I'm not a big fan of the new look for the links. I like it when the top five games on the right of the main screen just has the console names as the icons, the mini-pictures just make it a visual mess.
Putting the OP's avatar infront of threads on the main page creates a very disorienting and messy vissage as well, it won't help new visitors navigate terribly well and I don't think most people are that terribly benefited by seeing the avatar as oppossed to reading the OP's name.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it, that's my take on it though. Anyone else's thoughts?