Wizards of the Coast (WotC, owned by Hasbro) has started a site that apparently wants to be the community site for gamers. Kind of like a MySpace for gamers, both players of offline and online games, it seems.

Gleemax.com is the site where it should all happen. Right now the site is still quite bare. Some posts, some forums, but that's about it. Disappointing and risky, in my opinion. I might be interested in a site that focuses on gamers. I'd need something to keep me interested though. An empty site doesn't appeal to me. Why should I come back to check it out? It would have been smarter to wait until there would be lots of content. Get people hooked on the site right away.

A site aimed at being the one stop for gamers, I would expect “members” and “profiles” sections where players can tell us all about their hobbies. Which games they play, their favorite D&D characters, favorite Magic the Gathering decks (hey, WotC owns those games) and similar things. Perhaps this will be added in the future. For now, the site is something I may visit on a weekly basis, just to see how things change. It'll be interesting to see if it picks up and if people actually use it. Once there is something to use besides the forums.