This is from the beginning, some of it may be non-connected, but i was writing as the press conference was going. enjoy!

No Reggie! Makes me sad. I really don't care about this lady's snowboard. Oh, there's Shaun White... okay now I get it. Iwata... cool guy, really likes his casual games... On the DS, only game I ever play anymore is Brain age, and just for the Sudoku I like better graphics and more sophisticated games... Yeah nintendo, you do, but no one else does. Does that mean now mario and zelda?? Wii sells like hotcakes... if they were made of gold... hahaha, he used the phrase psychological barrier. Creativity and community is codeword for crappy games that appeal to non-gamers. New animal crossings.... eh..... okay, I'm down with the city portion. Text bubbles are still awesome. Wii Speak sounds pretty cool, it makes a lot more sense than the mic., uness your in a room where you don't want people to hear what the other person is saying. I wonder how it will work with the stereos though.. YES! Theres the Reggie. 5 billion dollars is a good chunk of money Think of the veteran Gamers! I'm part of the 1.2 million Ds' in 2004 so many numbers... lets get to the games... veteran gamers are still not satisfied. Oh gosh, 3rd party games are the worst... I don't care how much they sell, its like a giant lie. I want the hardcore games... what?! just 3 new games?! thats the worst ever. ugh,, and the first is clone wars... its bad enough I'm a little excited about force unleashed. this would be cool if that actually worked the way they say. oh gosh, new rayman raving rabbids. what the crap? so many casual games... finally, something not rated E.. I'm still getting Cod for the 360, theres no reason for the wii version. multi-play looks like a tacky add-on. why does everyone think of the casual games? why doesn't anyone think of the veteran gamers! Oh gosh, guitar hero on tour... a perfect example of a crappy game sold like crazy. okay, I like spore. still a no go for Guitar hero... if I can upload my spore creatures to my Comp. I'll buy it, but thats it... great... another pokemon, still casual... There it is! New GTA for DS. thats what I'm talking about. possibly a ds and wii connectivity? whoah, okay I'm down with that in the ballpark. this lady sounds like a terrible person. Wii sports resorts is not coming into my house unless it comes with... okay he just announced it, the game comes with the wii remote 1.1 again, this lady is the worst. cute dog... nintendogs on wii? nah.... waverace wii! again... nah... I want the race, not the go through the hoops. Swords? whats up with the non zelda? Alright, the Reginator! okay, pretty cool with the drums... but why play in the air when I have my rock band? then again this is free stylin, which is ballin... wii music, okay, cool. still casual, but cool.

My last lament was for Jeff Gerstmann, the injustice, and my thoughts on the whole. While jeff has started up jeffgerstmann.net and seems to be doing fine, I am still enjoying his humor and witticism in Points! I now dedicate this this lament to Alex Navarro and Ryan Davis. Lets start off with Alex Danger Navarro.

Alex was one of those guys who was truthful down to a T. I think the first time I ever saw Alex was the review for Big rigs... and that cemented my love for his down and dirty truth about games. All the appearences on the hotspot, his article "Burning question" which he answered my question once, really made me love this site. It felt like it was taylored to me, the way I play games, and the kind of humor that really gets me going. His departure is another flag taken like Omaha beach in Battlefield 1942. If Jeff was the beach, Alex was the first fortress.

That leads me to the second fortress, Ryan Davis. Ryan was never really in the spotlight for me like Alex and Jeff were. Still, things wouldn't be the same if he wasn't there. his joy for just having fun and throwing out whatever crazy crap that was happening in games were great support and inspiration for many of the different going ons in Gamespot.

And with that my Omaha beach has been taken. I now know no one here. a bunch of foreign faces and a sinking feeling in my stomach. Slowly, my childhood antics are being forced to die and move on. Thats life though...

~Josh

first off, I'm not going to try and tread over the already beaten to death horse of what happened to Jeff. I would however, like to lament my thoughts and current sadness over the situation at hand.

I dont remember the first time I ever heard of Jeff Gerstmann, it mustve been when I was 12 or 13, I remember seeing a really early video review or something. I've been with this website since it was videogames.com for consoles and gamespot for computer games. Yeah, that long.... I have grown extremely accustomed to watching and hearing Jeff for different reviews and comments on games. I started a website a year ago, and though it is defunct now, I wrote on the inspiration of Jeff's humor yet factful writing, great style, and presentation. The say it takes 3 days for things like this to sink in.... well it's been three days and I'm still subconsciously looking forward to the next hotspot to see if references Catan or duke Nukem Forever or burnout paradise or Jack Thompson or Rock Band again.... alas, it will never again come to be. So with this Jeff, I raise my glass high and say that you have been my gaming inspiration my entire gaming life. It may seem strong, but I don't think anyone will ever influence my gaming purchases the same ever again. You truly have been my gaming mentor in so many ways. Stay strong Jeff, I'm praying for you.

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