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Men at Play Review

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Vids: 195 (avg. 15 min.)
Flash videos default to stretched size.  No DRM
  Format (mode) Size (px) Speed  
  QuickTime (download) 640x360 1200k (60% of videos) 
  Win. Media (download) 950x500 1100k (60% of videos) 
  Flash (stream) 960x540 unknown_k (stretched) 
Pics: 27,600
Type # Sets Size (px)
Photos 129 sets of 90 images 900x600
Vidcaps 200 sets of 80 images 520x390
Extras: video feeds; community area
Hot: A niche done very well; neat "money shot" function.
Not: Too many "cutting edge" design features; less is more.


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Review date: December 2009

Men At Play offers a unique and very hot idea: start with masculine guys in crisp white shirts, ties, and pinstripes. Then make those power suits come off! MAP now has more than 110 of these board room hunks in almost 200 videos. The site recently completed a new, sharp looking design, upgrading its video and adding some bells and whistles.

Tour

Men At Play's tour enables you to choose a preview video for each episode in the "Movies" area. These one minute clips give you a close look at the handsome, confident men in their sexy suits and ties, ending in the last second or two with a brief explicit freeze frame of what you'll see as a member. You can also scan the model index to find your favorite guy, but if you click on any of the images you'll go straight to the "Join" page. The "Galleries" section does have nice large thumbnail pics of the guys showing off their thick uncut cocks and muscular asses.

Navigation

MAP's cleanly designed home page sports a black and red color scheme that keeps you firmly in the masculine zone. The main content is organized under "Models," which indexes the photosets and videos for each model, and "Movies" which lists the Solo, Hardcore and Backstage videos. Digging further into the site we found the navigation to be less simple and straightforward than it could be.

Some of the bells and whistles added to the recent redesign work better than others. You can browse the "top rated" and "most viewed" movies and keep a list of your favorites. The neatest feature is the "money shot" button where you can skip right to the climax of a scene. The video zoom buttons, on the other hand, didn't work very well for us, and the search engine is much too complex.

The Men and the Action

The Men At Play are a very distinctive type. A good number of them have facial and body hair, they're all around six feet tall, muscular, tanned, -- and hung like your best office daydream. The mix of big Brits, Germans, and steamy Latin men carries over to the attractively packaged movies that feature solos, pairs, and three-ways. The age-range is from 20-40, and we must be responsible reviewers and tell you: a lot of these men have really BIG dicks. Don't miss masculine 20 year old top Harry Louis pounding Mauricio; or 30 year old Stewart getting his ass tongued into ecstasy by Phil.

You'll find three different types of video entertainment:
Solo: The classic solo wank, including auditions, embellished by suited attire.
Hardcore: Story-driven videos with no interruptions for direction or dialogue with the model.
Backstage: These movies really do count as extras. Some excellent solo and duo action is featured, but the scenes are sometimes punctuated by the click and pop of a still photo camera.

The sex is certainly not vanilla, but its not hardcore pig sex either. Expect large uncut dicks, enthusiastic butt licking, light bondage, dildos, ties used as cock rings, and even a couple of golden showers. We are frequently reminded that we're here to see horny guys in suits with scenarios such as "The Office Surveillance Cam", A "Secret Assignment", and "Breakfast With The Boss".
Some of the movies feature driving rock or electronic soundtracks; others set the mood with sultry Latin guitar.

Video Details

There are now almost 200 videos on MAP ranging from 10 to 20 minutes in length. Downloads are no longer DRM-protected: you can download and keep them as long as you wish.

Men at Play videos stream in Flash and download in Windows Media and Quicktime formats. The Flash streams play in a very large (960x540)) embedded window and you can choose low, medium or high resolution. Note that the native size of these videos varies: they are stretched to fit the large screen (right click and toggle through the "stretch" choices to view them at their original size.)

The more recent Windows Media downloads (about 60%) play in a large (925x525) window at between 1,000 and 1,200 kbps. Older, non-HD style ones play in a 650x520 window at a bitrate of between 900 and 1,000 kbps.

Similarly, the most recent 60% of Quicktime downloads will play in a 640x360 window at around 1200 kbps; older ones have a standard aspect ratio, playing in a 650x525 pixel window at about 950 kbps.

Except in the case of "Backstage" footage, the videos are well lit with good sound, a variety of distance and closeup shots, and an energetic variety of poses. The cumshots are generally caught. There were times when we wished they would take a bit more clothing off -- but this site is about suit sex, and the MAP editors stick to their vision.

Image and Other Content

You'll find that almost every model has a digital photoset. There are almost 130 good quality photosets averaging 90 medium-sized pictures each.

On the "Movie" pages you'll find that most (but not all) movies are accompanied by video captures sets (you have to click on the small "screencaps" text link). In total there are almost 200 vidcap sets averaging 90 good quality medium-sized pictures each.

MAP gives subscribers a value-added bonus in the form of four feeds supplied by video-on-demand giant Maleflixxx. Each movie gives you 9-10 full scenes of popular titles from four major studios: Kristen Bjorn, Blue Blake, Jet Set Men and Pacific Sun.

MAP also hosts a community area where members can create profiles, chat about their favorite models, instant message or check locations for "suit parties" in their area.

Summing Up

Whether you're a suit sex aficionado or simply an admirer of handsome, built studs, Men At Play deserves a place on your corporate call sheet. There are some very hot scenes here if you remember that suits are not just a prop on this site, they're at its erotic core.

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Quality
29/33
Quantity
16/20
Personality
5/5
Media Options
5/6
Updates
4/6
Content
59/70

Navigation
6/10
Aesthetics
5/5
Design
11/15

Tour
5/5
Fairness
5/5
Value
4/5
Respect
14/15


SafeRated: High
Condoms used in fuck scenes.
Memberships
(paid by credit card)
30 day: $25.95
(rebills @ $22.95)
30 day: $34.95
(no rebill)

Billed as:
CCBill.com

Other payment options:
1-900 number
online check

Men at Play is operated by Greenolive Media Ltd. and has been online since 2004.
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Members' Home Page
Model Index Page
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