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Remember cashwh0re? Our tribute to great ethics within the video game industry was unfortunately missed by the above video (blasphemy!) but I'll let it slide due to this short trailer's otherwise absolute brilliance. An anonymous awesome person spliced together the trailer from Oliver Stone's JFK film with key moments from the firing of Gamespot's veteran reviews editor over the alleged bad review donkey-punching of Kane & Lynch, a game we gave an 11/10. I won't spoil it for you -- just flip play and enjoy the conspiracy. Never forget!
 

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king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 12/28/2007 13:24
ZOH MAH GAWD

That was fucking hilarious
ShadowXOR's Avatar
ShadowXOR at 12/28/2007 13:25
Someone posted this on IRC last night, but it was on GameTrailers. It's really well done.
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 12/28/2007 13:29
I can't get over how polished it is and I've watched it 10 times :)
bruceleethree's Avatar
bruceleethree at 12/28/2007 13:30
I miss john candy
Chad Concelmo's Avatar
Chad Concelmo at 12/28/2007 13:31
HA HA HA HA HA HA! This is awesome! :)
ShadowXOR's Avatar
ShadowXOR at 12/28/2007 13:33
Yeah, John Candy was the man. :(
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Churchhills Dog at 12/28/2007 13:36
Fucking. Brilliant.
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Necros at 12/28/2007 13:36
Well done, whoever did it.
Neonie's Avatar
Neonie at 12/28/2007 13:38
That is a brillant piece of work. *claps*
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atheistium at 12/28/2007 13:42
well made :o
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konchu at 12/28/2007 13:45
Definatly well done I enjoyed it.
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 12/28/2007 13:46
Awesome video is awesome.
It´s perfectly cut and makes sense, i just love it.
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Thornnn at 12/28/2007 13:49
ZOH MAH GAWD

That was hucking filarious
wardrox's Avatar
wardrox at 12/28/2007 13:53
Impressive going. I <3 internet.
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Meesterjojo at 12/28/2007 13:57
But the key issue here is: Gerstmann is/was a douchebag: his reviews were trite. I suspect he lost all of his "edge" over years with his bloated (read: lucky) job getting paid to review games.

Or another spin on it all: He was a victim of his own ego. He knew the score, how the industry works, yet I'm sure he felt that it didn't apply to him. I say this because if he really wanted to scythe the game, or any game he reviewed, he probably could have. I'm presuming he's capable of such.

So to sum up: He got shit-canned for making a trite review about a bad game which in all likelihood his "bosses" got paid to support.

My last thought: If he actually made a review with some "teeth", I might give 2 shits. About any 15 yr old could assert the same as him, and probably work cheaper.
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MaxVest at 12/28/2007 14:00
One golden monocle.
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Clockwork at 12/28/2007 14:01
Absolutely awesome.
pierrerodriguez's Avatar
pierrerodriguez at 12/28/2007 14:02
lowell
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zombie lover at 12/28/2007 14:06
I smell an oscar
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Cheeburga at 12/28/2007 14:10
Fucking awesome. :D
11/10's all around.
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vexed alex at 12/28/2007 14:28
Oh yeah! Gurstmann was fired, huh?! Man, that was a long time ago.


Hah, but yeah. That was incredibly well done. The quality is incredible.
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Polish Hill at 12/28/2007 14:34
Holy good jorb. I expect the full movie immediately :)
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 12/28/2007 14:44
JefF Gerstmann!
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Hitogoroshi at 12/28/2007 15:17
I'm pretty much speechless at how awesome this is.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 12/28/2007 15:28
Saw this yesterday. It's still awesome today. Very well-done.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 12/28/2007 15:47
oh it's so artsy. I like it a lot.
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 12/28/2007 16:33
Wow............
Awesome.
MatCD's Avatar
MatCD at 12/28/2007 16:52
wow... I'd go see that movie
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flaming burrito at 12/28/2007 18:53
haha sweet
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Churchhills Dog at 12/28/2007 19:12
I love how they excerpted Alex Navarro's sound bite from their post firing Podcast and inserted it into the witness deposition from the flick.
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Samit Sarkar at 12/29/2007 01:15
Wow, “polished” is the term to use here...that looked very, very good. Thanks, Niero — that was quite entertaining!
Justice's Avatar
Justice at 12/29/2007 12:12
EPIC!
Baron Calico's Avatar
Baron Calico at 12/29/2007 13:27
Nice.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 12/29/2007 16:33
Genius!
Fleet3000's Avatar
Fleet3000 at 12/29/2007 23:06
smartness upon amazing.
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