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@marino: Thank you so much for doing this again. It's a huge help.

Personality? I'm very much Vinny in the humble humour, openness about myself, reveling in nostalgia.

For games I like? Very much Jeff. We seem to align on a lot of games. I am not as into fighting games as he is and I am more into RTS games. But in general, if he likes a game, it's a good chance I will too.

I actually just started them a few days ago (catching up on nearly a year backlog due to COVID).

I'm only on 370. But so far the early ones are 80+% nostalgia based. The rest current events and game releases.

[Raises hand]

I will not be surprised if one of the casualties of this change is them turning off the subscription model and moving to something new. Mostly because I see Giant Bomb: the Next Generation moving all video hosting to YouTube.

Not a bad thing. YouTube is MUCH easier to cast and stream to TV's, play on a phone, etc. They could really expand the possibilities for the site if they free up all of the money they spend hosting the videos for hiring freelancers and more longform edited stuff.

On the expensive city? The garage streams and the organizing sure feels like something you do as you prep to move. New kid coming on the way, they will need a bigger house.

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I am excited to see where Jeff grows Giant Bomb: The Next Generation. He is incredibly smart and thoughtful about what he does and how he develops projects. They usually are winners.

I do expect one thing to be announced next week: RV moves all videos, premium and regular, to YouTube. Cancels the premium sub program in June (I'll miss no ads, but I feel this is inevitable). GB site retains as a community space/wiki. RV no longer pays for the expensive hosting.

The best of luck to Brad, Vinny and Alex. I've been following this team since the Pre-GameSpot Cnet GameCenter days (that green and yellow monstrosity). I'll follow them wherever they land, including whatever is next for GiantBomb.

Thank you for the decades of entertainment.

Best wishes Abby. You will rock wherever you go and be awesome!

@toughshed: I definitely would not see her leaving and looking for a new job as anything nefarious. It just could mean she was not willing to sign the new contract for a billion reasons.

For example, they could have asked all people who sign on to agree to stay for a certain period of time (and compensate with a bonus if they do). Or they could require a non-compete that would not work well for her future job prospects if she was actively looking. Or it could be the new health plan was not right. ...

Lots of reasons that have nothing to do with anything negative happening to the site.

@joeywankenobi: I would assume that if they have any news to share, they likely will do it after making detailed plans. I would not expect anything this week, maybe not for a few weeks.