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Pornstar Network
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83.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
Incredibly large collection of porn video segments. (65,000 of them!!!)
Wide variety of video types.
Just about every major porn star out there for the last decade or more. (10,000 of them!)
Navigation is not bad considering the size and nmumber of sites. |
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There is SO MUCH stuff that it is a challenge to sift through if you have specific tastes.
Videos are porn movie segments, so the quality of video and performacne varies a LOT.
Much of the material is standard def and really old.
Many of the videos are very poor quality.
Only a few of the videos I've seen so far are HD, making them hard to watch on a large screen. Most of these have OK quality and fair content. (You can search for 1080 in advanced search)
The videos are not dated, either for video release date or publication on the site. (But you may see the release date at the very beginning of the video....as far back as 2001!)
It is impossible to determine the quality of a video before clicking on it as there is no resolution data.
There are a lot of industry "veterans"...only a few of which still look good, if you catch my drift. |
| Bottom Line: |
OK, I have to start by saying that I am not a traditional porno movie guy. I have a huge collection of solo softcore and hardcore images and HD videos created on sites like Twisty's, Ron Harris, Digital Dream Girls, Passion HD, ALSscan, etc. Typically, videos on these sites are created especially for the sites and are studio grade and HD. I'm only trying to establish a baseline here so you know where I'm coming from.
Pornstars Network is like a day on Haulover beach, a nude beach in Miami. There is a whole lot to see, but you have to sift through a lot of really mediocre and a moderate amount of really bad stuff to find the real gems. There are some gems, though, which makes the visit worth it at least once.
The first thing that struck me about this site is the incredible volume of videos. There are 65,000 of them spread out across 52+ sites. And the different sites include almost every taste. All of the videos are segments from a DVD lasting about 10-25 minutes in length.
The 52 individual sites include niche sites like:
Tiny ass
My MILF story
Hostile Fucking
Club Smash
Black dick, round ass
My first sex video
Jizz Mouthwash
Only DP
And a bunch of sites dedicated to indivdual male or female porn stars.
Navigation is pretty good. The sites are listed by both name and type. Once in a site, the thumbnails show a few screenshots of the video and once you click on the video, you can see an entire set of screenshots before watching or downloading the movie. You can also search by pornstar name to list all of a pornstars videos. That's nice if you happen to like, say, Tori Black, and want to see all of her stuff. The site also lists, in order of popularity, every model they have. The list starts with Sasha Grey at number 1 and some girl named Krystal at number 10,057! Really! 10,057 pornstars! And, like I said before, the site lists 65,000 videos! So, if you are into porn videos, this place is a treasure trove.
OK, now for the more critical stuff. Like porn movies themselves, the vast majority of videos here just aren't that great. The video quality is marginal, direction is poor, the camera jitters or the angle is bad, the acting is awful, the performers are not appealing, etc. Pretty much ALL of these videos are not HD. Again, there are 65,000 videos! So even if 60,000 of them sucked, 5,000 would still qualify as good or better. That's way more than a lot of other sites, but the challenge is sifting through the junk to find the gems.
There are some other annoyances, too, but some of them are more about my tastes than the site. A LOT of these videos are really old by Internet standards. Number 1 on the pornstar list is Sasha Grey. Damn, she is hot, but she stopped doing porn in 2009. Jenna Haze, #4, has videos from 2001. I can understand how several of the top 20 can be, um, veteran porn starts, but none of this material is in HD, making it really hard to watch on a computer or bigscreen.
Much of the material is very, very raw. I realize that is the point in some cases, but many of the pornstars that are goddesses on sites like Twisty's or Digital Dreamgirls are just kind of cute at best in these videos. Tori Black, for example, does some terrific stuff on Twisty's and looks about as badass as any girl I've ever seen on that site. In the videos here, she's almost plain. That's more than a little dissapointing.
And then there are the European models that show up in niches like "Auditions" and "First time Videos". You've seen a lot of them on other sites and many are beautiful enough to stop a 747 in mid-flight. One of the reasons I sometimes prefer images to videos is because many of these girls are ungodly beautiful until they move, walk, talk or act. Some European and latin women tend to exagerate their expression as part of the culture. This site is the best example of this that I've ever seen. Some of these girls acting is so hideous that it is actually embarrasing to watch! I never thought that was possible before.... (Exception: Bambi)
There is a lot of other schlocky stuff too.
I know anal sex has been popular in porn for many years, but does it have to be included in almost every sex scene?
It also seems like, although they have nearly every pornstar out there, they DO NOT have those pornstars best work. Instead its the star's early work or off-beat or fetish stuff. There are 57 Sasha Grey videos on this site. Sasha was a pretty kinky pornstar but I KNOW she did some really nice one-on-one stuff as I've seen it elsewhere. Not here. Most of her videos here are gangbangs with 5+ guys, group sex scenes where she gets totally creamed or odd fetish scenes. Not a single straight sex scene with her on the whole site. Too bad.
OK, I'm out of space...
Bottom line: If you are into porn videos, you simply must visit this site, but be prepared to do a lot of sifting to find the stuff that really floats your boat. |
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02-02-13 09:31pm
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Watch 4 Beauty
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84.0
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Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
Excellent selection of beautiful models
Exclusive content
A few of the most popular European models
Nicely done, tasteful site
Navigation is good
Available file size is up to 5600k
Most videos are in 720p. |
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Single biggest gripe is username/password management
Only one set added every other day or so.
