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Content
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| Quality : |
19.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
14.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
63.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
9.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
16.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
8.0 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
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1. Easy navigation.
2. Exslusive hardcore & softcore gay content.
3. Super high quality full-length videos.
4. Smooth site design.
1. No digital images.
2. No date stamp on content.
3. Videos are DRM protected.
"I love the high quality, exclusive gay videos! An overall memorable site with room for growth." |
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BlakeMason.com is a website that features amateur British men having sex and/or engaging in sex acts including "some gay sexually orientated material". So who is Blake Mason? Well, it's actually the formation of the names of 2 men, Jason Blake and Adam Mason, who set out to take Britain's lack-luster abilities to produce "high quality adult films for the web" and make it a thing of the past! With over 44+ lengthy video shoots and 32+ models here currently, members of Black Mason can expect video quality of a higher standard than even many other gay site on the Internet, from Britain or anywhere else. Although the archive of content is clearly just getting started, you can expect somewhat regular updates (Thursday & Sunday) while things are still being constantly improved here (as current as today) and although they don't offer date stamps on the content itself (tsk, tsk), one look at Mason's Diary fills you in on all the new happenings here at the site.
The overall site design here is a very simple one and not much different than what you see in the tour, which I like. Right away all of the content is listed from the home page on in chronological order(?) along with a preview image. It is listed 6 sets at a time on a total of 8+ pages. The help of a search engine tool allows you to browse the models by name, film type (solo, duo, oral, going all the way, group exploits), build, age, cock size (largest to smallest - I'd hate to be at the end of that list!), and whether they're cut or uncut. The great thing here is that you can search by one or all of these categories at once and come up with your "perfect" man. Clicking on a set takes you to a lengthy description of the shoots and gives you all your options for stream/download: high (1500k)/med (800k)/low (350k) res + bonus features. You can also visit the model profiles from here including access to all of their sets. I absolutely love the super-high quality content here and the fact that all the videos are offered as full-length files! So far, so good...and then...I realized that the content is DRM protected - ouch! Okay so it may not be as bad as you think since you actually don't have to remain a member in order to view the content as it is available for 365 days. Unfortunately, though, this doesn't take away from the fact that they indeed are still DRM protected.
Overall I love the smooth navigation of the site and the cleanliness of the design. There are no digital images here, only screen caps taken from the videos so that's something they might think about adding here once they've got things settled a bit. There's a good mix of hardcore and softcore content but nothing too out of the ordinary for a gay site. There's only 1 "group exploit" here and that's something I'd like to see more of as I typically enjoy a more hardcore type of action. The good news is that at least 13+ of the models here do "go all the way" (in a total of 9+ sets) but I'd like to see more of that here as well. The boys are typically very attractive and the videos are very well shot, offering a great amount of suck and fuck action in addition to the great quality. Although there's not an overly large archive of content here yet I think Blake and Mason are headed in the right direction with the site. The DRM is going to hurt them just a tad as we like our member's to be able to have complete access to the content on a site, but they've got a lot of great things going for them here, one of which is the rather reasonable price tag of $22.95 per month.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 08-05-06 |
I can't say for sure if I just missed this the first time around or if they've just recently started adding the date stamps to the content? Either way, they're there and I'm loving this site even more than I did the first time around. These guys are so hot! The design is smooth, the content well-produced and now videos stream as high as 2500k! They're incredible and the best part is that they've also done away with the DRM protection, so now you can watch all your sexy favorites over and over again. Now with over 106+ videos and twice weekly updates, Blake Mason is probably one of my most highly recommended sites for fans of gay sex content!
Score increased from 84.3 to 89.4.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 06-21-07 |
It's been another 10 months and I'm happy to report that BlakeMason.com has kept up with the consistent update schedule, now offering more than 204+ shoots and still some very nice quality videos. Other than some new viewing options for the content, there's not much else that's new that I can see. I love the smoothness of the site design, Mason's diary and the amount of model/content information that's offered. It does look like a member's forum has been added to further get you involved. Overall I still find Blake Mason's site to be extremely unique and refreshing - enjoy.
Score decreased from 89.4 to 88.0.
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