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Videobox Recommends…

Videobox latest moviesVideobox might be one of the most popular, successful, and influential adult websites since the dawn of the Internet era, but that doesn’t mean those running the joint always are infallible. A recent change to the way the site operates has users up in arms; or it did until those at VB managed a compromise. So, what happened?

A little over a week ago, the Videobox homepage no longer displayed the most recently added DVDs to the sites immense archive and instead offered members a selection of titles from the collection that an algorithm had decided they were likely to be interested in. Watch a lot of interracial porn at VB? Get recommendations of other interracial titles. Split your viewing between anal and all-girl? Log in to find a mix of your two favorite niches conveniently arranged underneath the Videobox banner. Sounds neat, right? Not everyone thought so and response from members was, to put it mildly, not entirely appreciative.

After blogging about the change and participating in discussion with members, Videobox and its spokesperson (Josh) compromised. Although the recommendations will still hold prime position, the newly added DVDs are due to be back on the front page within the week, meaning members will no longer have to select Movies, then sort by Date / Newest in order to find the latest additions to Videobox’s already enormous 13,00o-title collection.

But, wait a second… Why is everyone still complaining? Having a rotating selection of titles tailored to your tastes by an algorithm that runs invisibly and undetectably behind-the-scenes to keep your dick hard ’cause it knows what you like is an awesome move on VB’s part! This was always a part of VB’s interface and although it usually just nested beside a DVD you had already chosen, showing similar titles and the work of the same performers, it had a powerful influence on what VB’s members, Mr. Pink included, found themselves watching. Are you really going to ignore the most mathematically plausible recommendations of one of the few truly great adult video sites just to keep your viewing trained on the newest titles, most of which aren’t even really new, merely new to this site? You can’t please everybody but you can please yourself, especially at Videobox.

Samantha Saint Gets Wicked

Wicked Pictures, one of porn’s dominant studios and one-time home to such legends as Chasey Lain and Jenna Jameson, has signed its newest contract performer, Samantha Saint. Having quickly risen to pornographic prominence after starting as a Twistys Treat of the Month, Saint, who shot more than twenty movies in her first year on the job, now joins the illustrious stable of contract girls signed to Wicked; girls including Jessica Drake, Lupe Fuentes, and Alektra Blue.

Samantah Saint
Jonathan Morgan @ Moby Picture

Announced during a live webcast from Wicked.com, and with an introduction by Drake, Blue, and fellow Wicked girl Kaylani Lei, Samantha Saint, a Penthouse, Club, and Hustler covergirl, is a fantastic addition to the Wicked harem and one that will no doubt have fans’ loins on fire in little time at all. Saint, who allegedly lives life by the motto “Live today like it’s your last,” will appear in her first Wicked production under contract – she has performed for the company in the past as a freelancer – in Jonathan Morgan’s Couples Camp 2. Tease that he is, director Morgan posted this pic of Ms. Saint on the set of said movie, with the caption “God I love what I do!!!!” Can ya blame him?

Adam & Eve & Alexis Texas

Alexis Texas
Photo Courtesy of Brazzers

Everyone’s favorite Lone Star State hottie, Alexis Texas, has signed an exclusive contract with Adam & Eve that will see the multi-AVN Award winning big-bootied blonde shoot a number of movies over the course of one calendar year, starting October. Alexis will also be appearing at trade shows and conventions under the Adam & Eve banner, will make in-store appearances, and fulfill other promotional duties for the company. Talking to AVN, Alexis said, “I am proud to be part of the Adam & Eve family. At a time when so many other adult companies are losing their contract girls and going with freelance performers, it means a lot that Adam & Eve has the faith to sign me on as a contract star. I’m anxious to bring my assets to the table for them!”

Having snagged themselves a five-time AVN winner – in 2011 alone she took home three awards: Best Tease Performance, Best Group Sex Scene, and Best All-Girl Three-Way Sex Scene – who, since her debut in 2006, has been blowing the minds of industry folk and fans alike with her incomparably curvaceous, bell-bottomed physique and her eager attitude to fucking on camera, Adam & Eve have increased their power significantly. Adam & Eve business manager, Bob Christian, told AVN that the company is “so excited” to have signed someone of Alexis’ caliber. “Along with contract star Teagan Presley, Alexis Texas brings a huge fan base, unparalleled professionalism and a new level of sexuality to Adam & Eve.”

For us fans, it’s definitely given us something to look forward to. One of porn’s premiere studios has partnered with a gorgeous young woman of whom the legendary Rocco Siffredi said “She is a naturally born pornstar. She knows how to position herself. She is so erotic, incredible.” We know, Rocco. We know.

Ice Cream Jokesters Can’t Take a Joke

Ben & Cherry's
Caballero Home Video

Ice cream company, Ben & Jerry’s, has sued adult film companies Rodax Distributors and Caballero Video, alleging that the release of hardcore pornographic films bearing titles similar to those given to their own internationally famous ice-cream products will likely cause “confusion, mistake or deception” and leave hungry confectionery fans bewildered. Uh, I didn’t get any sweaty testicles in my tub of Schweddy Balls, fellas! What gives?

In an apparent lack of self-awareness and a notable loss of any sense of humor, Ben & Jerry’s found the forthcoming Ben & Cherry’s porn DVDs so offensive that they immediately issued a threatening lawsuit that has unfortunately resulted in the targeted titles, which include Boston Cream Thigh, New York Fat & Chunky, and Peanut Butter D-Cup, from retail shelves around the country. Rodax and Caballero filed a federal consent order in Manhattan Tuesday that specifies that they will now destroy all materials related to the titles.

So, let me get this straight: Ben & Jerry’s can make mad bank with immature double entendre names for ice cream products – names like Schweddy Balls, the Hindu-mocking Karamel Sutra, and Chubby Hubby (briefly also known as Hubby Hubby) – but they can’t take a joke, let alone an obvious parody (a staple of the adult industry) when it “threatens” their registered copyrights? What do they expect, some choc fudge craving holy terror to just blindly wander into an adult establishment, pick up a DVD case, pry open the seal and start chowing down? What’s next, Bill Cosby suing the makers of Not The Cosby Show XXX because it really isn’t the Cosby Show?