It's been crazy around here for the past week. The whole Jeff issue really got out of hand. I've had time to cool down myself. I've not yet fully forgiven Cnet but I didn't stick to my plans to boycott either. Acutally, I still don't plan to visit cnet.com until I hear more about this. The recent Hotspot at least allowed me to relate to the staff again, but I'm still pissed because they can't tell us the full details that is if they even know. I'm sure they do. If he really did something that warranted an honest firing, then I'm sure most people wouldn't even want to here that. We want to hear about the injustice that has been taking place.

The whole situation just looks so bad even after reading Gamespot's full response which wasn't really anything we didn't already know. I appreciate the "semi transparency" that was given but you can still tell that a corporate string is attached to them even if they don't want to admit it to themselves. It sucks. It makes me feel like there is a firewall up between the Gamespot staff and the readers which should never happen. I hope the staff finds a way to unite the readers with the site again. I love this freaking site and now something stupid like this has to happen. Cnet must have had a great reason to fire Jeff or knows something that I don't.

I'm extremely upset over this. Now that Gamespot's best reviewer has been fired, what do I do now? What makes me even more upset is Gamespot's piss poor statement released today. If it takes 4 days to come up with a couple of quotes and a nice job buddy, then please pass the torch to someone else. I suppose it was Cnet who put the lid on that can but come on. Are you guys just expecting that you can ignore this until the flame dies down? I don't think it's going to be that easy. Whether this mess is true or not, the way it has been handled is enough for me to take my business to other places. I'm sure 1up.com would love to see me on their site more often. Gamespot has some of the best forums around so I'd miss them dearly. I really don't want to leave, but it's only right to take a stand. I want a clearer statement along with some evidence presented before I change my mind. I hope that Jeff is allowed to speak on this issue soon because this legal crap is getting on my nerves. I wish the best of luck to you Jeff. You deserve better than this anyway. I can't wait to see where you end up whether it be on the development side of things or in journalism.

It's one of those games that you read all about before it comes out. You preorder it and simply hope that it doesn't disappoint. I've finished Act 4 on the single player and spent a great amount of time online. It's fantastic! Even though this game is immensly different than Halo 2, the first thing most people asked me is how does it compare to Halo. The primary reason is because Halo  has great replay value. Online is where it's at; at least for me.

I've been able to play for a few hours straight and not get bored. Whether this game can stand the test of time like Halo has is yet to be deteremined, but one thing is for certain, it's a ton of fun now. I can see myself playing it for months to come.