Cheri.com

Since this site is part of the Swank Pass network, I wasn't all that surprised to find that this site featured the standard layout of the network, which I've always found is about as straight-forward and user-friendly as it gets. So, I won't bore you with any details on navigation. Besides, we came here for the porn, not the layout, right?

The one menu option that I do think is worth discussing, the one which caught my eye immediately, was the button labeled "Magazine Issues." As it turns out, they're currently hosting hundreds of them, dating as far back as 2007. They can be viewed virtually, too, with the member simply clicking a button to turn to the next page. As you can imagine, I was just thrilled about this since I've been a fan of the magazine for more years than I'd care to admit. Either way, I this was a surprisingly and welcome bonus.

They really do a fine job of making one feel as if they're browsing the actual magazine by making sure to include all the text and centerfolds(complete with the crease in the middle!), and even going so far as to include the sound of a page turning. That last option can be turned off, though, thanks to the more modern touch of a menu that not only lets you change the quality of the images, but also more fancy stuff, like zooming in and marking pages for future reference. All in all, a great addition, and a fine way of quite literally bringing the magazine to the web.

So, what's the video content like, you ask? Well, just like the magazine, it's fairly hardcore in nature. Aside from that, however, it seems to be all over the place. I just finished watching a rather hot scene featuring Flower Tucci and Kimberly Lane, where the two of them spend nearly twenty minutes taking turns going down on each other. Before that I watched tattoo covered Michelle Aston pleasure a very lucky young man in a variety of different ways, including with her rather nimble toes.

It's rather difficult to gauge what the content will be like, though, as there's just not a whole lot of it yet. Cheri.com didn't get its start until early 2014, so there is understandably only 42 scenes and 112 photo galleries currently on the site. I suppose we can only keep our fingers crossed and hope that these numbers continue to multiply in the coming months.

Still, despite the relatively small size of the archives, content varies quite a bit. For instance, one scene featured a cos-playing redhead being shared by several well hung black gentlemen, and the next showed some nerdy Asian fellow literally drooling all over Katie Morgan's pussy. This can be explained, however, by the fact that these scenes are pulled from different DVDs. The first scene, for instance, came from Snow White Loves Black Pole 4, while the latter came from the Really Nice Ass series. So, while these scenes all seem to share the same high production values and playback quality, the shooting style and niches covered can change drastically from scene-to-scene.

In fact, there's a whole DVDs section of the site, which currently contains 34 titles. It's a fairly even mixture of reality porn, and more classic, obviously scripted productions. If there was any commonly occurring theme, it'd have to be fine asses, but I have a feeling this merely coincidence, as they've branched out into a number of niches and fetishes, which is clearly evidenced by such titles as Grudge Fuck 4 and Tattoo Angels. Unfortunately, these movies can't be viewed in their feature length, but you do get a nice synopsis and niche tags to help guide you on your search.

Scenes can be downloaded in three different formats: iPod/Android(360 x 270), Desktop(640 x 480), and WMV High(640 x 480). Playback quality is definitely on the average side, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed by the lack of high-definition. Hell, the tour page even specifically promised it. Still, they're definitely watchable, download lightning fast(3 megs-per-second!), and often feature running times around the 20-minute mark. So, that's something, I suppose.

The photo galleries feature images from the actual DVD titles, so don't go expecting that images with the signature style of the magazine. Still, they are good-looking shots and are featured in a high(2,336 × 3,504 pixels) resolution. My only other gripe about these babies is that different resolution buttons shown in the navigation(Swank Large, Swank Medium, etc.) don't actually do anything. I suppose this comes down to the fact that these shots come from DVD titles, so the default Swank layout isn't really applicable here. Still, whoever is in charge should think about taking those buttons out, altogether.

Another aspect of the site that really let me down was its update schedule. For a while there they were pumping out new updates on a weekly basis. At the time of this review, though, there hasn't been a new gallery in nearly a month, and they haven't released a new scene in nearly 2. Why they stopped is beyond me, and best case scenario I can attribute it to a break for the holidays(but even that's a stretch), but it's certainly disconcerting, nonetheless.

I also can't say I'm much of a fan of how they run their model index, which currently only lists two girls, and gives them pages that contain very little information. I guess we can attribute this to the fact that these girls from different DVD titles and that they aren't exclusive to the site, but it's still frustrating.

On the bright side, membership here gives you access to the Swank Pass network, which currently holds an additional 16 hardcore niche sites. So, perhaps fans of the magazine can take that as some form of solace, and hopefully make do with it while they wait for those new updates to eventually(hopefully?) show up.