If you were at all concerned about the events of November, and the more recent events regarding the staff at Gamespot, read this:
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8587828&publicUserId=4561231
It sheds some harsh light on this site and causes me to again take my leave, this time for good. I'll occasionally return to look up old games, but after reading that I felt sick.
I realize that there are good people that work here, but they are in no position to bring about change, so it's a case of the band playing on.
I suggest you follow the sites of Jeff, Alex, Frank, and Rich and I expect to see something special from the dream team soon.
After venting my frustrations, jumping to conclusions (in my defense most did) hearing more facts, and visiting the dumass boards on Gametrailers. I've decided to cancel my TotalAcASS subscription, but remain on with my freeloader general account.
I'll remain to support the few that are left behind, but I now will put even less value (is that possible?) on the reviews, not just here but everywhere. The previews, shots, video, and news are still fine. My biggest hurdle will be the original shows, without certain people it will be far less entertaining. I probably will avoid them for the time being and stick to reading content.
Oh, and Mass Effect is the friggin' best game I've played in years.
Gametrailers is looking to be the new place to go. Even though it's owned body and soul by Viacom and MTV, they're at least honest about it. I won't miss the pissant moderators knocking my Nintendo comments down, or the PS3 fanboys that can't come to grips with the fact that like me, they own a $600 DVD player.
I do look forward to using profanity, speaking like an adult instead of a 3-year-old, and not worrying about being suspended by overzealous mods and reported by douchebags that have nothing better to do than defend nintendo.
The chirico name dies with gamespot, but Duketogo lives on GT.
PS Hilary Goldstien of IGN should be fired for his Assassins Creed Video Review, it was just as bad, if not worse than Jeff's for KL. He just pussied out and stuck with a 7.7, even though the review read like a 4.5, but what do you expect from a dude named Hilary.
