Brian Ekberg is leaving Gamespot. Anyone cares?

Brian Ekberg, the sports editor of Gamespot, is leaving after 6 years of service, and had worked side-by-side with Jeff, Ryan, Brad, and Vinny for quite some time. He has not revealed where he's going next, but he says he's staying in the industry. 
 
So any guesses where he's going? Would he come to Giantbomb or... anyone actually cares? 
 
EDIT: They did a farewell video on their show "On the Spot". Such a tear jerking moment.
http://www.gamespot.com/shows/today-on-the-spot/

I hope wherever he goes, his hair comes with him.  I loved that dude. 
 
...and I must remind myself of beardwatch!

Gamespot is still around?

GB needs sports on the editorial side.

I love the Mechberg

ehh I was cool when he looked exactly like sam fisher

" GB needs sports on the editorial side. "

I care, since that means there's an open position for...fuck, it's sports editor. I think my last blog proved how little I know about sports.

Admittedly, as much as I liked him while I visited Gamespot, I really haven't taken the time to follow him since Giant Bomb started up.  Still wouldn't hate it if for some reason he was helping to start up some type of whiskey media sports site. 

" GB needs sports on the editorial side. "

Mechberg! Though I always liked him I sort of hope he dosent come to Giant Bomb because I dont have any care for sports content.

I guess I liked him enough at Gamespot and did enjoy watching when he did the sports stuff for Gamespot's "On The Spot".  But once the 4 plus Alex, Rorie and others left Gamespot, I kind of stopped going to their main site totally.  I only use their forums occasionally.

I'd love to see a sports guy on the staff.

Beardwatch ! 
Anyway, I wouldn't mind him doing sports stuff for giantbomb, that would be pretty cool

" Gamespot is still around? "

I like Brian quite a bit, I don't visit Gamespot much any more, so I haven't seem much of him lately. The fact that he's leaving doesn't really bother me, in fact, I hope he moves onto something better. Here's hopin' we hear what he's up to real soon.

Brian is awesome.  I wish him the best in his future endeavors.

I only care if he joins GB or a sports-themed Whiskey Media site, I don't have the energy to read any other gaming sites that often.
 
"the new job probably won't come as much of a surprise to anyone who knows me and my gaming preferences."
 
Maybe he's joining EA.

Hope Brian is going to much greener pastures.

" Fuck you OP. "

Love ya Brian. Here's to the off chance that he comes to GB and we get some sports game reviews. Probably not. 

" Fuck you OP. "

" @Tommy_Wiseau said:

" Fuck you OP. "

Do you need a hug? :3 "

Gamespot is still around?

No.

I think a sports editor would be nice here at Giantbomb. But I don't think the site really needs one.

" Gamespot is still around? "

Lets get him all up in this joint. It would be pretty cool if he joined the crew.
 
This guy on Gamespot is crazy- 
Johny300 said- "Good bye brian and please go to ign because gamespot and ign are the best sites for gaming."
Someone hasn't discovered This masterpiece of a site.

Brian was really good at his job and has the experience to do well wherever he goes.
 
Why do people want to make big deals out of people leaving GameSpot?  Are they that hungry for making excuses to bring GameSpot on these forums again?  I love GameSpot's staff and reviews and use them quite often for what they're worth which is news and reviews.  I still know 90% of the staff there and they deserve all the credit in the world but for fuck's sake who cares?

Gamespot sucks my balls ever since Rich left, but i love Brian, now that he's gone, I can't think of a single person who I care about there at all.

That was a great video piece they put together for him. Tor and Homer are still awesome, and were total goofs during his goodbye. Also, he said he's getting out of journalism, but staying in the video game business (so looks like he'll be joining a sports game development/production team).

I always liked him. Wouldn't mind if he came here to GB. The site needs a resident sport reviewer.

He is by far my favorite Gamespot "celebrity". I wish him the best... meaning I want him to get his ass to the Giant Bomb. That would be a fucking awesome Bombcast.

I may not visit GameSpot regularly anymore, I do feel it's almost the end of classic GS if it hasn't already. Who from pre-Gerstmann fiasco is even there anymore? Giancarlo Varanini? I saw a staff video and only recognized about 3-4 people. The rest were a bunch of unknowns. :(

" @RE_Player92 said:

" Gamespot is still around? "

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" GB needs sports on the editorial side. "

GB could hire him, they could use someone who plays sports games.

Ekberg was always very humorous on the HotSpot back in the day. His finale blog post is nice.

Who?

Good for him. Brian's an awesome dude and he deserves to be somewhere more fun than Gamespot. 
 
(Come to Giant Bomb Brian!)

" Gamespot is still around? "

Ekberg is cool with me. Wish him luck.

Someone like him can be useful here since there's no one who gives half a shit about sports games and that's been a large hole in their games coverage so far.

He has been around forever. I hope is he going to a much better job. :)

Ekberg was one of the few reasons I still listened to the Gamespot podcast. It would be awesome if he joined these fine fellows at GB, but I may still follow him if he continues to be a writer elsewhere.

Surprised someone hasn't posted this already. 

I always liked him when he was on The HotSpot. Am I right in saying that he was the one who tried to defend Greg Rucka on the 2005 episode when they dissed Perfect Dark: Initial Vector?