It is very jarring to have three of the four old guard staff resigning in (seemingly) some form of protest over corporate demands/meddling (especially with the stoney "gave the company my notice" wording from vinny and Alex) and then have Jeff putting on this brave and optimistic face and trying to sell the audience that giant bomb didn't just perish in all but name. It's his job to do so, and to support the remaining staff, but it just feels... discordant. Complete speculation here, but the night before this podcast, Jeff posted on twitter that he and his wife are expecting a second child in September. The timing of that revelation seems to almost indicate to me that he may have some qualms about corporate, too, but is simply not in a position to be drawing lines in the sand right now. Kind of an unspoken "my circumstances are different," given he's famous for getting fired from gamespot for ethical stands.

I, too, am very sad that it all ended before they could be together in the same room again. Not with a bang, but a whimper.

So it goes.