I'm sure all of you remember the sacking of Mr. Jeff Gerstmann, and if you don't you probably have memory loss and should consult a doctor, or you could just google "Gerstmann". And as I direct result of this I am leaving Gamespot. It's not just Jeff though: Alex Navarro, Ryan David, that freelance guy and aparently Jason Ocampo now; ultimately there is no one left. Leading me to believe that so many people are leaving Gamespot because Jeff sacking was kinda dodgy. I'm not gonna bull**** you here, it's not because I think reviews can no longer be relied upon, it is because Gamespot doesn't have a personality anymore. Do any of you still watch One the Spot now? Listen to the Hotspot? Gamespot Live seems virtually non-existent to me anymore without Jeff, Alex or Ryan. I mean there can simply never be another Button Mashing (after I memorised the rap and everything)! Yeah, you could say that's because of no Rich Gallup, but still. That's why I'm leaving. Over the next few days I'll be quitting every Union I am currently affiliated with; sorry Microsoft Union I've been an officer for a long while, but now I'm quitting, there is nothing left for me here. That's not to say the community here isn't awesome, but so many others have also left... Anyway, I'm sure you guys are glad this isn't a Halo related blog! Another reason I am quitting is that I'm playing the games I was excited for so long about, and with Halo 3 I don't really have any games I'm really excited about (it's really narrowed down to Fable 2, Halo Wars, Ninja Gaiden and Resi 5).

If you would like to keep in contact with me I'm on gametrailers.com, under desertspartan, Bungie.net under dartendaspartan and desertspartan (yes posting about Halo) and am planning to join 1up under dartendaspartan. I still might post my (currently sixteen and a half episode) machinima here, since the community is still good, but I'm not sure. If everything goes as planned the Machinima will launch in May, but that date will probably be pushed back since it keeps getting pushed back as it is. But for now it's bye. I won't be around the site a lot, since I've changed my homepage to Joystiq.

That's all folks. Not just now, but forever - I'll miss you guys, and Pre-Mass Exodus Gamespot.

Bye. I think that about some things up.