Hey, kittens. Quick word is all, then we can get back to business as usual.

I've decided to step down as reviews editor at Destructoid, and I've done so for a couple of reasons. As some of you have already noticed, I've been doing daily newsin' over at Shacknews since the beginning of the year, and I'm quite fond of the gig. It pays my bills and, despite being wildly different than Destructoid, makes for a pretty fun job. My accepting the position was predicated on my ability to remain at Destructoid as reviews editor, because this is my first home and I wanted to keep active on the site that put me on the fucking map.

I thought I could balance working at two sites, but I may have overestimated by a smidge. As a result, my ability to manage reviews at Destructoid have suffered a bit -- nothing catastrophic, but my turnaround time on editing reviews, creating schedules and contacting companies for content has slowed a bit, and that just simply isn't good enough -- the staff, the readers, and everything Destructoid deserves better.

So I've passed along my responsibilities and I've done my best to ensure the transition will be a smooth and seamless one. The process began more than a week ago, and as you may have already observed, reviews are still intact and moving along even better than they had been. I trust it'll only get better from here.

I'll be around as a contributor, posting the occasional odd review or feature here and there and making my regularly scheduled weekly appearances on Podtoid, so don't start thinking that this is the last you'll see of me, bitches. Besides, who else is going to talk about jizz on that goddamn show? Nobody, that's who.

I wanted to thank all of you guys for supporting me during my time here. I signed on with Niero and co. way back in October of 2006, having sent a collection of writing samples to the boss on a whim during a miserable day at my old job, an assistant at a real estate company. But now I pay the bills with games journalism, and I owe all of that to Destructoid -- its editors, its creators, and most importantly, its readers.

Wherever I go and whatever job I take up, no matter what happens to me after now, it all started right here, a site and a community that was built by thousands upon thousands of hands. It's something we all did together. It'll always be my home. Thanks again for everything.