My last lament was for Jeff Gerstmann, the injustice, and my thoughts on the whole. While jeff has started up jeffgerstmann.net and seems to be doing fine, I am still enjoying his humor and witticism in Points! I now dedicate this this lament to Alex Navarro and Ryan Davis. Lets start off with Alex Danger Navarro.
Alex was one of those guys who was truthful down to a T. I think the first time I ever saw Alex was the review for Big rigs... and that cemented my love for his down and dirty truth about games. All the appearences on the hotspot, his article "Burning question" which he answered my question once, really made me love this site. It felt like it was taylored to me, the way I play games, and the kind of humor that really gets me going. His departure is another flag taken like Omaha beach in Battlefield 1942. If Jeff was the beach, Alex was the first fortress.
That leads me to the second fortress, Ryan Davis. Ryan was never really in the spotlight for me like Alex and Jeff were. Still, things wouldn't be the same if he wasn't there. his joy for just having fun and throwing out whatever crazy crap that was happening in games were great support and inspiration for many of the different going ons in Gamespot.
And with that my Omaha beach has been taken. I now know no one here. a bunch of foreign faces and a sinking feeling in my stomach. Slowly, my childhood antics are being forced to die and move on. Thats life though...
~Josh