Man, I only watched parts of last weeks "On the Spot" (too much Madden for me as a European :roll: )- so I just found out Rich is leaving from the latest Hotspot while walking my dog a few hours ago. I was totally bummed and had to fast forward to the end of the show to confirm you guys weren't joking because of the Vinny curse- and you weren't. :(

Gamespot has been losing three of my favorite staffers with Carrie, Greg and now Rich. With each loss the site has suffered quite a bit. Aaron andKevin are really cool, but GS really needs to bring in even more new talent and/or use some of your "hidden" existing staff more.

And most of all - introduce those new people better on all fronts! They and Gamespot as a whole would benefit from that - you have the means for that, so use them! Nothing is worse than to learn there's a new staffer from a review or in some random video without knowing who they are.

I personally really like Vinny and Brendan a lot and would would hope that maybe they can become more "visible" to readers/viewers/listeners. Brian Ekberg is awesome as well despite the fact that he's usually talking about boring US sports or racing games. Ricardo is great as well. So you have all kinds of great people already - use them more visibly to the average user. Especially on the podcast and video front this shouldn't become too Jeff-centric. Not that I have anything against him, not at all, but I'm afraid it might get a little boring if you just have one face from now on.

To Rich: Best of luck to you for your future!!! For what it's worth, you are ranked pretty high on my short "That guy seems to be alright" and "All around pleasant guy/gal" list of public people!