Hey all. This isn't exactly a good bye post or anything, but recently some old Gamespot friends got their fingers into a new gaming site called thevgpress.com, and they have pulled me in.

I had been fighting the urge to leave GS for a while since I've invested so much time here, but the fact is I'm really not enjoying the forums anymore. There's been an increasing amount of negativity over the past year. Not sure if it's due to Gerstmangate, an economy that increasingly makes it difficult to enjoy multiple consoles, or just an increasing amount of frustration and fanboyism due the the new format of the console wars. Whatever it is, people are starting to get bitter and uppity.

So that brings me back to vgpress.com. It's a simple site that updates gaming news daily, has a near weekly podcast,blogs, and a couple small forums. It's only populateda handful of people right now, but they're all pretty smart guys and there's no snotty attitudes, no "my console is better than your console", and no mods that delete your post when you come up with a clever one liner that insults someone's mother and taste in gaming.

So despite the smaller community I already find myself posting there with great frequency and am enjoying myself again. Check out the site if you have a minute. The navigation still needs a little work but it's getting there, and it's a great source for news if nothing else and you'll likely see a number of familiar gamespot faces.