The Uncanny Valley is an interesting thought-experiment on facsimiles of humans and how humans respond to them. Some roboticists complain about it because it was conjecture, and while it may not be hugely accurate I find it to be a pretty good explanation as to why androids can be so disturbing. Wikipedia has a nice article about it here:
As for other similar sites, Crazy XXX 3D World is interesting - good 3D work and explores about every fetish known to man, especially if you check out their uncensored work. I dunno, all 3D porn suffers from the same - not quite right problem - I think Hentai is usually a better option - and there are plenty of good sites for that. Titanime is a good choice for that.
Haha - indeed I'd probably have to bring along my opera glasses to see the dancers as closely as the websites can provide.
On the other topic though - it is indeed saddening to actually converse with some of these impoverished girls, it was the main reasons I stopped dealing with pay-per-minute live cam sites. It was all very depressing. The girls really didn't have a lot of choices for income and they were rather uncomfortable with the whole deal.
On the other hand, I did like the cam service Met Art provided - there the girls did whatever they wanted and would simply chat with whomever they found the most interesting. Much happier environment - I'm guessing the girls got paid better as well.
There's nothing really wrong with fisting, as long as your careful not to damage anything. There is always the hand-cramping issue, but you just gotta wait it out if that happens.
I really do like Kink and their policies - while granted it is pretty difficult in publishable porn to go beyond my comfort zone, I do really appreciate Kink's policy of pre and post interviews to show that everything is done in good spirit. I have to say that Sex And Submission is one of those sites I'm really looking forward to joining in the future - I just have some other high priorities picks ready first.
I do have to say though, in regards to my experience with Ultimate Surrender and my limited experience with Fucking Machines - their production style and capability has come so mind-bendingly far that you don't want to really look at the old content. It is sort of like looking at younger pictures of yourself when you thought you looked awesome with that Dukes of Hazzard t-shirt stretched across your stomach - you just cringe and desperately find something better to look at.
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
* 206 Image Sets
* Large images at 900x1250
* All images rendered using 3D Graphics
* 19 Pornographic Comics Books Included
* Newest Video Clips: WMV, 640x480 1900kbps
* Impressive texturing on skin, eyes, et cetera
* Realistic looking hair
* Daily Updates (Updates are dated)
* Good anime styling, lots of different clothing
* Join at $24.95 and then try to cancel for $14.95 offer
* Interesting fetish sets like Futanari and Pregnant models
Cons:
* Only 10 – 30 images per photo set
* No Search Engine
* No Browsing Indexes
* No Image Zip Files
* Creepiness Factor can be quite high
* Average video length 1 minute
* Only 20 short clips
* Significant amount of Non-Nude sets
* Very little hardcore sex
* Slow Download Speeds (100 KB/s)
* Water Marks on both images and animations
Bottom Line:
3D Love Dolls provides lots of photos of perfect and bizarre 3D rendered naked or half-naked girls posing. While you do get animations, they are very few, very short and might as well not be there. The photos are pretty large and of course perfectly crisp, being rendered on a computer and all. If you like the photos of the models on the tour page, you will get access to a lot of that. Unfortunately, if you like a particular set, you don’t get much – 20 photos or so.
The limited sets are really the downfall of the site. It does many things well: Daily updates, new outfits for the models, new backgrounds. Many of the photos are just begging to be made as desktop backgrounds. They don’t do much hardcore sets and that is good thing because they don’t really work. It is like watching G.I. Joe figures humping – the right position but none of that human touch.
Another problem is the creepiness factor – these models look human in many respects, but they also are teetering on the edge of the Uncanny Valley – positions and features are so close, but just off. If you saw a real person that looked like this you’d be both fascinated and horrified. I think they miss the valley but only by a hair breadth.
I like that they experiment with fetishes, I like the basic product and the update rate. They need more images per set and some more browsing / downloading features. As it is, you just feel like something is missing… like their models' souls.
I don't know if it is actually the case, but Porn Users lists all these sites as Non-Nude porn. I've just never quite grasped the point of NN Porn - that is like trying to buy one of those cheesy softcore pornos from Blockbuster, save your cash. I was a member of CL Erotic a long while ago - but even half of that site was NN Porn, if I wanted to see attractive girls doing splits and what not, clothed, I can just go buy a ticket to a ballet and watch it live.
I know what you mean about the odd props and uncomfortable expressions on the girls, CL Erotic had the same problems. I feel like these are ballet drop-outs that decided it was a better gig than unemployment. Some of the girls were exquisitely beautiful, but the cringe factor could be pretty high.
There is a definite problem with typos on the site - only one Sofia - and as far as I know, there is only one Tatiana video currently on the site, I hunted through.