Videos are mostly ho-hum. |
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I've been a member here a couple of times and keep forgetting to write a review. It is up there on the list of erotic/softcore photo sites, but just a tad below the frontrunners. Why? That's the hard part to explain.
Probably because the site only updates a few times a week and the collection is not yet maga-large. They've got about 350 models and maybe 1200 sets compared to, for example, Met Art's 2,000+ models and 12,500+ sets.
No hardcore sex. Just solo and girl girl scenes. BUT, there is a reasonable amount of in-your-face viewing, insertion, etc. and the girls in the girl-girl scenes seem pretty much into each other. Those attributes differentiate this site from FemJoy or MetArt,
There is a broad range of action in the photo sets. Same are nude girl in the woods, some are nude in public and some are girl getting off using her hands or toys. There are also a few peeing scenes if you are into that. There are far more toys in this site than in, say, Met Art. Maybe twenty percent of the sets have a toy involved, but it depends on the model and the toys seem to be included more as a prop than a utensil to be used for a specific purpose. In fact, there are a lot of sets where fruit and other things are included primarily for aesthetics.
The model's interaction with the camera is generally good. Each set has a mix of images with eye contact but this, too, depends on the model. A few of the videos are somewhat interactive but most are not. Many of the videos are just working the photo shoots. The amount of fun in the videos and shoots seems to depend on the model. The energy or playfulness in the sets tends toward reserved...again a function of the softcore genre..and the model.
The mix of indoor and outdoor scenes is good. The girls are mostly petite young Europeans, but there are a few Americans, a few latin americans and several full figured girls in the mix.
All images come batched in 2 zip file sizes and one PDF file compilation (really odd...), videos are a few minutes long and generally in 720p. You can get individual images in 5000x4000 or larger, but these are not in zip files.
Now there is one other interesting thing on this site that I would never have even looked at if it were not for the comments of another reviewer. It's the magazine. It serves a similar function as the tease blog on other sites, but the range of topics is a little broader and more entertaining. What happens, for example, when you give a camera to a model and put her in front of a big mirror? From what I can see, she learns it is harder than it appears to be a good photographer. But sadly, much of the beautiful photography in the magazine section is zipped or catalogued and is not yet available in the photo-sets section. One of the magazine writer's recent obsessions named Emily is not on the rest of the site at all. So it is a teaser blog after all, I guess.
The single most annoying thing about this site is the password management policy. You cannot pick your own username or password so you get a random, impossible to remember username and password that can't be changed. And then on top of that, the site implements protocols that prevent your browser from remembering the username/password. Be SURE to create a PDF of the confirmation page (or a link to ccbill, the biller) if you ever want to get into the site again once you sign up. I understand they don't want passwords to be shared, but the guy who came up with this strategy should be flogged...and not in a good way.
Other annoyances:
-Navigation within a photo set, i.e. going to the next or previous image, is only available if you select the smallest view size.
-All of the images in a set are numbered 001, 002, 003, etc. That might not be a huge problem if you download everything in zip format, but if you want to keep only yor favorate images of a model, be prepared to rename everyting or keep multiple folders. Not cool.
-Although many of the images are available at something like 5760x4800 (that's like 7 feet by 5 feet at 72dpi), many of these larger images either aren't very crisp or clear or they have artifacts in them. I'm not sure why that is because a few other sites that have very large images don't have this problem. Maybe it is the algorithm used to compress or resize the images from the very large raw format they are probably shot in....I don't know. What I do know is that the large images can be dissapointing and they should work on fixing this.
Bottom Line: The site is definitely worth an annual visit. There is a lot to sift through, but once you do sift through it, there may not be enough updates to keep you for more than a month or two. I plan on coming back once a year or so. |
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01-17-13 06:57pm
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Digital Desire
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85.0
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Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
Some of the net's most beautiful imagery
Many, many US models you've heard of.
Some files back to 2003 and beyond
Zip files in many sizes for most sets, some up to 3000k.
Many videos now in 720P
Good layout and consistent navigation
Many of the best US models in the industry have their roots here.
Very good variety of models, most of whom have exceptional proportions.
The download process isn't bad if you aren't trying to download every image on the site.
It seems like they may be rescanning older 35mm sets in higher resolution when they re-release them, but I can't tell for sure.
Some content goes back as far as 2003. That's ALOT of images.
No cross selling!
For the price, you can't go wrong. (Part of why I rate them so high) |
| Cons: |
Site seems a bit slow to load compared to others
Recycling of old images cheats number of new releases.
Only 1 release per day and almost ALL of them are re-releases. (Less than 1 new set per week)
Quantity of new releases really seems to be dropping (Quality is good, though).
No original dates on sets so you can't tell if it is old. Chance are very good that it is.
Older videos in 480P or less and with no original dates for the models, you can't tell until you click down. |
| Bottom Line: |
Important bits:
Mostly solo scenes with a few very good girl/girl softcore scenses (good because the girls are usually into each other and not just standing there.)
No boy/girl scenes that I recall.
Very few toys....but a reasonable number of fingers.
