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Don’t panic, you haven’t accidently typed in the wrong URL this morning and you are in fact on www.lazygamer.net as you should be. Over the weekend we moved our server from Germany to right here in South Africa in an attempt to improve our offerings.

At the same time we pushed forward our new site design as well. Unfortunately everything went wrong over the weekend so you may find a few loose wires and oddities hanging around still. If you see anything that doesn’t work or you hate please grab a screenshot and drop it in the comments below.

The biggest change from a reading perspective is our latest news drop down

This little dropdown shows you the latest 15 articles we have posted, the number on the block is the number of unread articles. As you can see once an article is read the image and title will be greyed out and the number will drop.

Now that we are posting over 20 articles a day we are hoping this will help you not miss anything.

For the tech people, this is all run with jquery and cookies, we make sure to only store the last 50 article ID’s in the cookie so you don’t get fat. If you don’t allow cookies we think you’re weird but it should then simply not show a number and not work as awesome as it does now.

The site is also responsive now so you should get a better mobile experience, it’s buggy on the front page at the moment but the article pages are working pretty well.

We have some exciting things planned that we will be adding in the near future but for now let’s see if the new server can handle the load before we add too many new features. If the site is slow or unresponsive to you please yell.

Oh and we lost some comments from last week, sorry about that. You weren’t censored; the comments just seem to be refusing to attach to the correct articles. I’m still working on it. Along with a myriad of other things.

Last Updated: September 1, 2014

145 Comments

  1. Sith JJ

    September 1, 2014 at 09:32

    Where am I !!?!?!?!?!
    What’s going on!?!?

    Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      September 1, 2014 at 09:35

      There’s nothing to worry about. Nurse, get the probe.

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        September 1, 2014 at 09:36

        TAKE THE LEG!

        Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        September 1, 2014 at 09:37

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          September 1, 2014 at 09:40

          THERE’S ALWAYS TIME FOR LUBRICATION!

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            September 1, 2014 at 09:45

            Ice cream, I’d like some Ice cream.
            What flavor?
            Doesn’t matter, it’s for my ass.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            September 1, 2014 at 09:49

            I’d recommend chocolate fudge as it’s appropriate or lemon sorbet because it’s refreshing. Not that um I’d er I’m just assuming.

          • Rinceable

            September 1, 2014 at 11:10

            0-O

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 09:51

            That movie is SO underrated!

          • Hammersteyn

            September 1, 2014 at 09:52

            Saw it again this weekend. Never gets old

          • Kensei Seraph

            September 1, 2014 at 09:56

            Not if you’ve got a bug underneath your skin heading towards your privates and someone needs to cut it out.
            Then there’s no time for lubrication or anaesthetic.

          • Jonah Cash

            September 1, 2014 at 09:57

            Take the leg!!!!!

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 09:57

            Agreed, the needs of the schlong outweigh the needs of the leg

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            September 1, 2014 at 10:02

            Don’t bring logic into this damn it.

        • Sk3tz0

          September 1, 2014 at 09:50

          Chick in the background all like.. Fuck.. Should of phoned in Sick and played Games rather.

          Reply

        • Sk3tz0

          September 1, 2014 at 09:56

          WATCHING THIS TONIGHT

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 09:57

            First time?

          • Sk3tz0

            September 1, 2014 at 09:57

            yeah first time this Month 😛

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 09:57

            Hahaha, wd

          • Spaffy

            September 1, 2014 at 10:01

            Take lube.

      • Sith JJ

        September 1, 2014 at 09:44

        The pr..prr….probe??

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief Assassin

          September 1, 2014 at 09:51

          HEAD AND SHOULDERS!!!

          Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      September 1, 2014 at 09:44

      Everything is kinda normal when you reach the comments

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        September 1, 2014 at 09:51

        True dat

        Reply

      • Spaffy

        September 1, 2014 at 09:52

        It can be a facebook page for all I care, as long as the people don’t change

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          September 1, 2014 at 09:55

          Yeah but that would be like migrating from New York to New Jersey

          Reply

        • Anonymous

          September 1, 2014 at 10:22

          Yeah man we will never change

          Reply

  2. Admiral Chief Assassin

    September 1, 2014 at 09:33

    STOP CHANGING MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!

