how's abouta fast edit button? Maybe entire box arts? (which include the spine and back,are full sized) There are a bucketload of things i can suggest, but i can't remember them all. The skin seems like its from the 1990's. For some reason (i don't know why) but i was expectitng a vista-like skin like everyone has nowadays.
Maybe keep the shoutbox on the front page... theres space on the left as you scroll down.
Also maybe DS optimized, Wii optimized, etc portal pages?