Back when I was a wannabe writer looking to get my work in somewhere, and even today when I'm a wannabe writer lucky enough to have my work posted on this very site, there were many people I admired in games criticism/journalism. Today, one of those people has described his decision to pass from 17 years of working at Ziff Davis to working on The Sims. Jeff Green is leaving 1up, where he integrated himself after seeing GFW Magazine shut down, and he's leaving behind a giant hole.

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8865013&publicUserId=5380367

Greg Kasavin, Dan Hsu, Alex Navarro, Mark MacDonald, Crispin Boyer -- these are all names I followed that have since disappeared into the void, some turning up on the other side in product development as Green will -- and others... who knows. In any case, I wish the best for Mr. Green.

*I would have mentioned the other GSers who left and are now building a Giant Bomb, but they didn't leave the industry -- just this site.