Good mix of outdoor and indoor scenes. These guys love sunlight (a very good thing for the images and girls, apparently) so many of the indoor sets are actually set up outdoors.
Nothing hardcore, but if you are the type that likes "unobstructed views", there are a lot of those.
Sorry, but I can't just bullet point this one. There's somehow more to it. As a frame of refgerence, my taste is for well done images.
This site has an ambiance about it that is somehow different from the the other, mostly european softcore sites. One of the fun things is looking at how the girls are transformed from the initial Audtion shoot. When they come in, they are good looking and trim. For the shoots, most are OMFG awesome! Now, it takes a good model to make this formula work. A good recent example of this is Amber Sym. In the audtion shots, she is hot, with a well toned, cheerleader type body. In the photo sets, she is simply ungodly beautiful.
Many models shoot stills well, but are really awkward in videos. The folks at DD (I still want to call it DDG) really know how to shoot video to bring out the grace and beauty in a girl. There are dozens of examples like this.
Another thing this site does is understand what the typical male, um, comes here for. I think the word I would use to describe these types of sets is Inviting. The models are aware of the photographer and use that element to tease or play with the camera a little in a very subtle way. Imagine if a really hot girl said to you "Hey, I'm going to take my clothes off and maybe fool around with myself a little. Stick around and watch if you want because that makes it more interesting for me." It is subtly different from how the European sites do it. "Flirt" sets even have th egirls talking at you...but sometimes less is more. Very good directing on the photography team's part.
Most of the sets include an ample number of really nicely (as in tastefully) done close-ups. And sometimes there is a tiny bit of Astroglide..I guess..in the right place to make things more interesting. It seems somehow more personal...sharing...inviting than the "girl frolicking in the woods" shoots you see elsewhere.
Another subtle thing that makse the experiance nicer is that there is very little cross selling or other advertising going on. This is a freestanding site, so you get what you get. It just seems so much more respectful of my time and privacy to NOT be mentioning that there are also sets of this girl on the blah-blah-blah sister site. (Compared to, say, Met-Art, that accosts you with ads for sister sites.) I guess the reason they don't have more cross-selling is because nobody else does some things the same way that they do. Kudoos for both.
Once a set appears (or re-appears) they are placed into specific categories that you can browse through. Categories include Dreamgirls, XXX Stars, Young and Fresh, Flashback, Interviews, etc. This helps if you are searching for a particular look or Genre, but it appears that they are not producing a lot of new material for many of these categories.
Now that you can tell that I'm clearly enamored with the models and photography, let me tell you a few of the more frustraing things about this site.
It is slooooow, mostly slow for pages to load. Downloads seem to be about average in speed. Not sure what that is about.
As I mentioned above, many of the older sets get recycled, apparently more than once. I don't have a major issue with that as many sites do it, but this site passes them off as new every time they come back around (sometimes multiple times). Fricking QUIT THAT! Introduce them in a different category and include the original dates for the shoots as well as the original dates for the models introduction to the site. Yes, some of the sets are the best they've ever done and deserve to be re-introduced (take a look at Alyssa Lovelace, for example), but re-datestamping them is just plain wrong. It destroys the model timelines and, at best, seems deceptive.
And here's another thing. As I looked back through my 12+ year collection of DDG/DD images, I noticed that a lot of material from the late 1990s and early 2000s is no longer there. Some of it is big-hair and bushy, but a lot of it is completely timeless. You should consider putting more of the images back on the site in the appropiate area so your subscribers can enjoy them.
Ok, bottom line. If you are into softcore, this is absolutely, positively one of the sites to visit as there is over a decade's worth of material. If you were here less than a year ago, there is not much new content, but it might be worth it to visit for the new lower price. |
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12-02-12 10:10am
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Errotica Archives
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94.0
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Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
This is the second best site in the Met-Art network behind Met-Art itself. Very large volume of high quality images of truly beautiful women in natural indoor and outdoor settings. See details below. |
| Cons: |
Nothing much in the way of cons as long as you remember it is a nude modelling site. No hardcore here! |
| Bottom Line: |
This site rates up there with the best nude photography sites on the Internet. Tons of photo sets (not much video, though), many, many different models of all shapes and sizes. The collection dates all the way back to 2004 and even the stuff from back then is top notch. And many of the models you know now were on this site before they were anywhere else...although sometimes with different names. With 10 YEARS of stuff, it is a lot of fun looking. (At least 1 new set a day, 50 images per set, that's 3600+ sets and 180,000 imaegs!)
Navigation is good for a site this large. You can search by model or rating or month. Images appear in the same tab, though, so remember to go back rather than close (I wish they would make this more consistent across the Met-Art network..)
Small, medium and large zip files are available for every set since 2004 (although "large" wasn't that large in 2004)
The girls all appear to be comfortable with the photograper. There is a really good mix of full body and close up shots here and, unlike many similar sites, most of the girls are not shy and don't mind, um, showing us the money.
There is a new set every day. Very few of them are continuations of earlier sets and there does not seem to be any common location where the majority of shoots are done. There is a wide variety of photographers and they all have slightly different styles, locations and models. Once in a great while, they will release a much older set, but unlike some other sites, I don't think they are re-releasing anything. For example, a set came out earlier this year of Marketa when she was relatively young. The set may have been 8 years old, but it had never been released anywhere before as far as I could tell. Contrast this with DDG or Earl Miller, who fairly consistently re-release older stuff.
