What is TheSixthAxis? A gaming website? A community? An outlet for our often sadly vapid, rumbling trains of thought? We don’t really know – we never really have. Nobody put us here to change the world, nobody ever told us what was right and what was wrong, and nobody helped steer our path. We just did what we thought was right, talked about what we wanted to and got excited every time somebody dropped us a comment.
That notion, that sometimes misplaced will, has spurred us on now for over six years. For me personally, getting feedback of all kinds was a pointer that we were doing something right, and that, as a diversion, a hobby, a part-time evening job you couldn’t ever get out of, the website offered a channel for creativity and a way of communicating – or at least trying to communicate – what I (and we) thought about games.
And so, 2013 brings change to the site. There’s a new design, there’s a renewed focus on PlayStation, there’re shifts and switches in terms of those that bring you the content. Blair will be taking over editorial duties on the site, for example, and later this week Alex is disappearing to paint pretty pixels for Just Add Water. There’ll be new faces too, whom we’ll introduce gradually so as not to scare the ducks.
TheSixthAxis might be a gaming website. It might be a community. It might be an outlet for its writers. But it’s also a collection of like-minded friends, and that will continue to be the case going forward. Exciting times are ahead, and with the next generation of consoles around the corner we wanted to ensure we’re placed to continue to cover them in the way we’ve always done, but with more emphasis on videos and that all-important opinion.
So, what’s new? The video above hopefully explains what we’ve been doing for the last few weeks. We hope you enjoy it, and here’s to the next six years.
tsa.
freezebug2
Great job guys, I always like the anticipation before a new look site redisign…..seen quite few! but yeah it’s fresh, crisp and easy to navigate.
Oh, and Best of luck to Alex or Nofi with the new career path, hope it’s a great success, you’ve done a great job here and I’d suspect the same for JAW ;)
freezebug2
Forum posting need a bit of a tweak, smileys & emoticans don’t show during input and the quote option wasn’t working, for me anyway, pressing quote just gave a blank text box.
Alex C
fixed.
freezebug2
Appreciated squire, lesser minions would have had a shit fit after all the hard work put into the redesign only to find the forums playing silly buggers. ;)
Kennykazey
Love it. My only concerns is the ad for a pony club (but I know you guys aren’t in control of that) and that the round font used in the new logo doesn’t fit with the pointy thing.
philzy85
Can anyone point me in thee direction of what used to be ‘catch up’ / ‘archive’?
I liked to also see the articles in a list to make sure I dont miss any that I would like to have a butchers at :P
philzy85
If I had watched the video before posting I would not have needed to ask, found the little “L” or “I”? button at the top :D
MadBoJangles
Me likey likey :D
Nicely done folks!
Kevatron400
Love it. Favicon needs updating though, unless it’s just my browser caching. New layout’s gorgeous, and I love the logo. I think the tsa font will take a little getting used to, but that’s just a case of not being used to change, I’m sure. Mobile site is looking fresh too, great work all. I had no idea Al was moving to JAW – that’s awesome news. Best of luck buddy!
Michael
Pretty sweet on my phone :-)
Good luck, Nofi.
Good luck, Blair.
Er…
I’m done.
Tuffcub
S’all big ‘n’ shiny innit.
DJ Judas
Looks good to me. Like the new mobile site, although input lag for this comment box is horrendous in chrome beta for android 4.3.
That aside, here’s to another 6 years!
salvodaze
Tried it and loved it on the iPad mini. The tile view is very useful (and looks good) when browsing from tablets/smartphones. Very happy about the site postng more reviews too. Good job :)
gothicwitch
Looks great on my ipad