Bugs Found on the Canadian Videogame Awards website

Bugs are sneaky. They’re often the result of a simple distraction or a typo, and they can easily be missed. That’s why they happen to even the best development companies, and that’s why a thorough sanity check before going live is always necessary.

Here’s an example of a simple bug found on the Canadian Videogame Awards website:

on several of the nominees’ pages, the URL used for the link to the game’s official website is incorrect, taking the user to a 404 page not found page.

You can view a screenshot of the bug here.

It happens on the following pages (of the English portion of the site):

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/15/ena-space-shooter-freefra-space-shooter-free/

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/14/enyour-shape-fitness-evolved-2012fryour-shape-fitness-evolved-2012/

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/15/enswarmfrswarm/

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/14/encold-warfrcold-war/

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/14/ensuperbrothers-sword-sworcery-ep-frsuperbrothers-sword-sworcery-ep/

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/25/enmonster-burnerfrmonster-burner/

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/14/enmargaritaville-onlinefrmargaritaville-online/

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/07/enmadden-12frmadden-12-2/

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/14/enjust-dance-3frjust-dance-3/

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/14/enfriendship-4-coloursfrfriendship-4-colours/

http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/2012/02/14/enfight-night-championfrfight-night-champion/