    Reply

  3. Super Smash Umar

    September 1, 2014 at 09:33

    Overall though, it is looking good and I kinda dig the new look 🙂 Goodluck guys

    Reply

  4. Admiral Chief Assassin

    September 1, 2014 at 09:33

    Wait, so change is as good as a holiday….WHY AM I AT THE OFFICE?

    Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      September 1, 2014 at 09:36

      Because if you have change AND a holiday they cancel each other out.

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        September 1, 2014 at 09:37

        Indeed, good point

        Reply

      • Dutch Matrix

        September 1, 2014 at 09:59

        So THAT’s why those December “I’m going to lose weight” resolutions never go anywhere!

        Reply

  5. Alien Emperor Trevor

    September 1, 2014 at 09:34

    I think it looks pretty cool, and before I forget, Happy Spring Day!

    Reply

  6. Admiral Chief Assassin

    September 1, 2014 at 09:35

    I have a recommendation, a little warning button for new users regarding a certain Alien, Ginger, Cabbage ALERT (kinda like defcon alert) and hammers flying around, rants, the mythical oVg, some green bananas and eye-liner dude

    Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      September 1, 2014 at 09:38

      What’s that supposed to mean?…

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        September 1, 2014 at 09:49

        A warning that that Alien is an “emperor” AIRQUOTES

        😛

        Reply

    • Jonah Cash

      September 1, 2014 at 09:54

      Hahaha!!! That is brilliant!! Give them a different color in the comments section just to highlight what you should miss read!! Hahahah

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        September 1, 2014 at 09:55

        Rather SHOULD read!

        Reply

        • Jonah Cash

          September 1, 2014 at 09:59

          Some people don’t have that though a stomach you see!!

          Reply

      • Spaffy

        September 1, 2014 at 10:00

        It’ll be all rainbow colo(u)red on all our screens then

        Reply

      • Kensei Seraph

        September 1, 2014 at 10:10

        I call dibs on green.
        Rince should get pink.

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief Assassin

          September 1, 2014 at 10:12

          Red here

          Reply

          • Spaffy

            September 1, 2014 at 10:13

            Blue. Pink for Trevor.

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 10:14

            You have to be on the list first…You actually behave yourself

          • Spaffy

            September 1, 2014 at 10:14

            Then yours should be black.

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 10:15

            Nope JJ is black, since of the eye-liner, you see?

          • Spaffy

            September 1, 2014 at 10:15

            lol

          • Kensei Seraph

            September 1, 2014 at 10:15

            Pink for Rince (I edited to add that earlier).

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 10:15

            Seconded

          • Spaffy

            September 1, 2014 at 10:15

            Thirded

          • Kensei Seraph

            September 1, 2014 at 10:16

            Motion carried.

  7. Spaffy

    September 1, 2014 at 09:38

    I’ll just ctrl+c and ctrl+v here

    I’m indecisive about the new LG layout.

    I like the fact that it’s new, but not sure that it was necessary.
    It squashes the text into the middle, sorta

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      September 1, 2014 at 09:43

      How do you mean squashes the text in the middle?

      Reply

      • Spaffy

        September 1, 2014 at 09:50

        See attached

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief Assassin

          September 1, 2014 at 09:54

          …you forgot to black out your bookmark tab….NOW WE ALL KNOW!!!!

          Reply

          • Spaffy

            September 1, 2014 at 09:55

            I knew the first thing you guys would do is scrutinize lol

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 09:56

            Hahaha, YARRRRR

          • Rinceable

            September 1, 2014 at 12:47

            lol

  8. Hammersteyn

    September 1, 2014 at 09:43

    Leave it as is, it’s got much more in common with my life now.

    Reply

    • Spaffy

      September 1, 2014 at 09:44

      Are you seeing empty spaces?

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        September 1, 2014 at 09:46

        No, but it looks like a mess.
        *Edit – Looked

        Reply

  9. Sith JJ

    September 1, 2014 at 09:44

    I like it.

