Yes, that is a giant Gummi Bear (although I believe its official name is “Party Bear“). Yes, that is a Game & Watch sitting in the belly of the bear. And yes, today Kotaku AU says goodbye to Elly Hart and myself!
As Elly wrote this morning, she’s moving to Vancouver. She’ll still be Kotaku’s night editor, she’ll just be doing the job from the other side of the planet.
Today is also my last day at Kotaku. I’ll still be in Sydney and I’ll still be writing about video games; I’ll just be doing it for a different media outlet. I cannot say where I am going, but the announcement will come very soon!
I do feel a bit sad about leaving — Kotaku has been such a wonderful place to work. I have written more feature articles in my nine months here than I ever did in my years as a freelancer, I have never encountered a more wonderful and friendly online community, and I have never worked with an editor as funny, as Scottish, or with a good an eye for detail as Mark Serrels.
Earlier today someone asked me about my highlight of working at Kotaku. I answered that working with Serrels is probably the most fun I have ever had (that man knows how to whip an article into shape! He is like that scary drill sergeant who yells at the fat people in The Biggest Loser, except he is not scary and I am not fat (yet)). The other highlight that I should have mentioned is the regular interaction with the Kotaku readers, particularly the ones who haunt Talk Amongst Yourselves (TAY). You guys are awesome and I appreciate everything you have done for me.
I’ll still have a few posts coming over the next week and my Tasty Tasty Grandpa developer diary will continue to run until it’s done.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my time at Kotaku because it has been an absolute pleasure working here. Do stay in touch! You can follow me on Twitter where I will flood your feed with news about what my dogs are eating.
Tracey
Good luck an' a' th' best! The place won't seem the same without you. Our mail will go unreplied to, our kudos noms missed. Farewell Bubble T!
Good luck in the future Tracey! :D
You will be missed :(
Sir Greenius shall live on!
Awww where did this come from? Where are you going? Can I come too?
Now we're just left with Mark and he hates me that's why he still hasn't accepted my PSN request after all these years *wipes tear*
Good luck with your new job (and your game!)! You'll be missed around here ya know.
Well, in that short time you've produced some *outstanding work*, Tracey.
Looking forward to reading of your next step.
AND... HEY! BLOG SOME MORE ANECDOTES FROM "MUN", WILL YA?
(Can't get enough of that stuff.)
Good luck with whatever new venture you're embarking on, I'm sure the entire kotaku community will miss your presence, hopefully you can still find time to comment occasionally.
I think what I'll miss the most is the fact that you actually update Remember This!
...and everyone go read Gabes blog!
justonemoregame.wordpress.com/
Erm not sure who you are (hello mum? haha) but thanks for the plug.
Mind you, this is *Tracey's* farewell thread, so let's concentrate on her, eh?
Don't worry, I did that too! ;-)
PS. Think music publishing.
No.
Flu has spoken.
Thanks for being awesome, Tracey!!
Take care and hope to see you across other Australian gaming news outlets : )
Same sentiment as the others above me.
I've really enjoyed the well thought out articles you have brought to Kotaku AU. Actually, the first article I read at Kotaku was one of yours, I believe.
Good luck on your new endeavors!
P.S. I will most likely follow your articles under your new employment, if they are about games. >.>
Awww sucha shame! You will be greatly missed! Good luck with your future ventures!
So very sad for us readers who loved your daily posts and interactions but I'm happy for you nonetheless. I really enjoyed your articles and I think you'll have a great career where ever you go.
So dawn goes down to day,
Nothing gold can stay.
Good luck in your future role, Tracey. Hopefully you'll keep an eye out for meats and you're always welcome to post in TAY, I'm sure.
Both you and Elly will be missed.
Thank you.
Between now and the new jorb starting I might jump back into TAY.
Good luck. Even I struggle to keep up these days!
But how will Mark ever win "Remember This" now?
Is this because we spammed you with perm movie titles on Twitter today?
Sad news indeed. Thank you for writing some excellent articles and being awesome. I hope you intend to come along to future Kotaku Meats still. Hey, maybe you should join TAY as a regular!
All the best with your new adventures!
Lol no, I stopped paying attention to the perm thread a long time ago. :P
Ouch... That was our leaving gift to you, Blimp Digits... You're just going to throw it back in our face!? PFFT! FINE! I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU GO!!!
I'm sorry...
You will be sorely missed :(
Is this because that fan gave you that letter on the train? You were like, "That's it. My cover is blown. Time to vanish, like smoke in wind..." and then you smashed a smoke bottle?
You'll be well-missed, Tracey! Great articles, full of insight, great writing, and a real sense of humour.
Who will tell Serrels what to eat now? I fear for the future*.
(*the future will be excellent!)
Good luck with everything!
Noooo!
All the best guys. Keep us posted. I especially want to hear about how the app development goes.
Tracey. Make a video about something, post it somewhere and make us happy, somewhat.
I'm too lazy to ponder among the grammatical aspects of this sentence. But Tracey, your articles are great and I hope to keep following you and your endeavors. And I hope you follow mine maybe too :))))))))))
One more thing, check out Hudson Mohawke, the greatest thing to happen in my life this week.
Well this is news,
Best of luck with your new gig Tracey, don't you forget us now y'hear? :)
Wow...didn't see that coming
Say it isn't so Tracey, amongst an ocean of terrible articles (in the media generally not kotaku) yours were among the best, well thought out and appropriate, sure will miss them.
But I'm sure wherever you are writing for (my money is on a more 'mainstream' venue like ign, sadly) I'm sure you'll succeed and I wish you only the best
I'm not going to IGN.
Aww no :( Really sad to see you go Tracey, but I'll never regret getting that cyndaquil for you :). You've been a great part of the KotakuAU team and I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors :).
I may end up getting a twitter just so we could keep in touch. Agreed with Cakesmith, I hope you still drop in every now and then in TAY and meats. I'm really going to miss you Tracey, farewell! :)
I took the Cynadquil home yesterday so that I wouldn't forget it today!
NnnnnnoooooooOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!
Thanks for everything. You will be sorely missed! Funnily enough, this is my last day at my current job.
Happy travels, Elly!
I WILL MISS YOU, MISS LIEN. YOU BOUGHT A RAY OF LIEN-NESS INTO MY LIFE.
Caps lock is cruise control for Good Luck.
NOOOOOOO!!!!! Now we're left with Mark and he gets angry sometimes!
This is really sad... Kotaku Australia stands head and shoulders over the USA Kotaku in terms of the quality of it's content, and most of that is because of you Tracey!
I wish you a very successful future!
Whaaaaaat. Did I miss a memo? What did we do wrong?
Mummy drinks because you cry.