All sets come in 3 sizes ranging from small to extra-large but the size depends on the age of the set. Recent images are 6000x4000 or so, large enough to be lifesize if printed out at 72dpi. And most images actually look good at that kind of resolution.
Now, if you are looking for ANYTHING other than straight images of unbelieveably beautiful girls, then this might not be the site for you. There are a very few lightweight girl/girl scenes, but there are no sex scenes, no insertions, very little masturbation, no true sex on this site. There may be a few unusual sets from prior years (maybe a girl with her hands tied or something), but this is a 99.9% nude girls site.
I got in this time on a discount because I was a member of Met-Art. Once in Met-Art, it was just $12.50 to join additional sites in the network. Well, I'm dropping the lesser met-art network sites but will keep this one for at least another month or two.
As I mentioned above, overall this is one of the best nude photography sites on the net. Every time I log in, I find myself surfing the site for an hour or more. I don't think I've ever been dissapointed with this site...and for me...that says a lot.
Go check it out! |
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09-23-12 10:04pm
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80
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Erotic Beauty
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83.0
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Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
Erotic Beauty, formerly MetModels, leans a little more toward old-style softcore nude photos in natural settings. The models are generally not mainstream, so you find a few that are very interesting and different. The site is billed as "Naturally Beautiful amatuer nudes" which probably says it better than I can. |
| Cons: |
Hmm. Can't quite put my finger on it.... a little slow, maybe. Nothing major wrong. |
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This is a really good amatuer nude site. It is good because the photography is good, the models are generally attractive and typically squeeky clean (can't tell if they are photoshopped..), and there is a tremendous quantity of stuff going back to 2005. And remember, this USED to be the site where the Met-Art network put its most beautiful models so even the old stuff is pretty good. (The new stuff is good, too!) Many of the sets are outside.
Navigation is average or a little better than average. You can search by model, most popular, date, etc. Images do not open in a new window, so you have to remember that if you are used to some of the other sites like this.
There is a HUGE variety of models here, all apparently european. They are also all natural. I don't recall a single enhancement. And the models mostly seemed to be enjoying themselves, or at least comfortable with the set and the photographer.
I got into the site this time on a $12.50 special because I was already a member of Met-Art.
Absolutely worth a visit, especially if you like natural nude photography. |
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09-23-12 05:17pm
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81
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Sex Art
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80.0
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Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
High quality video and photos of sex scenes and solo scenes. Many Met-Art models but less softcore. |
| Cons: |
Not enough content, although it is improving. Navigation is not consistent with Met-Art. |
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This is basically all the stuff that the photogrpahers wanted to shoot for Met-Art, but the relatively softcore nature of that site prevented them from publishing it. Or...to put it another way...it is a way for Met-Art to expand thier network and make more money without having to use anything more than ask the assets they already have to have sex, which many of them do on other sites anyway.
The emphasis is on glamorous sex scenes but there are a lot of solo acts and decent photo sets with all kinds of toys. The girls, of course, are awesome....as usual for this network. The only problem is that there still is nowhere near enough material.
Navigation is fine for a small site, but when it gets big, they will need to switch over to the same system they use for Met-Art. For this site, you have to page forward and back to get anywhere quickly, or you can follow the "back to gallery" links...which ever is your preference. I have accidently left the site many times because I thought I was on Met-Art.
The cross-advertising is still very frustrating.
They cross-advertised based on models and photographers, so at the bottom of a page, you will see a link back to Met-Art or one of the other sites in the network (all charging separately).
I was fortunate enough to see this site for $12.50 because I was already a member at Met-Art. Look for bundle packages and consider doing one $12.50 secondary Met-Art site at a time because there just isn't enough content here for you to keep all four $12.50 sites for long.
Overall, this is a pretty good site, especially if you get in on a package deal. But it won't be a great site until they get a lot more content.
You see a nice girl on one site, there is a picture of her from another set at teh bottomfg |
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09-23-12 04:55pm
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Passion HD
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68.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
Videos are available in a variety of formats including HD. Models are generally very attractive. A few well known models. |
| Cons: |
The advertising seems a little deceptive. There are only about 120 videos on the site, with Videos dating back only to November of 2011. That would be 1-3 videos a week since inception. Videos rarely depict the same imagery as the teaser images they are linked to (in any quantity at least..10 minute video, 5 seconds of a particular angle or shot and that's what they tease you with.). |
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Nope, sorry. Stay away from this one until it gets a LOT more content and they tweak the formule a bit. The advertising showing slick scenes, awesome couples or groups and amazing "first person" angles does not really reflect what is on the site.
This site includes some Porn Pro-like footage with the objective of selling it in more of an X-Art.com format. It almost works, but very, very little of the material is...artsy enough to pull it off and only a few of the participants look like they are enjoying themselves or their partners. Look at the images depicting the scenes and you think holy crap this is going to be hot! What you get when you watch are a lot of OK, moderaately dissapointing sex scenes in very similar bright white settings with entirely too much footage from the same angle (across the bed on the side). It is almost clinical! Several of the videos look like they take place in the same rented villa in Arizona or California someplace. When there are several videos of the same girl, they are all pretty clearly from the same day no matter how hard they try to change things up. And much of the sex, which should be OMG hot, ends up looking like acting...mediocre acting...not that the industry has any really great acting, but the couples should at least be into each other.
