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Gabe says its true.
Read Comment 18
Gabe says its true.
Has it come to this for game journalists? If it has then this is a telling tale of how reviews in general are not just beyond suspect but practically a glorified PR Spinned Advertisement for the highest bidder.
This makes me angry to a degree where I want to promote an independent gamng blog website, full of great editors, interesting bloggers, and FUN. And best of all, it's totally free! So join up today, an express your rage!
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I thought you guys were funded by that whole hobo-murder insurance fraud thing. Or was I not supposed to mention that...? shit. Ron's gonna kill me.
I just saw this on the gamespot forums. Its bullshit that the guy gets fired for giving his own opinion on a game. I mean gamerankings has given Kane and Lynch an average in the the upper 60's so he wasn't that far off from the norm. Now I can't take gamespot seriously anymore lol. Sucks though to see this in the industry.
Side note though I never really though Gerstman was a good reviewer.
Side note though I never really though Gerstman was a good reviewer.
6.0 for that game was nothing out of the ordinary. This is strange. I wonder why he seems unable to talk about the matter, as Jeff himself would probably be the best one to clear this all up. Oh, and the denizens of the Gamespot forums seem to be cancelling subscriptions in droves http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/kanelynchdeadmen/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-39859258&pid=934403
whilst Gamedespot[sic] thinks they can quell the fires by locking all Jeff related threads http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_topics.php?board_id=314159282&page=2.
This is shaping up to be a cat 5 shit storm.
whilst Gamedespot[sic] thinks they can quell the fires by locking all Jeff related threads http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_topics.php?board_id=314159282&page=2.
This is shaping up to be a cat 5 shit storm.
Did I forget to mention how hobos are a useless nuisance, and if you find any dead bodies, just ignore and go about your day, blogging and what not? Just a reminder.
I'd say it's a sad time for games journalism, but honestly? No, it's a GREAT time for games blogging, is what it is.
We're the only fuckers worth listening to.
We're the only fuckers worth listening to.
Sad but unsurprising...
An unprecedented number of "10s" being handed out by top magazines... I love, and I mean LOVE Mass Effect and Bioshock, but reading most of the reviews for these games has been like reading glorified press releases.
I think games are suffering from the stigma of being a province of the young, and I honestly think larger media thinks that the gamer audience is naive enough to buy reviews that blatantly shirk all kinds of journalistic integrity.
I've kept my subscription to these magazines because they're good reading on the crapper. But now I think I'll be using them for other paper related purposes while in the john.
And now Gamespot... Et Tu, CNet?
An unprecedented number of "10s" being handed out by top magazines... I love, and I mean LOVE Mass Effect and Bioshock, but reading most of the reviews for these games has been like reading glorified press releases.
I think games are suffering from the stigma of being a province of the young, and I honestly think larger media thinks that the gamer audience is naive enough to buy reviews that blatantly shirk all kinds of journalistic integrity.
I've kept my subscription to these magazines because they're good reading on the crapper. But now I think I'll be using them for other paper related purposes while in the john.
And now Gamespot... Et Tu, CNet?
Holy fuck...If this is true I really, really wish Gerstmann the best of luck with whatever else he decides to do. Wasn't he pretty high up the totem poll over there? I know he's been there for a long time. This is going to create a CRAZY amount of backlash at Gamespot of this is true as well. I'm super interested to hear the official word on this story.
WTF! He was like the fucking boss at GameSpot. He had been there eleven years now and they can him after that. GameSpot has always been my favorite professional review source but if this is true then I am out. Come to think of it he was mysteriously absent from the Tuesday podcast The HotSpot. Hmm.
Poor Gerstmann, was a good reviewer as far as I'm concerned, but more importantly you could really tell he was a hardcore gamer who knew his shit on the podcasts. Whether or not you agree with his review scores, at least give him some credit for putting his head on the chopping block instead of sacrificing journalistic integrity.God knows this industry needs a bit more of that.
This is bullshit. Then again, so is life. I suppose we'll all have to deal with it.
Oh yeah, plus boycott gamespot, but does that really need to be said here on the green robot? They are already full of fail, this is just the fart-stained icing on the shit-soaked cake.
Oh yeah, plus boycott gamespot, but does that really need to be said here on the green robot? They are already full of fail, this is just the fart-stained icing on the shit-soaked cake.
