The horned melon, also called melano, African horned cucumber or melon, jelly melon, hedged gourd, English tomato, horny melon, or kiwano, is the vine Cucumis metuliferus and is of African origin. It is grown for its fruit, which looks like an oval melon with horns. The fruit of this plant is edible, but it is used as often for decoration as for food. Though the horned melon is native to the Kalahari desert, it is now grown in California and New Zealand.

Why the Horny Melon name? Why not? Why Google or Fark or Kotaku?

Horny Melon is a bottom up video game website that stress empowering the gamer. Whether it is through their artistic skill, level design, mod creations or any user generated content, Horny Melon strives to bring these efforts out from the white noise that is the internet.

When most sites seem to be mouth pieces for industry businesses Horny Melon concerns itself with the end user. Horny Melon understands that while these companies may shape the community it is the end user that breathes life into these creations. As the industry matures fewer companies are asking the question “What do gamers want?” Instead they ask “What will make us the most money.” While business is as business does, share holder value is becoming the most important and the end users satisfaction only in so much as it doesn’t effect profitability. Horny Melon fights against this. In the least offensive, humorous and helpful way imaginable. By helping people take these products and making them their own.