- First Impression
I like this web site from the very beginning. At the top of the page there are hot guys being, well, hot and when I scrolled down to see what else was there I get a sneak peek into the organization of the web site. GayXXXArchive continues with its awesome when you enter the site. On that very opening page there’s a preview section so you can get a glimpse of what’s to come. There’s also, a little lower down, a mini tour area where the different features of the site are pointed out to new visitors so we know what we need to do. I have to admit that I laughed at the name of the site, and expected supreme cheesiness, but the GayXXXArchive.com is surprisingly lacking in cheese, at least from my first glance. - Navigation
GayXXXArchive.com is really well organized. There’s a search mechanism with a ton of categories that you can choose from, both based on ethnicity and look, as well as kink. Some of the search categories turned up no responses, so I thought it was a little weird that they were included at all, but I’m hoping that this means that the site is planning on putting up videos under that niche some day. There are only a few videos to choose from on the main page and only a few galleries to choose from. There are ads on either side, but they’re both for services offered through the site, and I didn’t find them very distracting at all. -
- Content
I have good news and bad news about the photos. The bad news is that some of them are fuzzy. While they were taken with the greatest of intentions (and some awesome lighting), the focus sometimes seemed a little off. I’d be looking at some fuzzy dick and balls, and I don’t mean they were in need of some manscaping. The good news, however, is that the photos are still incredibly hot. I’m a movie person myself, but these photos are spank-worthy despite the fuzziness in them. It’s like how you can watch a really bad movie with a hot actor in it, because the actor is busy being hot – same thing. I can get over the fact that some of these pictures are fuzzy since they’re all hot hot hot. I don’t know if I can say the same thing about the videos. The first thing I noticed is that the lighting isn’t very good. It’s shadowy and the video quality itself isn’t really there. I tried watching it on streaming Flash video, but the buffering wasn’t coming through, so I downloaded in two different formats and both of those were very pixely. There are a ton of photo galleries and a ton of video galleries on this site, and a multitude of ways you can download them. The photos are available in a zip file download, and you can download the videos for iPod, and in either low res or high res. Some of the videos are available in Quicktime and some aren’t, it just depends on the video. All of the footage is exclusive to GayXXXArchive.com, so you’re not going to find it anywhere else but here. -
- Guys and Sex
Fear not! I have some good news! The guys are hot and so is the action. One of the things that I really love about this site is that there are a lot of different types of guys. When you’re using the search function, you have the option of chubby guys and bears in addition to the usual twinks and lean, mean sex machines. Making these videos hotter is the fact that these guys are into it. In fact, sometimes I felt that they were TOO into it – some of these guys spend a lot of time really enjoying the bodies within their reach. Maybe I’m just a romantic, but I found this to be hot too, so I’m not complaining. -
- Value
Being a member of this site gets you all the high res movies and picture downloads you can stand, and with no DRM. I had a hard time figuring out what else you get with membership. There are full DVDs available to watch in addition to GayXXXArchive.com movies. There’s also video chat and Flash games. The Flash games look to be aimed at straight men, as they all featured women, plus when I tried to play a few, I was always brought to a different site that required a login and mine wouldn’t work. There are a lot of pictures and videos to look at through this site, however, so if you’re okay with not having a lot of extras, then this is still a great site for you. -
- Bottom Line
The sex is hot, the quality is not. This one offers a three day trial for a dollar, so if you’re interested in this site, go for that trial. It’s probably the best deal you can find. -
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