    Reply

    • Guild

      September 1, 2014 at 09:47

      Same. I like the layout and easy tab with unread articles. Makes things nice and neat

      Reply

  10. Sk3tz0

    September 1, 2014 at 09:49

    Looks nice.. all this new site loading must be the reason some1 forgot to hand out the Beta Keys for WoD in the Compitition 😛 naughty naughty naughty

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief Assassin

      September 1, 2014 at 09:50

      Keys were sent via email

      Reply

      • Sk3tz0

        September 1, 2014 at 09:51

        bugger means i never got one.. FFS oh well back to work i guess..

        Reply

    • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

      September 1, 2014 at 09:52

      Keys were all sent, mate ;P

      We ended up with THOUSANDS of entries, and just 50 to give away/.

      Reply

      • Sk3tz0

        September 1, 2014 at 09:54

        lame.. haha.. I was hoping there would be a post of the lucky winners so i could do some stalking over the weeknd.. 😛

        Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        September 1, 2014 at 09:58

        How many bots?

        Reply

        • Kensei Seraph

          September 1, 2014 at 10:21

          I think the Banana entered so at least 1.

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 10:22

            Hahaha

  11. Hammersteyn

    September 1, 2014 at 09:50

    I’m glad to see I wasn’t the only one working this weekend

    Reply

  12. Kensei Seraph

    September 1, 2014 at 09:53

    • PERSONA 5!!!! (Umar)

      September 1, 2014 at 09:56

      Yui? I love Yui

      Reply

  13. Sk3tz0

    September 1, 2014 at 09:53

    oh Is there a mark as read function for the Latest news. I mean I admit i dont read all the Articles, and the whole numbers on the Top will bug me as much as the numbers in the Disqus Circle.. and then some1 at work will be yelled and made to cry and then Circle of Shouting will commence..

    Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      September 1, 2014 at 09:55

      Yes good point, it bugs me too. I went & reopened all those articles to get rid of the number lol.

      Reply

  14. iAmWeasel

    September 1, 2014 at 09:54

    The site was in need of a new design, but it doesn’t work for me. Spacing is all wrong, fonts don’t work for me. New homepage is confusing.

    Reply

  15. Guest

    September 1, 2014 at 09:55

    Change is always good, I think?

    Reply

    • Spaffy

      September 1, 2014 at 09:59

      So good you had to post it twice 😛

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        September 1, 2014 at 10:00

        Dat old five cent!

        Reply

        • Spaffy

          September 1, 2014 at 10:02

          Giving your age away…

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            September 1, 2014 at 10:04

            No one asked for your 2c! 😉

          • Spaffy

            September 1, 2014 at 10:05

            Lol, skerp op n Maandag ne?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            September 1, 2014 at 10:09

            Yeah, it’s all downhill from here.

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 10:07

            Bah, gimme the OLD ONE RAND! Man, used to buy enough chappies for a whole weekend with that bad-boy…you know, for the READING

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            September 1, 2014 at 10:10

            haha I remember those facts. You could beat someone to death with those old R1 coins.

          • Admiral Chief Assassin

            September 1, 2014 at 10:12

            I started a collection after they were phased out. But had a terrible roommate that raided that collection to buy smokes and alcohol.

            *sigh*

            They could have been WORTH something today!

    • Sk3tz0

      September 1, 2014 at 10:03

      Whats this ?? 50C new Album Cover..

      Reply

  16. Guest

    September 1, 2014 at 09:56

    Change is always good, I think?

    Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      September 1, 2014 at 10:00

      Wow, an old 5c piece. I haven’t seen one of those in ages.

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Assassin

        September 1, 2014 at 10:08

        Check your wallet, next to that condom you’ve kept…

        Reply

        • Spaffy

          September 1, 2014 at 10:10

          For if he gets lucky? That condom’s probably powder by now.

          Reply

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          September 1, 2014 at 10:14

          lulz – it’s vintage.

          Reply

          • Kensei Seraph

            September 1, 2014 at 10:15

            The coin or the condoM? 0_o

  17. Sk3tz0

    September 1, 2014 at 10:02

    FUCK!!! Is it me or is the Comments jumping all over the fucking place when u trying to scroll.. it seems it jumps to the laster reply every time..

    Reply

    • Jonah Cash

      September 1, 2014 at 10:03

      I don’t have that problem….

      Reply

  18. hairyknees

    September 1, 2014 at 10:05

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

    Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      September 1, 2014 at 10:07

      *light ciggie*

      Reply

    • Admiral Chief Assassin

      September 1, 2014 at 10:24

      Is that the sound of an intern being teabagged?

