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I mean, this is just butt ugly

http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/images/pitchfork-title.png

those dents in P and F look out of place and weird

pitch pound ork

http://imgur.com/x8Lclevin http://imgur.com/x8Lcleller

http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngevin http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngeller

fuck the http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.png

http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngonfounded's http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngultural http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngorner

Now that I think about it, there's way too much negative space in the masthead. It just makes the butt ugly look buttier.

Layout/functionality of new site: A
Aesthetics: D-

The old layout let me take in most of the site's new headlines and material in a single glance, while this update forces me to scroll down more to reach videos and features. It's oddly dense, too. I get why they did it, but it's ugly.

disappointed that 'family' doesn't take me to p4k kidz!

http://image1.findagrave.com/photos/2009/234/39782159_125104231223.jpg

I don't get it at all, the last one was very good, why bother changing it to unreadable and chaotic version only for the sake of it "being new"?

i for one am shocked pitchfork would dedicate space to something that's not very good but really new

― brrr-icane aye-rene (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, August 28, 2011 7:36 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

A+

havent looked at this redesign but i _hate_ it when things get redesigned

lol whiney

still can't browse old reviews. I'll keep checking back periodically til they stop getting that wrong.

The news section cracks me up sometimes, "Phoenix frontman marries longtime girlfriend, btw, here'sthe "1901" video".

btw during the 15 anniversary features Pitchfork brought back their most famous articles that weren't available on the site. so bad they forgot about Schreiber's 'trane review :( (and the 1996 Modest Mouse interview - in which the band took the piss out of poor young Ryan - isn't on the site either)

interesting move cutting criticism from trax reviews & down to like <100 words

nah trax reviews & forkcast were combined

Anything to make the site more readable on an iPhone I guess.

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/pitchfork_forks_its_logo.php

Brand New readers hate it (as expected).

the logo honestly reminds me of someone reading one of those OMG HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THE ARROW IN THE FED EX LOGO email forwards/message board threads in like 2003 and then like having it stick with them forever as something clever they want to aspire to at the expense of good design

i really hope the site doesn't look like this for the next two years

the logo honestly reminds me of someone reading one of those OMG HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THE ARROW IN THE FED EX LOGO email forwards/message board threads in like 2003 and then like having it stick with them forever as something clever they want to aspire to at the expense of good design

^ this

the circles around the ratings are new too, aren't they?

i don't like those.

did they make some tweaks to the new design? if they didn't, i got used to it pretty fast, because i think it looks better now

marhttp://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngers

it's a step backwards identity-wise.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:47 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

^ this. it looks like any of the dozens of third-and-fourth-tier review sites out there. nothing distinctive about it at all.

i literally laughed out loud when I read this:

The clatter of the bones against felt or tabletop is a visceral pleasure. And there's that breathless moment when everything settles and you're reading the results.

Pitchfork is writing purple prose about Yahtzee now

http://pitchfork.com/killscreen/18-its-your-move-our-new-board-game-columnist-has-three-dicey-propositions/

fyi board games are pretty sick

would you say the clatter of the bones against felt or tabletop is a visceral pleasure? and there's that breathless moment when everything settles and you're reading the result?

I can;t even begin to tell you the deep visceral pleasures I felt the last time I played Parcheesi

would you say the clatter of the bones against felt or tabletop is a visceral pleasure?

Every time I click on "Site New Answers."

hmmm the game i usually play has wooden dice

ok wtf i want a column writing abt board games

i play d&d competitively son cmon

lamp have you played dominion yet? played it a ton last week w/ some friends in san francisco, its pretty great

kill screen is a whole sister site full of the early-pfork purplest of prose, yall, so go to town

pitchfork please hire me to write a column where i do tarot readings for indie rockers

how can something clatter against felt

like, what is on that felt to make the dice clatter

gross

lamp have you played dominion yet? played it a ton last week w/ some friends in san francisco, its pretty great

yeah i played a couple of games of it just to get a feel at a boardgames night, got creamed tbh.

the board game that im kinda an evangelist for atm is puzzle strike, which uses cardboard chips instead of cards and is loosely based on the mechanics of 2d fighters. its super replayable and surprisingly deep but also p dense, theres only a small amount of luck involved so it can be a frustrating game for new players

i havent really been feelin dominion ,seems like theres not enough interaction w/ other players compared to e.g settlers of catan? but then maybe i need an expansion pack or something else

how can something clatter against felt

― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Tuesday, September 6, 2011 2:22 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this fucking destroyed me

"clatter of the bones against felt" is some "forks clove tofu" type ish

i havent really been feelin dominion ,seems like theres not enough interaction w/ other players compared to e.g settlers of catan? but then maybe i need an expansion pack or something else

― just sayin, Tuesday, September 6, 2011 2:49 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it doesnt get really good till you start using the attack cards and then its SUPER fun--i dunno i can see it being something youd burn out on unless you were constantly expanding

still no settlers but lets be real--what is

http://1000timesyes.tumblr.com/post/9896731523/trivial-pursuits

haha

so is this like the nerd version of 'mtv sports'

jesus christ you have a tumblr to collect your tweets?

that's 'pitchfork has a column devoted to board games' level horrifying