First off, I will miss Jeff incredibly. He was sometimes a little too wacky and he had trained a generation of gamers too yell when they talk on the phone (see hotspot callers for more proof of that), but he was a great host and excellent journalist (he did call it like it was). Good luck Gerstmann.

I know that this crap that has gone on for the last couple of weeks has been excruciating. I've been monitoring the blogs and have seen the articles bashing your credibility. It has to be painful. We all should realize that Alex, Ryan, and the rest of the crew had NOTHING to do with the firing of Jeff. Unless, Jeff was doing something outright wrong, like stealing pens or something. But come on, he wouldn't have comprimised his long standing job here at Gamespot.

So yeah it does suck what happened. But I think that if anything gaming journalism learned some valuable lessons. One, everyone on the internet (there are some exceptions), will turn on you in a split second. Two, any change is always going to be difficult (for those directly involved, and for the viewers). I know for a fact, that Greg quitting was tough, and so was Colayco, Carrie, and Gallup's departures also (there were others too, its been so long). Hell, all I am is a user and visitor to this site!

So Gamespot, I'm still with you. You guys have brought me all my gaming needs, influenced my purchases, and taken me into a community of fellow gamers. Lets fight the man together!