There are a few models you would recognize; Zoey and Jessie, for example. I have NEVER seen Jessie or Zoey, two young, vibrant, energetic and attractive models, not entirely enjoying themselves...except here. Here the sex looks like work. (Jessie has a scene where 90% of the time she is getting screwed on a piano bench with her head slamming against a baby grand piano. That So did not look comfortable or fun!)
I rarely find a site that I can't recommend. Unfortunately, I can't recommend this one. |
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09-18-12 08:32pm
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MetArt
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95.0
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Current Member for over 2 months (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
Top rated softcore site
Some of the most beautiful models ON EARTH!
Spectacular imagery and sets
4-6 updates PER DAY!
Good navigation |
| Cons: |
Only one thing in the CON category:
obnoxious cross-selling to the other sites in the network.
One minor annoyance: The user defined keywords are not particularly useful. |
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This is without a doubt one of the best softcore sites on the internet. The models are spectacular, the sets are great, the clothing, hair and make-up are usually perfect, the variety is great and the girls generally look like they are having a good time. Nothing cheap or poorly done anywhere, period. Navigation is also very good.
There are several exclusive or nearly exclusive models on this site that words cannot describe. FOr example: Mila, with 44 sets, always looks like she is enjoying herself. Fergie, with only 16 sets, is a little more conservative but can melt ice with her looks. Wait...loking at the site while writing a review can be very distracting....
OK, there is rally only one negative that I'm going to mention here and it is more of a customer service thing than a fault with the site. It seems that Met Art is now part of a network which includes Sex Art, the Life Erotic, Errotica Archives and Erotic Beauty. Unlike many other networks, you have to join each oif these sites separately. OK, I can appreciate that the owners want to maximize revenue. I can even appreciate that some owner/photographers hire a model for a day or a weekend trip, shoot many, many sets and then break the sets up over multiple sites, again, to maximize revenie (Met-Art and Met-Models, now Erotic Beauty, comes to mind) What I find offensive is that in Met-Art, when you look at a set of a model, a section sometimes appears at the bottom of the set that says something like "more of this model:' with a bunch of images that are links. Well, the links are NOT WITHIN THE MET ART SITE. They are links to offers to join one of the other sites in the network where more images of this model supposedly exist. It is one thing to list other sites on the model page, but it is simply obnoxious baiting to put a clickable image of the model at the bottom of the page and only include a small reference to the name of the other site. This is the only site I've ever seen that uses this relatively deceptive practice and I absolutely hate it. (Can you tell?)
Now, in-spite of that trashy cross-selling tactic, the guys at met-art are gracious enough to discount the other sites once you join one. And, to be fair, these sites appear to have plenty of unique sets spread around to each of the sites.
So...if you have not yet been to this site and want some seriously great softcore imagery and video to add to your collection, Met-Art is a MUST. I come back every year and will probably succomb to the cross-selling and try one or more of the other sites...and will review them when I do, of course! |
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08-23-12 10:19pm
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Hegre Art
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92.0
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Current Member for over 2 months (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
hegre-art.com is a spectacular erotic photography (softcore) site with some interesting and remarkable features. The girls are beautiful and the photography is always stunning. Most of the imagery is excellent, but the signature component to this site is probably the very well done erotic massage and tantra massage shoots and videos. Navigation is generally very good and the images come in a wide range of sizes up to 10,000k. The models are predominantly european, with a few well known US names mixed in. Oh, and the site is an excellent value for the money compared to other similar sites. |
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Couple of small things. First, it is too difficult to get to the larger images for each set and when they load, you cannot move through them because they each load to a separate page. The page-back navigation is a little clunky, too, as it usually does not immediately take you back to where you were before. Oh, and I was completely unable to get the site to work on Internet Explorer 9, although it works fine on Chrome. Something about cookies, I think. Not a hige deal as I use several browsers but it might be for others. Generally, if you can get into the previews, you can get into the site. |
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This site is dominated by really well done single model erotic photo shoots and softcore single-model videos, but most of the models are absolutely beautiful and the photography is among the best on the planet. The models are probably mostly 20-30 with a few really outstanding 18 year-olds. I think the point here is that this is NOT a teen or hard core site. It pays homage to the best of the female form. The models are all shapes, sizes, ethnicities and colors, but generally very shapely (probably some of the best breasts on the net here.) There is full nudity, but many models are conservitive, meaning they don't all do close-ups, spread eagles, etc. There are very few sex scenes and I can't recall a single toy or vibrator on the entire site. There are a lot of beach scenes and a handful of group shots where it appears a gang of girls was rounded up and shipped off someplace exotic for photo shoots. The result is more of a veuyers nude-beach fantasy than a photo shoot intended solely to get you off.
Perhaps another, much more esoteric way to put it is that this site is like a fine wine store. You can get a great buzz on fine wine, but part of the experience is appreciating the wine as you do. If you are just looking to get drunk quickly, go to the liquor store and buy some mad-dog. If you can appreciate this analogy, this site may be right for you. If not, skip it and go straigth to a hard-core site.
