Adult Doorway

You ever feel like the whole world is crumbling around you? That's exactly how I felt this morning until I discovered Adult Doorway. I have yet to venture onto its content but the overall layout and ease of use creates an emotional core which really lends a sense of feeling that, as a human being, you're truly a part of something bigger and vitality is renewed once more. The pusher man tells me you can quick-jump to any site on the network at the flick of a switch via the control panel on the right-hand side of the page. There's 9 sites to choose from, ranging from amateur to pantyhose fetish to vintage porn. However, an overarching theme among the sites on this is their slant towards brutality and cruelty. This is the kind of shit you wanna watch with Slayer playing gently in the background. My personal favorite was Facial Abuse, one of the most extreme blow job sites I've seen in years.

The only real complaint I have is the slew of ads they've placed on the members area. I understand their price is pretty damn reasonable, all things considered, and perhaps they're doing this to suppliment their income, but it looks pretty damn tacky, if you ask me. In their defense, though, they're pretty well placed and not big enough to be a true eye-sore. The only other issue would be the true navigational tools. There's just not enough of them. They've even forgone the traditional top-side menu, instead filling out the body of the page with all of the content whilst drop-downs on the side let you browse and organize with limited options. This means all of the pages share virtually identical layouts, with the only minor difference being color-schemes and banners. Now I'm as big a fan of simplistic, user-friendly designs as the next guy, but I think this is taking it just a little too far. The ability to further narrow things down, perhaps with the aid of a search engine, would improve things immensley.

There's one area they didn't falter in, however, and that's the models. For the most part, the roster is compromised entirely of virtual unknowns. Sure, there's some porn stars here, even a big name or two, but they've managed to keep it mostly fresh by using under-the-radar type actresses and models. Many of these girls probably never saw a porn set until they met a crew affiliated with this site. And that's the way it should be, because most of these sites are producing smut that's raw and gritty, the kind of shit that truly lives up to its name. I don't know about you, but I don't wanna see that sort of thing with a hardened porn star. Probably not even one known for having delicate sensibilities. I want a girl who is new to the game, so when I see that expression of shock and pure, unadulterated fear on her face, I'll know that she means. Let's leave the stars to the more straight-forward "porno," where they belong.

The network, between all its various sites, has managed to amass a whopping 1269 videos and 1557 photo galleries. There are download options in seven different bandwidth options, split evenly between the Quicktime, MPEG, and Windows Media formats. That includes both single and high-definition options. Still on dial-up? Not a problem. Most of the sites have that covered, too, with full episodes split up into a series of 30-40 second chunks. Now, each and every site doesn't have all of the above options. Some only have the single-def video, whilst others have all the higher quality options but lack of the low-bandwidth clips. In that regard, I guess it is a bit of a mixed bag, but understandably so. Hell, I went into this one with low expectations in that department. With such a low membership fee I wasn't even expecting true HD, let alone the slew of options up for grabs.

Most videos also have their own photo gallery counterpart. For the most part, these sets are populated with 50 or more JPEGs sporting an above average resolution. They're all setup with that traditional, row of thumbnails we all know and love. I never was a big fan of flash-shows and other silly gadgets, so I'm not complaining. They included the option for downloading full galleries compressed in a ZIP, and that's the only perk I think is necessary, anyway. If anything did bother me, it was that they deemed it necessary watermark these images, but not include multiple resolutions. But, like I said, with such a low price I didn't really expect much. In fact, when I first saw the page setup, I thought they'd be screen shots.

All in all, I've found very little to complain about in my stay here. But there is one issue I do find a more than a little troubling. Several of the sites, particularly on the sub-networks, just aren't updated enough. Joe The Pervert and Latina Abuse, two of my favorites, have very spotty update schedules — especially the latter. I understand that you get what you pay for but 40 days without an update is pretty damn extreme.

There's not really a whole lot in the way of extras. Each site does have its own juicy "Behind The Scenes Footage," which is a good idea, really. Things are always hotter when you can get into the head of the models. But since this is, for the most part, reality porn, it may kill the magic for some of you. You've been warned.