Gaming downloads can be a pain. When the hottest new demos are released, such as the upcoming Halo 3 from Microsoft, the official servers can be brought to their knees. Some users go to BitTorrent to get the files, and others scour the message boards for alternative download sites.
It’s also hard to know what the best games out there are. Gamers can rely on review sites and other sources for news. But just as Digg has created a more efficient way to distribute news by removing the middle-men, new site FileRadar is doing the same for gaming files.
Users submit links to gaming files (demos, mods, patches, etc.) that they think are hot, and other users vote up those submissions in exactly the same way Digg works. If the official servers are down, users link to alternate sites to keep the bits flowing.
The new site was created by the guys at FutureUS, a well known distributor of gaming magazines.
Great website idea ! ! ! Thumbs up.
Good idea, they could be rid of the need for a lot of additional download URLs for downloading if the pushed for torrents only. Then the better the traffic, better the download.
Seems like for what they want they may be causing the problem they are trying to alleviate.
So is it built on Pligg?
@Musmon- Did you see the title where it said “Gaming?”
Trying to push your site, I see….
Jeff – don’t know, I’ve asked them but haven’t heard back.
this is a great idea but if it’s successful will become useless because we all know trying to get a decent download of the latest big thing can be a pain due to bandwidth.
on a sidenote where are the TC40 videos Mike
While I think this is a debatable statement. I can see how FileRadar is a good site for gamers.
I like these sites. If they have a fairly good community you can directly see what people like and what’s currently happening.
I’d curious to see if digg-style sites would work on a smaller scale too for more niche or local interests.
Great idea
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Stupid idea, all you need is MSN search.
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Yo. Great site. Loads like lightning. Downloads are super quick. It’s got me.
Cheers
Allan Barker
its actually a good idea, the sites very nippy as well