So Gerstmann is gone now, anyone here should know that. A lot of people (myself included) considered Jeff to be the best reviewer GameSpot had to offer. Now that he's gone, I really don't see any light being shined upon that site for quite some time, and even when it does, it won't make a difference. I was a member of GameSpot for almost 6 years (not that Total Access bullshit either) and they've always provided me with honest reviews that seem to filter out a lot of shit other reviewers didn't. I also met a lot people on their forums.
But, I'm sure we could reminisce about the good 'ol days for hours and not a damn thing is going to change. I don't know about anyone else but because of what C|Net has done, I canceled my GameSpot account and have made no plans to play Kyne & Lynch Dead Men. In fact, I wanted the game until I saw Jeff's review.
This is why I've decided to dedicate my first blog post to Jeff and all the honesty he's brought to gamers for years. Here's a couple of tributes I stumbled upon this morning on YouTube.
And of course, the famous review that GameSpot has removed from their site.
fuck yeah you can cuss. this is the internet. the only thing you really can't do is post porn. I have been known to post a good meatspin in the past but I am no longer able to do that :(. but other than that you can pretty much do anything. just don't suck
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He was a pretty good reveiwer over on there, it's a damn shame he's gone
Rule 2) No spam or pron
everything else is fair game
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