Cubed³

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Cubed³
URL http://www.cubed3.com/
Commercial? No
Type of site Gaming, Nintendo
Registration Optional free registration
Owner Ba-oh, Jorge
Created by Ba-oh, Jorge
Launched 2003

Cubed³ is a video game website that provides features prodominently for Nintendo products. Based in London, England, the site launched in 2003 with Jorge Ba-oh as its sole operator. Gradually the site has employed a regular editorial staff totalling twelve people.[1] The site also currently has a large community of over 9000 active members.[2]

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Revisions

Cubed³ has seen several revisions during its time, undergoing changes in layout and style, implementation of new features as well as changes of domain names.

[edit] Downtime

Cubed³ has suffered considerable downtime since its launch. [3][4] Becoming the victim of unstable servers, bandwidth limits, hardware failures and slashdot effects. The length of these downtimes vary, on occasion causing members to retreat to temporary servers.

[edit] Content

[edit] C3 Wii

In 2007, a version of the site was optimised for use with the Wii Internet Channel. [5] The Wii compatible version of the site is called C3 Wii and offers full use of the site for use on the console. [6]

[edit] World of Nintendo

In early 2008, the site launched a feed aggregator known as World of Nintendo as a "convenient way of viewing content from other sources" through an automatically updating page. [7]

[edit] Wi-Fi and Friend Codes

In 2007, Cubed³ launched a directory feature for sharing Nintendo Friend Codes. Through chat rooms and invitations users are able to exchange access to each other's games. [8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cubed³, Staff. Retrieved on February 19, 2007.
  2. ^ Cubed³, Members. Retrieved on June 12, 2007.
  3. ^ Play.TM, Cubed³ downtime. Retrieved on June 13, 2007.
  4. ^ Fellow Nintendo site down. Retrieved on June 13, 2007.
  5. ^ ITWire, Wii browsing made easier with new optimised cubed3 site. Retrieved on June 13, 2007.
  6. ^ C3 Wii. Retrieved on June 13, 2007.
  7. ^ Cubed3, Site: World of Nintendo, Featured Reader Reviews & Blogs. Retrieved on June 10, 2008.
  8. ^ Cubed3, C3 Wi-Fi and Chat Hub. Retrieved on June 10, 2008.

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