pay your money, pick your poison, bear down and go to town. -
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