DARKER PLEASURES' AWARDS AND REVIEWS
THE SIGNY AWARDS - Darker Pleasures hit the "stands" in 1999, but we really weren't in the know about a lot of awards and such for a couple of years. In 2002 we learned about the SIGNY Awards, the arguable equivalent to the movies' Academy Awards, however the SIGNYs went on hiatus that year. With 2003 being our first, we were pleased to learn we'd been nominated in the categories of Best Bondage Paysite and Best Model (Christine Dannemont). Other models and riggers that we feature are noted below. (Italics denote first year of elligibility.)
2003 - Nominee - Darker Pleasures 2000 - 18th - Alex Chareese
2000 - Nominee - Julie Simone
2000 - Nominee - Rhiannon
2000 - Nominee - Tobi
2001 - 9th - Julie Simone
2001 - 17th - Tobi
2001 - Nominee - Alex Chareese
2001 - Nominee - Rhiannon
2003 - Nominee - Christine Dannemont
2003 - Nominee - Julie Simone
2003 - Nominee - Rhiannon
2003 - Nominee - Tobi
2004 - 19th - Tobi
2004 - Nominee - Alex Chareese
2004 - Nominee - Julie Simone
2004 - Nominee - Petal Benson
2005 - Nominee - Aria Giovanni
2005 - Nominee - Darling
2005 - Nominee - Elkie Cooper
2005 - Nominee - Julie Simone
2005 - Nominee - Rhiannon
2005 - Nominee - Tobi2000 - 16th - Seether
2000 - Nominee - Rico Tyman
2001 - 16th - Seether
2003 - 17th - Seether
2004 - 12th - Seether
2004 - Nominee - Blaze
2005 - 15th - SeetherTHE PREDITORS AND EDITORS READERS POLL - Preditors and Editors is a website that specializes in romance and erotic writing. Their annual readers poll is highly respected in the writing industry, and reflects the views of many movers and shakers, as it were. In 2004, Darker Pleasures modified to an e-zine format, making it elligible for the first time for Preditors and Editors consideration. We're rather flattered by the results considering some of the big names we were up against.
2004 - 3rd - Darker Pleasures
2005 - 9th - Darker Pleasures2004 - 4th - Matt Nicholson
2005 - 14th - Matt Nicholson2003 - 6th - Jude Mason
2003 - 7th - D. Musgrave
2004 - 1st - D. Musgrave
2004 - 4th - Jude Mason
2005 - 22nd - D. Musgrave
2005 - 23rd - Jude Mason
REVIEWS - Over the years, Darker Pleasures has been reviewed by a number of prominent websites. Some of the most notable are noted below. And since these have been written we've expanded quite a bit. We've added larger pictures, and many more of them. We've re-added video links and brought you much more great stuff. Can you get any better? JANE'S GUIDE - Quality/Original Rating, Peter's Pick, Jane's Pick - Jane's is the oldest and best known review site on the Internet. They're a framed site so a direct link won't work. Just look in the category "BDSM/SM" dated 01/31/2004 for the newest review, a bit out of date but enlightening nevertheless.
THE BEST PORN - 76.5/100 "Damn Good" - Duke, Maggie, Vanessa, and Spencer review site after site, and they do it with style and personality. We like personality. You will, too.
PORN LIVING - 80/100 - For a site like us to get an 80/100, the folks at Porn Living told us we were remarkable. The reviewer admitted to being biased against BDSM, so he didn't dig quite as deep as some, but you be the judge. Again with the slight out-of-date thing, but frankly, we can't complain.
X3GUIDE - 78/100 "Bronze Medal" - Given the competition, and the fact that they, too, don't generally do BDSM, we'll wear it proudly. Go see what Gustavus has to say.
PORN REPORTS - This site reviews it all, and we were tickled to be one of them. Fair, honest, and informative. Aside from a slight glitch in our pricing and a bit of missing info since the review, we can't argue.
FETISH ENGINE - They reviewed us way back in 2001 or so, but it was a state-of-the-art-review for its time. We've fine tuned and added a whole bunch since then, but you get the general idea.
SEX KITTEN - Gracie is such a doll, but she's an objective doll. Her audience doesn't generally admit to our kind of kink, but Gracie came out of the closet after visiting us. High praise in our eyes.
RABBIT'S REVIEWS - Recently voted the Best Free Site by XBiz, this site is one of the best site review... well, sites... out there. For great guidance in your hunt for porno stuff, along with a review of DP, here it is.
ADULT SITE SURFER - "Somewhere between fantasy and fetish lies a world where pleasure becomes synonymous with pain, and "routine" desires are eclipsed by the unmitigated need for domination and punishment." There's the beginning of our review, and we like it. Given the big guns we compete against, a 76/100 isn't bad, either.
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