You vicious, heartless bastards. How the hell could you do this to video game blogs? How could you do this to ME?! How the hell could you sit there in your smugness, patting yourselves on the back and acting all high and e-mighty knowing that it was you who drove David Jaffe away from the internets!?

For those of you who are reading this and thinking to yourself “…what the hell is this guy’s problem?”, allow me to explain. Over at NeoGAF a poster who calls himself ‘JDJustin’, laid the straw that finally broke the Jaffe-camel’s back. In a thread presumably talking about the debate over used game sales, JDJustin said the following:

If I buy something, it is now my property. It is my right to sell it at a later date, if I want to. Fucking period. If Jaffe or anyone else doesn’t think so, they’re a moron. And I like Jaffe.

It is a simple, strong argument that Jaffe, who has staunchly spoken against used… what? You mean he isn’t against selling used games? Oh… well, that would certainly explain his frustration in his response:

This is the problem with the internet. No matter how clear you make yourself, people simply ignore what you have to say. And so I will now forever be the guy who opposed to used game sales (which I am not).

One day I will learn that it’s just not worth saying a damn thing. Which really- to be fair- is the smart way I should be doing things. Let’s make a deal Neogaf…right here, right now. Let’s see if I can JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP for the next 6 months. No Twitter, no blog. The accounts will stay open cause I wanna go back to it I’m sure. But next time you hear from me will be announce of our game. Deal?

But wait, there’s more! You see, Jaffe went on to “put his money where his mouth is”, so to speak, by offering free copies of his upcoming game to whoever spots him breaking his self-imposed embargo.

And I promise, the first 3 people who call me on it if I open my mouth in a non-game announce way (or in an official interview way or something official or on our official EAT SLEEP PLAY blog) get a free copy of the game we are making (assuming it goes retail vs. PSN, in which case, I can’t get you a freebie).

Deal?

…no. You make the internet go ’round and give tons of second-rate gaming blogs something other than press releases or poorly written Kotaku “exclusives” to report on. Quite frankly, Jaffe, we need you.

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