As you said - that is a high score, but the content, what there is of it - is great! Being that this is 640x480 video, it is really quite crisp - what would put it over that 90 barrier? More content, some indexes that are organized in an understandable fashion, HD video, even larger photos and more content. That is the number one killer, I'd love to give this site a 95 - I honestly like the network that much, but there just isn't much content at all. The subtitles are great, the fact that they took the time to do that is really inspired. The camera work is great and the models are all quite cute.
As I said before, you really won't be seeing any beauties like you get in eastern europe, but these girls have their own style and flare that gives the network that x-factor that really pushes it up about 10 points for me. If basically the same content was being done with a bunch of fake-breasted bottle blonde Americans, and if the cum shots were more like the spittle that passes in most main stream porn, yeah - this would probably be scrapping 75 - but it's not, and that is all that matters :-)
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
* Hardcore Glamour Blowjobs
* Single File Downloads (220~250MB) – approx. 20 min. length (Videos are available in 50MB chunks as well)
* WMV, 640x480, 24 bit video at 1500kbps, No DRM
* Photo Sets matched to video, 685x1024 (Zip file available)
* Full Access to the ATX Network (Argentina Triple X, and soon Anal Breakers and My First Casting – videos for these are already being added)
* Good Lighting, Good Color Reproduction, Good Model-Focused Camera Angles, Good Make-up Artist, Crisp Image, Good Focus
* Great Download Speeds (1.2 MB/s)
* Exclusive Models treated with Epic Cum Shots
* Complete Subtitles with lots of unscripted dialogue
* Regular network updates (approx. one new video a week for entire network – updates are dated)
* Small Watermarks on Videos, None on Photos
* Bonus DVDs and other filler sites included (just ignore it and check out their exclusive content)
Cons:
* Only 20 Videos Currently
* Limited Screen Caps (7), No Preview
* Equipment Visible (cables, lighting umbrellas, et cetera)
* Most videos don’t have photo sets
* No Search Engine, No Alphabetical Model Indexes
Bottom Line:
The inherent nature of Nasty Makeup dictates that you’ll only see a model on the site once. The site has a specific format – show us a model as she walks into the studio, chat with her while copious amounts of makeup is applied to her face, then introduce her to the men (usual 2, sometimes 3) and record her performing some seriously energetic blowjobs, complete with gagging, spitting, slapping – the works. Lastly, the epic cum shot for which the site gets its name.
The format works, but the only variant is the model – none have been back for a second run, and I think that is wise. This is still a small site, totaling only 20 videos. You do get access to the ATX Network, but that is still rather small and despite the regular updates, it is a slow rate considering it is one video a week for the entire network – meaning sometimes it is 3 weeks for your favorite site to update.
While I’d love to see them go HD – the current format is DVD quality and the production values are great. Complete subtitles, excellent camera technique and lighting. My only complaint is that too often we see the lighting equipment, which just looks messy.
The models are exclusive, energetic and cute if not always beautiful. Deep throating is always attempted, with varying degrees of success but you can always expect an energetic, messy blowjob with a staggering cumshot at the end. ATX as shown they are going to keep improving, this is a network I will be returning to.
While there is a ton of strap-on sex - seriously, seriously rough strap-on sex - anal sex is a less common. Only a few of the models do it - largely I think because since strap-ons haven't any nerve-endings the model controlling it doesn't exactly know how rough she is being. That said, it isn't too uncommon. Anytime Amber Rayne loses you can expect to see copious anal sex - as she is a big fan of it. In fact, tag-team matches with her often see her getting DPed. It kind of pains me to know that she keeps becoming a better wrestler, as we see less and less of her on the receiving end.
None-the-less, this is still some of the most aggressive strap-on action I've seen - complete with gagging and all. And the wrestling matches themselves are quite engaging. Some point in the future I'll be rejoining to check out their new super-sized wrestling mat and how that changes the competition.
Good review - I couldn't agree more. The question is.. are any of us going to ever pony up the cash for Tussinee Gold? That's a whole lotta dough for one month...
I didn't know about the British variant - that I'll bookmark that. Indeed, after looking up the WHOIS on both the sites, Phil Knight owns both sites - so they are sibling sites.
IAFD is quite the grand daddy of pornstar indexes, but they simply miss some of the small names in the more obscure markets. Certainly can't beat them for user friendliness though. I even have a search widget in Firefox that lets me quickly look up video or star using their engine.
Not really much of an issue - I've actually willingly deleted my porn collection because I needed a hard drive in the past. My current collection is probably iteration number 10 or something near there. One way or another my porn collection rarely lasts more than 2 years. A couple of months ago a drive failure toasted about 250GB, I've already got 200GB of porn to replace it.
I don't think I'd ever keep multi-terabytes of porn - I'd never remember to look at it. Honestly, if I had boat loads of money, I'd just subscribe all the time to all of the sites I even remotely like and then invest is a beefy ISP so I can download whatever catches my fancy at that moment. Plus I often get a bit bored by older content. My collection exists simply because I'm not rich enough to not have one.
