It's great to know people care for other reviewers even outside the rival office. That's more of a true gamer spirit anyway.

It's still such a shitty excuse to fire someone. But it shows even the bigwigs in gaming do the dirtyness of even the bigger industries in america.

this is fucking brilliant. brilliant.

I hope riot control stops by and pull out the water hose.

If anything, Gamespot should be thanking Gerstmann for trying to uphold their credibility.

If a game site starts giving mediocre games great reviews, people will certainly start to realize it, and quickly.

Good show, reviewing games isn't about competition, it's about getting to write about what you care about. And it's great that they honor each other for that.

I love you, Ziff-Davis.

We need an army of Destructoid robots outside of Cnet

I seriously doubt that he was let go for legit reasons, all signs are pointing to CNET bowing down to the all-mighty dollar.

"Let's just hope now that it doesn't turn out that Gerstmann was fired for legitimate reasons, or else these guys will kinda look like douchebags. Anyone recall when the WWE had that tribute episode of RAW in the wake of Chris Benoit's death, only to find out afterward that he'd actually murdered his family himself and then committed suicide? Yeah, this could possibly turn out to be like that (though obviously on a much smaller scale) if it is shown that Gertsmann's firing was actually justified."

Well, of COURSE they are going to try to justify and legitimize the firing. It's called "spin."

Video game reviewer solidarity FTW!

Classy dudes. I love 1up.

Jeremy Parish was cooler before he sold out.

Thank God Scott Sharkey is still around, though. He makes my knees weak.

Thatīs a good action from my point of view.

Good on them. *salutes*

I'd give this rally an 11/10, but 1up's check hasn't cleared yet.

1up is the best site out there. period. their reviews are the best, their podcasts are the best and the 1up Show is the best. 'nough said

I wonder if Cnet still thinks this will just quietly go away

Wheres Mr.Destructoid?

i would do the same but i don't have a company that reviews games.

I don't like 1up at all. I read everything they write and hear and watch all their podcast and shows... and well, i guess that's the reason why i don't like them. They're pretentious, subject to all kinds of trends, give 10's like candy but then bash on games just cause they don't give a shit about them without giving them enough playtime for them to form an unbiased opinion. They're not an independent videogames site, they're more like a blog... but worse. I see more thorough coverage over games on blogs such as Destructoid, Joystiq or Kotaku than in 1up.It drives me nuts to see all of the following they have on the boards and everything, seriously, so much ass licking. I know i'm kind of alone on this one, but it's just how it feel it and see it :/


THAT SAID, i think the support for gamespot staff is ok, because all this shit the internet is spreading over gamespot... i think it's too much, i believe all this hate should've gone towards Cnet, cause for what i know, gamespot was basically a bunch of reviewers and by calling it now 'cashwhore' and all that... i don't think you're making them feel any better. I SAY FUCK CNET, NOT GAMESPOT!

I applaud them. Very good job, 1UP.

@Linde
The sad thing about this is that we probably never know what really went down. CNET will probably never 'fess up to it, if it's true. And if it's not, we'll still never know what to believe. As far as I'm concerned, though, it's true. I'd be shocked if it wasn't.

Yet another reason why 1UP is the only major games site that I take seriously: their employees are actual people who don't kowtow to pressure and genuinely love the industry. They definitely might not be as free and unrestrained as Destructoid due to their major corporate position, but the staff are definitely like-minded gamers who many people unfairly give a bad rap.

Hell yeah. Support is all you need.