New Experiment: Game Comparator

Before explaining my new experiment, I'd like to mention a small security tweak. For those of you visiting me from the Netherlands or Poland, you may encounter annoying captchas. The website has been receiving attacks from IPs in those countries by the company Lowcy Gier (owner of GG.deals).

Now for the experiment. I've created a game comparator that displays data about the games you want in a table. The concept is similar to what Amazon does when you browse several similar products and it "hooks" you against your will into a comparison table, but my comparison tool is optional as it's separate from the game listings.

The comparison tool is simple: go here, search, and select up to four games. A table will be generated with review data, player count, Steam Deck compatibility, prices, bundles, freebies, and subscriptions. I've omitted data such as genres, categories, or tags to avoid gigantic tables.

When creating the comparator, I also added a link modifier so you can share your comparisons if you want. Here are some examples: various Star Wars games, games from the Overcooked saga, or various games from the saga DOOM.

I'm treating the comparator as an experiment. If I see that you're using it, I'll see how to improve it and integrate it into other parts of the site, but if you don't, I'll burn it down (it's only 2,500 lines of code). In the meantime, I'm going to experiment with a mini-forum or comment system for the site. I'd like to improve your interaction with the site, but my biggest challenge is coming up with a design that integrates.