An Open Thank You Letter To Garnett Lee/We are...ghost.

When I first heard the news that Garnett Lee would be leaving 1Up for Game Fly Media, it wasn't hard to remember many entertaining moments with him on the 1Up Yours podcast. Even after the New Year's shakedown at 1Up.com, when the show lost Shane Bettenhausen and changed its name to Listen Up, in my head it was always Yours. Garnett, it was your goddamn show, and I loved it. I'm sad to see you go, but maybe with youngbloods like David Ellis at the helm I'll finally be able to accept the transition.

I want to congratulate Garnett on his new position, and thank him for all that he brought to 1Up's table. I felt that our gaming tastes matched well most of the time, and sometimes I thought you were flat-out wrong, but I always appreciated your attitude towards the industry on the whole. You're always looking out for what matters most in the games business: gamers. You consistently hold gamers' best interests at heart. That's important in an artistic entertainment industry that can too caught up turf wars and the bottom line, and forget what makes people fall in love with games. You clearly love games, and I hope you keep shouting that to the world. Good luck out there, Sir...

What I'm Playing:

• Main Campaign: The Beatles: Rock Band
• Side Quest: Castle Age, Mr. AahH!