Discovering Buzz West was sort of like finally seeing one of those blue "services" signs when you've been speeding down the interstate for a long time while you've been holding back a full bladder: Total relief!

I should explain that... In my opine, there are far too many "genuine amateur" sites around. We have reached a point in Gay adult entertainment where there are actually more places touting their collections of "genuine exclusive amateurs" than there are genuine amateurs, and I'm not even including all those crappy personal sites guys are building with images from their cellphone cams.

It's tough to pigeon-hole the guys at Buzz West because they don't fit industry-standard terms like "twink" or "hunk" or "boy," or whatever the "buzzword" is this week...

That's because the folks behind Buzz West aren't "jargonistas." They don't look at the guys as filling-in a certain niche, looking instead at how appealing each is as a man and how they represent the male form.

So a visit to Buzz West is the cyberspace equivalent to a midnite foray into a mid-grade sports bar in a working class neighborhood, one that is also favored by guys from a nearby military base.

You see all kinds, they're all very real, and the big bonus is that you don't have to follow them into the head to see their dicks.

That said, Buzz guys share a variety of charms and endearing qualities.

They're all between 18 and 30, they're all sexy in one way or another, and they're all naked and hard...

And many are curious about what sex is like on "this side of the fence."

The Buzz West folks are masters at encouraging curious guys to live out their fantasies, and there is an ever-growing library of real-life first encounters. Quality rules this roost, not quantity.

As you might expect in a situation where most of the guys are Str8, Buzz West also features many extremely hot solo jerkoffs.

My advice: Put on a keyboard cover and get a solid-surfaced mousepad for easy cleanup...

Buzz West is an elegant site, focused on simplicity and very well designed for one-handed navigation, wink-wink, nudge-nudge.

I also like the smorgassboard approach - way at the back of the "vault," you'll find some exclusive content from long-time Buzz buddy Dirk Yates. Refreshingly, this is acknowledged without making it a "sales event" to grab more of your money. Kudos!

Buzz West is flawless and everything works well, including a nifty gallery system which eliminates all that "up and back" stuff when viewing pictures.

Buzz West shows a lot of foresight, all the way down to the color scheme.

Rather than follow a flashy approach, neutral tones were used throughout. It's a concept also used in professional studio equipment where the focus is on function and performance. Afer all, you generally don't have a fog bank between you and your monitor, and not having pretty logos burned into your eyes is a nice change of pace!

Again, Kudos!

Rotten Ray
Director, Real Amateurs Project