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Gamespot employee apparently fired for a bad review

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:01 pm
by jcgamer60
http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs. ... ised-title


How does this make you feel?

I assume most sites are chained by advertisement companies as well.

Update: http://valleywag.com/tech/jeff-gerstman ... 328660.php

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:27 pm
by shidoni
You can only trust your own opinion, eh......
Maybe they should've asked his opinion first, hahah... Well, that proves something, doesn't it kids.... *the more you know~*

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:13 pm
by jcgamer60
Its quite sad really, but this is reality it seems.

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:30 pm
by shidoni
Heyheyhey-- wait a sec.... It was just a rumour??? Oh, that's rude, hah, had all our gamer senses screamin', press! Bad press, bad!
Still wanna know why he was canned tho, just for some conclusion.

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:08 pm
by jcgamer60
Well actually all signs point that this is true.

Why else would gamespot remove the review, and Edios pull all Kane & Lynch ads. Not to mention the reviewer getting fired soon after. There is even a protest on Neogaf about this.

A blog site run by a 1up editor also seems to add more merit to this rumour with the hint in his latest post. http://www.gamespite.net/verbalspew/arc ... 4.php#comm

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:15 pm
by shidoni
......siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh..............

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:05 pm
by Marc
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic

I hope this brings attention to all the back-handing that goes in the games industry.

I rarely visit sites like GameSpot or IGN anymore. Even GameFAQs has become a tool -- look at all the questionable polls they run, probably just for market research.

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:38 am
by Synthoid
Yeah, it's best to listen to independent reviews.

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:30 am
by Henry Spencer
Hence why I head to Hardcore Gaming 101. An honest review of cult games. All of those mainstream game websites are stupid anyway, with their top 100 lists that are full of shit.

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:01 am
by Synthoid
Oh, I also often frequent Game Revolution. I don't think anyone has much influence over it.

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:07 pm
by seraphssavior
I only head to GFAQ's for codes, but 99% of the forum dwellers there are total retards. Oh well...we need a reliable game site with codes for all games, but without all the corporate bullshit. That'll be the day...

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:38 pm
by jcgamer60
I read through some of the gamefaqs user reviews. Its the only place where you can go to see the "real" scores for games like Halo etc... ;)


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Gamefaqs poll got hacked last night.

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:02 pm
by joeypete
That Jeff Gerstmann got fired sucks!

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is a shit game. I played my buddy's rented copy and it sucks shit.

Gerstmann told the truth on what an ass title it was and he got fired... No justice it seems.

I mainly go to http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews.php to see video reviews of what is coming up and what is worth getting.

GT as least has about a 5 min video review per game and tells why they like or hate a title in detail. It still can be biased but it gives more insight into the title and if I'll like it or not.

Fuck Eidos! When was the last time they put out a great new title? Stupid assholes.

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:11 pm
by jcgamer60

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:15 pm
by joeypete
LOL! Great vid!

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:01 am
by jcgamer60