      Reply

  19. Jonah Cash

    September 1, 2014 at 10:05

    So Gaving puts up an article about the new site design and layout and I find about 5 comments on it out of the 70… Seems about right and he should just take that as everything being ok for us!!

    Reply

  20. iAmWeasel

    September 1, 2014 at 10:05

    Lose the grey 1px border boxes.

    Reply

  21. Her Highness the Hipster

    September 1, 2014 at 10:11

    Redesign has made me realize that I fear change…

    Reply

  22. Viking Of Science

    September 1, 2014 at 10:12

    I’m Panicking….

    Reply

  23. Kensei Seraph

    September 1, 2014 at 10:14

    Disqus no longer shows that there are new comments above the section of the page you are looking at.
    It works fine for comments below that section but the banner at the top seems to be hiding the new comments banner.
    Refresh for screenshot (and feel free to try decipher part of my tabs :P)

    Reply

    • Kensei Seraph

      September 1, 2014 at 10:20

      Oh and the font size of the articles has gone up a few points (people might be able to read it over my shoulder now).
      Refresh for another screenshot.

      Reply

    • Spaffy

      September 1, 2014 at 10:21

      Corrie Botha? On mine it shows guest

      Reply

      • Kensei Seraph

        September 1, 2014 at 10:25

        I am starting to suspect that Disqus doesn’t handle guest accounts all that well.
        It seems to give them all the same name and shows them as proper accounts until you refresh, either that or some people like to logout and post an “anonymous” comment only to log back in.

        Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      September 1, 2014 at 10:22

      Yeah I saw that this morning as well.. quite annoying.. will see if we can fix that

      Reply

  24. MakeItLegal

    September 1, 2014 at 10:15

    🙂

    Reply

  25. Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

    September 1, 2014 at 10:20

    There are a number of font and spacing issue we are aware of, that are being fixed. As I said in another thread, some issues forced our hand a little early, and the new site layout had to go live before it was baked. Bear with us, and we will fix and sort it all out.

    Please also do leave comments and suggestions and we’ll get on them 🙂

    Reply

    • Guest

      September 1, 2014 at 13:40

      I like the new design but as you said, it could definitely use a little polish.
      If I had one suggestion, it would be to please change the font.
      IMHO, it doesn’t look good at all, both on PC and Mac.
      I would suggest looking at your sister site, themovies.co.za, for font style and size.

      Lastly, with respect the background game art that you use, please try to use higher resolution images if possible. As it stands, it looks very blurry and stretched out.

      Thanks for asking for input and suggestions 😉

      Reply

      • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

        September 1, 2014 at 14:04

        Yes, we have requested a better skin; we’re waiting on the advertisers to supply one.

        Reply

      • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

        September 1, 2014 at 15:21

        Background/skin images updated with higher res art. 🙂
        Still working on a ton of other issues.

        Reply

        • Guest

          September 1, 2014 at 15:31

          Awesome stuff guys.
          Thanks for the speedy updates.
          This is why you guys are my favourite gaming site.

          PS: Sorry for all the extra work we’ve been demanding, especially on a Monday :/

          Reply

  26. Rags

    September 1, 2014 at 10:44

    I’d remove the facebook plugin beneath the article. That has already lost its flair, a facebook button on top is more than enough. That should leave more space. I’d place the author details and more details in a box beneath the article. The reviews and scores on the right. I would decrease the text background opacity to 0.7-8 and make the font size 12 and make it a slight grey instead of white fff.

    In the top menu, I’d remove the italics from the sub menu. I’d decrease opacity to 0.9 and apply uppercase.
    My 2c 🙂

    Reply

    • Kensei Seraph

      September 1, 2014 at 10:48

      Sounds pretty good overall.

      Reply

    • Admiral Chief Assassin

      September 1, 2014 at 10:52

      KILL FACEBROEK

      Reply

      • Spaffy

        September 1, 2014 at 11:03

        Vleisboek?

        Reply

  27. Rinceable

    September 1, 2014 at 11:10

    What is going on?!

    Reply

  28. ToshZA

    September 1, 2014 at 11:30

    I haven’t had too much time to explore, but so far I’m really enjoying this new layout and design. The reviews section on the right is particularly a huge improvement, and that latest news drop-down? Love you guys!

