If anyone is interested in reading my journal/blog from this point forward, point your browser to:
http://www.thevirtualunderground.net/mclazyj/blog/

Don't forget that we also have a nicely growing community of former Gamespot posters at:
www.thevirtualunderground.net/forums

Well, folks, I have been here for about four years, but that tenure has come to an end. I know that Gamespot is saying that it has nothing to do with the review and yadda, yadda, yadda, but I just don't feel the same about this site now. My membership has been cancelled, and I am going to fade away from this site. I may come back some day, but Gamespot has a long way to go to gain back my trust. I am sure that Gamespot will survive and will live on without me. Corporate machines tend to do that.

A few things before I go. I will leaveup my reviews and journal entries. They are part of my existence on this site, so I will leave them there.

If you want to see future reviews from me or writings, you can see me on Aeropause.com, which can be found at www.aeropause.com. We have forums and lots of good writers. We also have a great podcast and are looking to grow. Yeah, I am pimping the site I write for, but I feel we are good enough to do that.

If you just want a plain jane forum to post on that has a lot of the regulars, go to www.thevirtualunderground.net. It is a great site and we are slowly turning it into something. I hope more GS regulars can come and join us.

Also want to send a shout out to all the guys and gals from the VU here on Gamespot. We are legion and we will continue at thevirtualunderground.net. I also want to say hey to EvilTab and DevliHuntress. You two have become good friends of mine on this site and I look forward to continuing the conversation in the future.

If you want to get ahold of me outside of here, my email is tballfst (at) gmail (dot) com. If you have some gaming news you want to get posted, you can send me stuff at joseph (at) aeropause (dot) com. My MSN messenger id is the same as my tballfst email address. My user name on Steam and Xfire and Xbox Live is mclazyj.

See you in the ether.

Looks as if Gamespot cannot take the heat and have picked up their ball and gone home. The scathing words from the community seem to have taken a toll and now Gamespot has shut down the forum to all posters due to "technical reasons". I find that hard to believe. Anyone else think it might have something to do with all the rally cries behind Jeff and all the "I am cancelling my subscriptioin" posts. Hell, even the mods have revolted at this point.

The offer still stands to Jeff Gerstmann to join the Aeropause crew and vent on our podcast, anytime. And score one to the guys at Games for Windows, including my editorial hero Jeff Green who has stood up time and time again, denoucing the pay for review system. He has put his support behind Jeff and that means a lot. I am sure I will get modded at some point for these posts, but it will be worth it. Besides, I am going to cancel my membership anyways.