The signature item for the site is erotic massage, basically taking a beautiful girl, covering her with oil and giving her a professional massage, complete with happy ending. These are nicely and professionaly done, with no talking, no artificial moaning and no acting involved. Lookout, though, there are a few of these sessions with men.
Navigation is generally very good, with the option for thumbs, slides or something called journal, which takes all the images in a set and stacks them at roughly screen size.
There are, according to the site, over 200,000 images in 3300 galeries. The collection dates back as far as 2002. The images from that timeframe, although generally good quality and consistent with the theme of the web site, are small by today's standards at about 2000x1320 max.
The site seems to use mostly eastern european models with a few nearly exclusive resident models. Look up Anna S, an apparently French stunner, or Luba, a long-time regular.
If you are into large images, this site has some of the largest and best on the net, some as large as 7500x10000 pixels (That's close enough to see pores or over 11 feet tall at 72dpi!). Do you want a lifelsize image of Melissa Mendini standing against a white wall in nothing but high heels for the back of your closet door? (assuming you can print it.) Well, here's the place to get it and many, many more like that. The only problem is that you can't get to these large images via the thumbs. You have to go to slides, click through the slides, preview the image you are interested in and then choose the size. You can also go to the journal, wait for all the images to load, then scroll down and choose your size from there. There are, on average, about 6 sizes per image ranging from very small to larger-than-life. Older sets have almost-as-large-as-life images.
I would recommend this site to anyone who is tired of the teenybopper or hardcore porn sites and is just looking for some really beautiful women to look at for a while. I would also recommend this site to anyone who likes Met-Art, or Femjoy.
I hope this was useful! Trust me if so! |
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08-11-12 01:08pm
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Twistys
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86.0
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Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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Huge collection of photos and videos. Good navigation. Good scoring/rating and review system that isn't inflated by webmasters or users, a full decade of material available. Newer videos are excellent quality. Models come in all shapes and sizes. Nearly every big-name model you've ever heard of. Mostly US models who actually speak! |
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Waaay to many ads for other sites. Cross selling at sign-up verges on fraudulent. (I unchecked the cross sales, had a problem and clicked submit again and the other offers rechecked themselves and cost me money...really ruined the initial perception of the site.) Also, the log in page is linked to a pay chat site and there is a live front-room chat in progress WITH SOUND! Some smart marketing gu decided to do this to get your attention, but it is annoying as hell! |
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Do you remember the original Danni's Hard Drive? You know, before Danni sold it? Well, that site was abused and mismanaged after being sold, but Twisty's is practically an exact replica of the original Danni site. There is a HUGE collection here that spans over a decade. New material is very good. Most of the models are big american names either in nude photography or porn. Wide variety in the sets locations and models. And people seem to be having fun.
All that said, there are a few things that I feel obligated to point out. First, most of the models, though popular are..um..more mature. Among the most highly scored models, you'll notice Kayden Cross, Jana Cova and Heather Vandeven, all looking good in their most recent sets, but probably well into their 30s. Nothing wrong with mature, well endowed models, but the site seems to be pretty heavy with them. To be fair, the site also has some very popular younger models including Malena Morgan, Zoey and Melisa Mendini. One thing about a site that has been around this long is that you can find sets that span a models entire professional career. For example, if you like Sasha Grey, there is a terrific collection here from 2009 and before. But in general you won't really see any knock-out new discoveries here as the stable is mostly pros, many of whom have had more than a little work done. A few of the more popular models are still unaltered, though...thank god.
The sets are generally good. They are not overly staged, there is a decent variety of indoor and outdoor sets, the mix of full-body and close-up shots is good and the lighting is correct. The models are mostly solo, some with toys, but there are a few girl/girl scenes and two and three way sex scenes. One kind of cool thing about some of the videos is that since many of the girls are american, they actually speak! And oh my god what some of them say! Trust me, you WILL be answering out loud when Shawna Lenee, Tori Black or Kasey Chase ask you questions in their videos. This kind of interaction with the audience (ie directly at YOU) is unlike any other site I've seen since...well...the original Danni.com. Very cool!
This is billed as a network, but the other sites that you get free access to are really the same sets that are in the main site, just repackaged into categories like "Euro" and "GirlPlay". There are a couple of other mystery bonus areas that include additional models, most of which are intermediate level ametuers. The site is constantly advertising other sites like Brazzers, Mofos, Wicked and Babes, all available for an additional and sometimes hefty fee. Very distracting and annoying.
They have a girl of the month theme with a series of photo and video shoots released throughout the month.
Overall, this site is well above average with a huge selection of images and videos. The girls are Mmostly mature, large breasted and in many cases enhanced a bit. The images are good but not too glam-ee and, from what I can tell, not overly touched up. I got in on a "Please come back" special rate. Absolutely, positively worth a visit at least one a year. |
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07-11-12 02:41pm
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Nubiles.net
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90.0
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Current Member for over 2 months (at the time of review).