Here is the video review for this game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FuJ81sDR2o
This video review was pulled off of the site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FuJ81sDR2o
This video review was pulled off of the site
Maybe Destructoid should hire this 'shamed' writer giving him the opportunity to say what he wants to without fear of corporate overlords. After doing this he would of course gain an army rabid fanboy lovers who hung on his every word and an equally vocal amount of people who hate him all over the place.
Eventually of course he would leave to 'do his thing' and call you all cunts and a shitstorm of violence would ensue.
That would be swell.
Eventually of course he would leave to 'do his thing' and call you all cunts and a shitstorm of violence would ensue.
That would be swell.
So, just to be clear...Reverend Anthony is not fired?
Hooray independent website reviewers of the world!!!!1!!1!
Hooray independent website reviewers of the world!!!!1!!1!
WOW, THIS IS FUCKIN RETARDED...HE WAS THE ONE EDITOR THAT I RESPECTED HIS REVIEWS...I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. HIS REVIEWS WERE HONEST AND ALWAYS WERE RIGHT.
WOW, THIS IS FUCKIN RETARDED...HE WAS THE ONE EDITOR THAT I RESPECTED HIS REVIEWS...I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. HIS REVIEWS WERE HONEST AND ALWAYS WERE RIGHT.
I never really agreed with his reviews (except for TP) but this is crazy. How does Gamespot expect to get away with this unscathed?
He probably should have given it an even lower rating than 6, especially considering the consistently negative attitude towards every aspect of the game in his video review.
I came to understand why I never agreed with his reviews and never bothered to pay attention to them. He would have an opinion of the game before it even came out, he'd say things like, "The framerate looks terrible" and hadn't even played the game yet. He would only like the game if he was actually good at it and understood its concept. While I recently began to hate him, I think this is bullshit that he got fired for having an opinion. 1984 bitches.
The only reviewer I pay attention to is Alex Navarro.
The only reviewer I pay attention to is Alex Navarro.
Grim: that's fucking hilarious. everyone needs to see this.
Anyway...
What... the FUCK.
Seriously, I cannot fucking believe that this is happening. I never really liked Jeff Gertsmann, but I don't think that his job should be compromised because he stated his own personal opinion. I hope whoever started this gets fucked up, because now Gamespot has entirely RUINED any kind of trust that I had in them as a gaming journalism site. If shit like this is going on, I don't even know why these fucking sites exist. I hope CNET fucks over whoever fired this guy, because they fucking deserve.
What's even the fucking point of these review sites when you have blogs? Originally I treated them as generic gaming news sources and critics, but I don't even know what the fuck they are. Thank Jesus that there are people who say whatever the fuck they want and don't get fired. I'm not talking about any other blog (Summa, joystiq), I'm talking about Dtoid only.
Anyway...
What... the FUCK.
Seriously, I cannot fucking believe that this is happening. I never really liked Jeff Gertsmann, but I don't think that his job should be compromised because he stated his own personal opinion. I hope whoever started this gets fucked up, because now Gamespot has entirely RUINED any kind of trust that I had in them as a gaming journalism site. If shit like this is going on, I don't even know why these fucking sites exist. I hope CNET fucks over whoever fired this guy, because they fucking deserve.
What's even the fucking point of these review sites when you have blogs? Originally I treated them as generic gaming news sources and critics, but I don't even know what the fuck they are. Thank Jesus that there are people who say whatever the fuck they want and don't get fired. I'm not talking about any other blog (Summa, joystiq), I'm talking about Dtoid only.
@Clockwork "The framerate looks terrible"
me and jeff have the same taste in games... and i can't stand playing a game with fps problems. I don't care about graphics, i care about the fps and the gameplay.
me and jeff have the same taste in games... and i can't stand playing a game with fps problems. I don't care about graphics, i care about the fps and the gameplay.
@Clockwork "The framerate looks terrible"
me and jeff have the same taste in games... and i can't stand playing a game with fps problems. I don't care about graphics, i care about the fps and the gameplay.
me and jeff have the same taste in games... and i can't stand playing a game with fps problems. I don't care about graphics, i care about the fps and the gameplay.
GS was my favorite big games site because they always tended to give the lowest scoring, most critical reviews. Not anymore.
Jeff was easily one of the best reviewers on the site. Right behind Greg before his leave earlier this year. It's just so hard to believe this. I actually had respect for GameSpot, now it all comes crashing down in one fell swoop.
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