Goodbyes.
Just a few months ago, I would never have guessed I'd be saying something like this, but, well, it's been a crazy few months. Today is my last day at IGN.
Wow. That was harder to type than I thought it'd be.
I'm not being let go, or pushed out, or anything like that. I've received an amazing opportunity that I just can't pass up. Sometimes when you get older you realize that to grow both professionally and personally you've got to make changes, to take chances outside of a comfort zone. This is one of those times for me. I'm not going to get into where I'm going in this blog post. I don't want to be disrespectful of the people that I've grown to care about enormously at IGN, and I don't want there to be any harder feelings.
I gave my notice to my superiors two weeks ago today, and I've tried as hard as I can to do the best work I could in the time I've had remaining here. It was really gratifying to be able to go out on a review note with a game like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, both because of how inspiring that game is and because of how proud I am of that review. I'm also glad to be able to have helped bring so many of you Halo Fest at home, which was the most difficult weekend of my professional career.
I'm excited for what my future holds, but I'm also melancholy about leaving the big family that IGN has become for me. This is one of the most difficult decisions I've ever made. I love the people here, and I care about IGN as the institution that it is. I've learned over the past two years that IGN is not the site that so many people assume it is, assumptions formed a decade or more ago that haven't really applied for a long time now. It's not a monolithic thing. It's a collection of people with thoughts and opinions that bust their asses more than anyone else out there to make things happen, that are brought together by their desire to do awesome shit about things they love. I will miss being a part of that more than I can explain to you here.
All that said, it's just about time for me to sign out. I've got a couple more things to do today at IGN, and then I'd like to hang out with friends that I'd damned well better see again, and soon. I'm not leaving the Bay Area. I'm not leaving the games press, and I'll be able to disclose elsewhere shortly where my new home is. If you'd like to know the answer to that, then go ahead and follow me on twitter at aegies (the only plug I'll allow myself here). And thank you. The IGN readers and listeners that I've met and interacted with have been amazing, and I'm flattered and humbled by the things you've all said. I hope I never let you down.
-Arthur Gies
(soon to be former)Editor, IGN.com
Source: http://www.ign.com/blogs/arthur-ign/2011/08/30/goodbyes/
I only really visited IGN for his stuff, totally agreed with that guy 90% of the time, wonder where he's off?