Thanks for the info! That's pretty good res for those newer videos, and WMV is fast becoming the standard for all porn sites, so no bad there. Yeah, the price is a bit high, but I gotta say I haven't seen any of these girls anywhere else, so it looks likes it worth it. I'll have to join up in a bit. Cheers!
Well I've had a few sites in the section, and now I just popped a few users in to see what happens... I really don't quite see the value of the section that much. All it does is list sites I like, which I know I like because well, I like them. It also lists users whose reviews I like - but it doesn't list their reviews.
Certainly I could click on each one and see if they've posted anything new, but I think it would be much more useful if it listed say the latest 10 reviews from the combined group. Not 10 from each, more like if you made a list of all the reviews by those users, sorted them by date, and then showed the first 10. Then it would give me the option of going back farther and farther in the list. That would be quite useful. As it is now, meh - I doubt I'll use it much.
One thing I forgot to mention in my update of the review is the download speed their servers is now providing. I generally get 1.2 MB/s from them; it is quite consistent. So, basic gist of the comment is, downloading from this network is sweet. Very fast, download accelerator friendly, et cetera.
This is definitely one of those situation specific things - if they, the content producers, are aiming for the cute school girl look with the pig tails and the works, nothing seals the deal better than a cute spinner in braces. Much like other body modifications like tattoos or piercings, it can make already hot girls that much hotter. Generally I would prefer girls not to have braces, but since it is rather, it is often a treat when you seen a beautiful model with them.
And yes, as Drooler pointed out, I too will assuming that the poll is referring to dental braces. Forest Gump is just not hot.
While on a purely academic level I'm certain this is an interesting query: However I fail to understand what this has to do with porn. Be it viewing it, acquiring it, storing it or what have you. Perhaps if you are making it...
I suppose it might apply to Tantric Sex - but usually that doesn't make for interesting porn - it is really designed more for the participants.
Ok - I'm going to attempt to review this site in record time because I've gone over my monthly spending limit this month (by quite a ways...) so I can't buy a proper monthly membership. The good news is that Kink.com made an email mailing error and sent me two emails earlier in the week telling me about my new memberships to two of their sites.
I of course scampered off immediately to the bank to see if I was charged (I wasn't.) and then to their sites to see if I could login (I couldn't.). Yet Kink.com impresses me once again and showed they are a caring company that not only is willing to say they are sorry and admit a mistake, they'll even throw a little swag your way as well.
So what they've done is sent out a little email that basically says "Whoops." and "Here's a free 5-day Membership.". Using SurveyMonkey.com to collect the results, I selected this here site, they said I would get an active account within 24-hours. Nifty! Here's an odd bit though: Their email said 5 days; Survey Monkey said 3 days. We'll soon find out who is right.
No matter, I'm excited to get a run at this site, I've been wanting to check it out for a while. I usually like to take weeks to look through a site, but I'm going to have to make an exception this time. Well, unless I decide an even thinner wallet is worth it.
I just joined a few days ago - but I haven't really noticed that yet. I'm exploring the content still but there seems to be plenty of Bukkake for new users. I gotta say though, I tend to like a little variety or I'll get bored, so if they are mixing it up a little while still holding on to the bukkake trend a bit, I'll be happy. I could understand it upsetting purists though.
If you can list a con, it can't be a 100 - come on now. A little realism in the score would be nice.
How about telling us the number of models, videos and photo sets. Are the videos DRM protected? What are the dimensions of the vids and photos? Is the site easy to navigate, are all the models hot, or just some? Is it solo content, or g/g or b/g?
I understand that not everyone spends hours on their reviews, but a little effort would be appreciated.
While I honestly didn't expect anyone to basically say what you did, you bring up an important strength of Porn Users as a resource on a whole. There are so many reviewers, with so many tastes and interests, that there are reviews, even if they are real quick ones, for lots of very tiny niche sites. Sites that aren't worth the time of the big review sites yet, but here someone pops in and gives you a glimpse at what you are getting - and that can really save you from wasting 30 bucks.
Basically, the point is, that while some reviewers take quite awhile preparing the review (my average review writing time is 1.5 hours, not counting the "research" time spent prior on the site) and others just write up a quick opinion style overview - any review is better than no reviews, even if it is as simple as: "Rubbish, only 10 videos."
Bloody hell, why would I post them if I was just going for average - or ::gasp:: below? I therefore foresee this poll being horribly skewed toward the top bit.
Certainly each review is a learning process and I think one improves a little each time, measurable or not - still, it's just not real likely that we are going to judge our selves in an outwardly negative light - well, do so and be public about it. I guess maybe some of those blokes that never post a reply might, but even then - do people really, knowingly post rubbish reviews?
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