We got a few friends together and asked them what they liked about the site and what they'd ditch. Feeling was that although the side nav held worthwhile information it took up too much space. Once closed it was forgotten and never used again.
We allowed our designer to sulk for a while, then set about improving. We went round and around - the idea of the side nav was to offer quick access to GameSquat's charts and new releases on every page of the site, how could this be done otherwise. The answer we came up with was our new drop downs:

(GameSquat Featuring New Drop Downs)
Check them out and let us know what you think.
Speed improvements, bug fixes and subtle graphical tweaks make up the rest of the changes in the new build. Many more cool changes coming soon, stay tuned and keep it squat.