Just a couple months ago, at the very beginning of April, I was unknowingly about to face one of the biggest challenges of my life. My wife had a miscarriage. I stayed off of GameSpot, as I sat by my wife's side for a month as we tried to recover from such a loss. Afterwards I became very depressed, sometimes burrowing myself in work to keep busy, and keep from thinking about my poor, unborn child. At the worst point after the miscarriage I was worried we'd be one of those couples that would get a divorce because we were just too sad everytime we looked at each other. But, somehow, our marriage only became stronger. Now I've recovered and my wife is once again pregnant. I am leaving GameSpot, because even though the miscarriage was completely unrelated, I feel like I'll have to be there for my wife and child no matter what, and I can't let video games eat up my time (not that it was ever an issue with my wife in the past, but I didn't want it to become one).

I have a larger thread in Robbie's Fortress of Evil, my main UCB, thanking all of the people who make GameSpot great to me. But for those who don't post there I'd like to give a shout-out to Xanthio, Shleco, CanadianEh, DireRaven, MayorJohnny, and a slew of others who made this such a great place. :) If you're on my friends list then I'd like to thank you. Even if you aren't, I'm sure you helped make this experience better for me.

Bye guys 'n gals. It's been fun.