My personal distaste for Kotaku is not secret. I've always liked Patrick Klepek, though, since his Giant Bomb days, and he's the only reason I grudgingly visited Kotaku.

It's old news by about a week now, but he has left Kotaku to join the gaming arm of Vice. Austin Walker left Giant Bomb about a month ago to take charge of Vice Gaming.

I think this is great news. Austin and Patrick are both very conscious of social issues and two of the very few people in the gaming press that I feel conduct actual journalism about issues surrounding games and gaming culture. I am very eager to see what Austin does with Vice Gaming, and hiring Patrick already shows hints of what he is trying to build.

Hopefully we get a regular podcast with the two of them--I miss Austin on the Giant Beastcast.