Well.

News like that right there...why that's even loud enough to wake the dead.

When it comes to videogames, there just isn't that much that's stable anymore. That much you can depend on. Maybe your console will turn on today, maybe it won't. Maybe that game will get localized, maybe you're stuck with your dreams.

But if there was one thing about videogames you could always depend on, it was Jeff Gerstmann holding down the fort on Gaaaaaaamespot dot com, making everyone laugh and remember why we even like these stupid things so much to begin with.

Just to let loose and have some damn fun.

You know, I've seen a whole hell of a lot of people on the internet over the years, but I've never seen anyone else quite like Jeff.

When the eleventh hour's beating down on that fat stack of shaking chips, and it's time to spread that five-hand across the table to face the fates...hell, I'll tell you one thing straight up. That right there, now that was a card you wanted to hold on to.

In the immortal words of Becky the Prostitute, "Oh Sugar. You just gone and done the dumbest thing in your whole life."

Us gamers of Old Town, we take care of our own.

Let the streets run red with blood. Viva la revolution.

They say all good things must come to an end. But not like this.

Jeff Gerstmann. One in a million.

Can't thank you enough for all the smiles you've put on my face. That flag has been flown.

- K