And I think you are making my point for me. Which would be a more personal website: a blog with some computer nerd's face on it, or a blog with a corporate log

And I think you are making my point for me. Which would be a more personal website: a blog with some computer nerd's face on it, or a blog with a corporate logo on it? If a person's profile picture on a blog doesn't reduce the readership, then why would it on the splash page of a game? If the looks of a person mattered, the only popular blogs with profile pictures would be hot girls.