Thanks quintin, that was an interesting post.
To be honest, I still haven't decided on my approach. I've asked on other coding forums for advice. It seems like WordPress is not good for handling data contributed by many users - it becomes unstable and unreliable. I don't really understand the logic in that statement though. Drupal people said this is easy-peasy for drupal. CodeIgniter framework people said use a framework, but if you don't know PHP enough, coding yourself could be good learning experience. Which would lead to more PHP knowledge and better utilization of a framework.
I seriously thought about coding this from scratch. But quintin's post kind of scares me. But coding from scratch would give the most freedom. I would like this site to have look of VGMdb and be a natural extension of it. Like having the same layout (albeit less boxes), but inverted colors (looks creamy smooth!).
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