There's a site out there called The VG Press and you might want to give it a look. The reason it exists is due to an excess of overmoderation, lack of freedom, and technical difficulties plaguing other certain forums.



Additionally, there has arisen out of this the best collection of gaming news aggregated in one place as you'll find.



Of course, it has the staples of gaming sites. User blogs, reviews, friends lists. Along with a weekly podcast called The Press Room.

So if you haven't been by and you think you'd enjoy a more relaxed and free environment while still within the gaming community, drop by.

http://thevgpress.com

Oh, and you can say c lass and s tyle without it breaking the site.

I've been a GameSpot member for over 2 years, 7300 forum posts, 160 blog posts, and 60 reviews, counting my first account. Sure, I stuck around despite an account dying via glitch. I've been here through the utter collapse of reviewing quality preceeded by the utter collapse of site quality. But finally GameSpot has dropped the bomb big enough to shatter the community, beckoning my final leave of this shadow of former glory.

My very first blog post was The Meaning of Reviews, so it has an interesting sense of closure for this site taking such a blow because of its complete loss of integrity on this very point. If you're looking to find me, I'll be at 1up.com under the same name. And with that, I will conclude with a history of my complaining about GameSpot. Goodbye.

The State of Reviews - GameSpot, you're on Notice

Foresight was 20/20 - Twilight Princess Review

GameSpot, For What are you Good?

GameSpot, you make it too easy

That was quick

8 months of complaining has finally done it

Sequels - There's no pleasing everyone

So I say thank you for the glitches, the bugs I'm seeing

You're killing me, GameSpot

GameSpot Reviews - Always Interesting

Are You Kidding Me?

GameSpot is Officially the Mr. Burns of Games Journalism

Baten Kaitos Origins - GameSpot review and ripping off GG

Oh. Snap. Sad but Hilarious

Well, I and those around me have bemoaned GameSpot reviews for a long time, among the state of other things. Well, it's come around in a sad way, yet strangely in comic form,



And according to Penny-Arcade's Gabriel,
"The comic is true. You should see the news breaking soon."
"Jeff G. got canned. Tycho will talk about it more tomorrow. We have a couple sources inside that gave us the whole scoop. I'm not sure if the news sites even know yet."

You may also have noticed that the video review of Kane & Lynch has been pulled.

It's sad because this is a terrible thing to happen to someone, even if I think little of his reviews.

It's hilarious, because GameSpot has hit rock-bottom. A fuller explanation of the rumour is seen on Kotaku and explains that it was basically money from Eidos that shoved Jeff out the door.

Welcome to the end of credibility, people. I may have disliked GameSpot's reviews before, but the weight of their words are worth less than the US Government's.

Equally hilarious is that this comes in the wake of the GG suspension fiasco in over criticising a GameSpot reviewer. Pretty hard to defend them now, people.

EDIT: More staff gone. Tim Tracy. Unknown if it's related, but given the timing, it seems likely.