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Huge selection of models doing just about anything a guy could want. Excellent navigation. You can set favorites and leave feedback, which influences the scores models get. Many outstanding models. Good mix of photos and videos. Also a good mix of body shots and close ups. Probably one of the best all-teen sites around. |
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Not much in the way of cons. Maybe a few more outdoor sets. Maybe a few more two-girl three-ways... |
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Bottom line? There is something for just about everyone here. Well worth a visit. Although this is a teen site, there is a decent variety of shapes and sizes and a good mix of solo, guy/girl and girl/girl sets. The set locations themselves are basic but not distracting. This isn't glam stuff, but the girls are nicely done-up. Some of the girls you will recognize as they are popular models elsewhere but there are a few exclusives and a few really show their best stuff here. (Just look up Zoey, Malena or a girl named Ebbi and you will see what I mean.) Navigation is great and there doesn't seem to be any really poor images or videos. The site sorts models by popularity (score) but politely stops in that category at about 9 for the benefit of the models. It also sorts by update date and model name. Note that many of the models have different names here than they do on other sites so you have to sift through them if you are looking for anyone in particular. One nice touch is that on most model's pages, there are a few large images, nude and non-nude wallpaper images and collections across all sets titled "ass". "boobs", "legs" and "close-ups". I have been a member here several times over the years and the quality has been consistent on each visit, perhaps a little better this last time. Overall, very good general teen site. |
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06-23-12 04:05pm
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ALS Scan
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85.0
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Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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Fantastic quantity of material. The girls are all very young, say, under 25. Newer videos are excellent and in HD. Newer photo sets come in high resolution. The girls appear to be having genuine fun. They use ample amounts of oil, lotion, various types of fruits and vegtables and many, many types of battery operated devices. Sets are dated and are available all the way back to 2006. |
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Navigation is not as good as other sites. (For example, you can't scroll through the images in a set but have to page back out to the set menu and select the next image.) About 1 in 4 releases are actually re-releases of older material dating back as far as 2001...OK if you are a first time member but not if you are back for the 2nd or 3rd time. The narrow range of girl types, sets and specific types of odd fetish shots makes the site a little monotonous after a while. The girls wear very little or no make-up, making some that are solid 10s at other sites about a 7 here. Many of the newer models are not as attractive as models from prior years. |
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OK, bottom line? This is a lesbian and fetish site that is interesting to visit once just to see the show, but it caters to a relatively narrow taste. Nearly every girl is young, petite, small breasted and, of course, shaved. On the surface, that's not at all bad. Many of the girls from older sets and a few from newer ones are truly beautiful. A few headliners like Caprice, Malena Morgan and Franzeska, are easily recognizable from other sites even without much make-up. But the majority of recent girls are not particularly memorable and at best rate a notch above amatuer. Maybe after years of visiting this site I'm a little jaded. I apologize in advance if what I'm about to say seems harsh. The success of the site must mean that many people like the signature items they provide. Here are a few of those signature items:
1. There are NO boy/girl sex scenes. None. Lots of girl/girl scenes, though.
2. Practically every model gets fisted at some point. If you like that, this is paraadise.
3. There is an odd fascination with the inside of otherwise unviewable areas on the female anatomy. Examples include almost every model agreeing to use a speculum so you can see what her uturus looks like. Many models agree to use what looks like an ambroidery hoop with clothes pins spreading the labia to provide a more detailed view (think dental headgear for the pussy). Some models use glass tubes allowing a view deep inside the rectum. I guess folks are into that. I find it niether sexy, nor flattering. In a word, it makes the models clinical.
4. Just about every model has to pee at some point. The photographers show you exactly when that is.
5. Ladies, care to have your nipples, clitoris or entire vagina vacuum pumped? Yep, they do that here!
6. The first time I saw a set where a model put a lollipop in her vagina I thought it was interesting and might be tasty. That was about 100 lollipops ago. Now I find myself wondering what flavor the odd color lollipop they use is.
7. This is not a glam site. As such, the girls don't really wear much make-up. You get to see every pimple, freckle, sore, scar and bruise, whether it is on a face, a leg or a butt.
8. Allsscan has a sister site called allsangels. The webmaster/owner has no qualms with showing you a set of girls from auditions in his blog and picking out the more attractive girls to send over to ALSANGELS in an effort to sell you membership in that site much smaller for $25 a month. Sorry, all it does for me is piss me of that these better looking girls should have been but aren't on the site I'm a member of.
Ok, before you send me a nasty email, let me put a thought in your head. ALSSCAN is a bit of a sideshow. Sideshows have an odd combination of allure and freakiness that makes you want to go in to see what is there. I've seen this particular show about 5 times since the late 1990s and every few years I find myself wandering back in to see what the next big thing is going to be. (This time I think it is those emroidery hoop-clothespin things....)
Now, it is clear that the photographers have a tremendous rapport with the models as the models are usually having tremendous fun. I think this is because the models are not forced to please the camera so much. (heck, they hardly even LOOK at the camers.) Instead they are encouraged to please themselves and any other girls that happen to be nearby..and perhaps they are encouraged to experiment. Some of the best photo sets and videos come from annual outings where a dozen or so girls are chosen to go to a tropical island. Once there, they can run around naked and generally have sex with any girl they want...and they do.