    Reply

    • Spaffy

      September 1, 2014 at 11:36

      They just need to put the latest comment bit back

      Reply

      • Gavin Mannion

        September 1, 2014 at 11:42

        problem is we get so many comments that the thing is normally useless… trying to find a way to work with that

        Reply

        • Guild

          September 1, 2014 at 11:54

          Got a new error when I opened the page:

          function wpse126301_dashboard_columns() { add_screen_option( ‘layout_columns’, array( ‘max’ => 2, ‘default’ => 1 ) ); } add_action( ‘admin_head-index.php’, ‘wpse126301_dashboard_columns’ ); Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter – headers already sent (output started at /home/bedrooms/public_html/wp-content/themes/minimum/functions.php:1680) in /home/bedrooms/public_html/wp-content/themes/minimum/functions.php on line 13

          Reply

          • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

            September 1, 2014 at 11:57

            IS FIXED. Sorry, my bad.

          • Guild

            September 1, 2014 at 11:58

            Was about to say its gone after I refreshed

  29. Brady miaau

    September 1, 2014 at 11:40

    The “letter box” thing is pretty cool. I will test the mobile later, but it used to awesome on mobile.

    I like this, not an upgrade for upgrades sake, but a nice functionality bump. It looks good and I am sure you (Gavin) know all about first day teething troubles, looking at the day job. Not too bad, it all works, just looked a bit wonky first thing this morning.

    Approval all round, I should think. I speak for everybody, everywhere. If you did not get the memo, you will

    Reply

  30. z1n

    September 1, 2014 at 12:30

    I think it looks good, feels nice and responsive (except for a few jitters here and there). TEXT IS MUCH BETTER. This has a bit of ‘Metro’ look in some places with out the disgusting colour scheme, well played.

    Reply

    • z1n

      September 1, 2014 at 12:37

      Looks ok on my phone though many more little issues. Lazygermer logo likes to jump around when I scroll down, there’s also titles on top of description text.
      Today is gonna be a busy week for the website dev.

      Reply

  31. Sageville

    September 1, 2014 at 14:39

    My body doesn’t handle change well!

    Reply

  32. DrKiller

    September 1, 2014 at 14:41

    I don’t understand this website!

    Reply

  33. Norm

    September 1, 2014 at 15:09

    I like the new look.

    Reply

  34. Ryanza

    September 1, 2014 at 15:13

    I like that the site resizes itself based on browser window size. Been waiting for that.

    I think only recent comments is missing.

    Reply

  35. Ryanza

    September 1, 2014 at 15:27

    42

    Reply

  36. Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

    September 1, 2014 at 15:49

    Okay..lots of you said the fonts were too big, so general text is now smaller. will get to reducing headings and whatnot a bit later.

    Reply

    • Guest

      September 2, 2014 at 16:06

      The smaller text is does indeed improve readability, thanks.
      Any chance of changing the font style itself?
      Perhaps to something more suited to online reading?
      For example, Arial or Verdana for Sans-serif and Georgia for Serif?

      Reply

  37. Viking Of Science

    September 1, 2014 at 15:54

    Hey guys, I browse in a half screen window most of the time, and the ad in the sidebar, and the “latest lazygamer reviews” Don’t seem to scale to fit the window. as such:

    in a maximised window, the ad fits nicely on the grey background, (the reviews as well, but as you can see, If I use a smaller window, the ad doesn’t scale down in size…

    A minor annoyance more than anything…

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      September 1, 2014 at 16:14

      why would you browse like that… what is this madness

      Reply

      • Viking Of Science

        September 1, 2014 at 16:26

        It’s called Multitasking on a 23inch screen, Office won’t let me use a second one…

        Reply

  38. Pieter Smal

    September 1, 2014 at 16:17

    I love the fresh look 🙂

    Reply

  39. Skoobaz

    September 1, 2014 at 16:18

    Like the layout. Took me the day to get used to it but now I confirm. It’s lekka!

    Reply

  40. CAE9872

    September 1, 2014 at 19:06

    Very nice update.

    Reply

  41. Tiaan Pat

    September 2, 2014 at 06:38

    The new site is AWESOME!!

    Reply

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