So, again, bottom line...interesting place to visit but you might not want to stay for more than a month. |
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06-23-12 01:24am
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X-Art
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92.0
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Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
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The girls here are all absolutely beautiful. If you like Met-Art or FemJoy, you will also really like this site. Although many of the same girls are here, most of them seem a little less inhibited and this is the only place I've seen were so many of them agreed to do sex scenes. Most sets include both images and videos (listed separately under each model's profile) and the videos are not just video of the photo session, they are all well done, dedicated videos. Both images and videos are some of the best quality I have seen on any site. The girls are natural, trimmed or shaved, and solid 9s on the combo body-face scale. Every image and every video is high quality, with no older shoots or videos to dissappoint. Even the music selection and timing in the videos seems well done. |
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Well...yes, there could be a little more content. The site, it seems, has only been around since 2008 or so. But in the balance between really good imagery and volume, I'm pretty happy here. I couldn't find a single set or even an image in a set that was just added to create filler. Quality beats quantity every time in this case. For the money, the site is well worth it. |
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This is a VERY well done site. The photographers and videographers do a spectacular job of focusing on the girls..and I don't just mean keeping them in focus. The sets, lighting and overall environment combine to create exceptional imagery. The videos seem pretty genuine and there are some really excellent videos both of solo girls, couple and girl-girl scenes. They've managed to tap every single exceptional European and American model. Go look at the model list and you may recognize many of the girls. Most are among the most beautiful in the industry. And, as I said, the crew here brings out the best in them...in every single set. Several of the models look far, far better than I've ever seen them on other sites. Perhaps it is, judging from the fact that many of the sets are in the sun or on an island someplace, that it seems these folks have a decent budget and can afford to take the models someplace really fun for the shoots.
Navigation on the site is good, allowing you to list by update, model names or model rankings. Downloads are fast. Image selection once in a set is good. Select the image size you want, click on the images tab and then any image you click on will open in the size selcted. You can then choose larger or smaller from within each image page (nice feature). Zips are available in several sizes, usually up to 2500x4000 pixels.
The images are all focused, lit and cropped nicely with no odd or distorted angles, giant panoramas or distractions in the images. Perhaps the only personal thing is that there is a slight shortage of images showing the entire model in a natural position (i.e. without the legs or feet cropped). I'm not a foot fetishist, but I do think several complete images of each model once she is undressed would be nice.
If you have been to to the top-tier photography sites like Femjoy, Met-art, Met-Models, Errotica-Archive, Earl Miller, Ron Harris, etc., then you owe it to yourself to check out X-art. If it isn't among the top-tier sites now, I sincerely believe it should and will be soon. |
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05-13-12 11:13am
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Eva's Garden
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78.0
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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04-08-12 06:17pm (Update History)
Reason: corrections and updates
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Girls are generally very attractive. The site includes the typical collection of European girls that are on other (softcore/glam) sites, but there are also a few that are unique to this site. Image quality is high. Video quality is generally high. Tech support response to my issue was practically instantaneous. |
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site navigation is not up to par with many other similar sites. Page refresh and image downloads are nat very fast. Zip file image naming structure is absolutely infuriating! (ie every set has an image named 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, making downloaded image management impossible! Saved images in older IE browsers appear to be only BMP, not JPG., making them much larger than they need to be for both downloading and storage. (Google Chrome and other browsers are probably fine) |
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Overall, this is a pretty nice site, but it is not up to par with the best-of-class (i.e. Met-Art, Femjoy, Erotica Archive, etc.) This applies in four areas. First, the navigation of the site is ok, but not great. You can't, for example, sort the models based on user rating. Even sorting by name is a little clumsy. Second, actually downloading files is truly painful.
Once you are in a set, clicking on an image opens a small thumbnail. To open an image large enough to download, you have to click on an icon below each image. When downloading ZIP files, there are no model name or set references, just numberd image files starting at 1. The only workaround to this is to create folders for each set. Very frustrating as there is no reference to the model, the set name, anything in the zip files. ...where was I.. Oh, the third and fourth things are the models and photography. The models are attractive, but there is something a little off about either the models, the shoots or the sets. The only way to describe this is that it appears nobody is having a good time. Very few geniune smiles, little laughter, no conversation at all in the videos. Not much fun. In many of the sets, out of dozens of pictures, there are only a few where the model looks like she is even remotely enjoying herself. Compare this with, say, Femjoy. It is the interaction with the photographer, or somebody else on the set maybe, that brings out the absolute best images in the models. So the models on Eva's Garden may be beautiful, but the images are not engaging. I compared many of the same models between this and other sites. Something is just not as good here. These girls should be surface-of-the-sun hot. They are on other sites. Somehow, not as much here. There are a few outstanding sets and OMG models, but many, as I said above, are a little off. Oh, and the fourth thing, is the sets. Out of the dozens of sets I've looked at so far, and probably hundreds of overviews, nearly all of them are indoors in carefully controlled lighting. A few are outdoors on a cloudy day or under a covered awning. Many images are shot with what appears to be a wide angle lens(probably to increase the depth of field and get more of the model in focus), but the result is a distorted image. I've never seen this on any other site. The indoor sets vary, of course, but the lack of variety contributes to an almost monotonous feel to the site. I never thought a website full of naked beautiful women could be monotonous. Apparently, I was wrong. If you have not already been to one of the top softcore/glam sites, I suggest you try those before you try Eva's Garden. This site is nice, but just not top tier in the genre. |
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04-05-12 04:23pm
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