21 responses so far ↓

• 1 keith22 // Dec 1, 2007 at 12:09 am

  Evrybody ad block gamespot

• 2 abombm1 // Dec 1, 2007 at 7:29 am

  I think if the amount of hit Gamespot gets plummets, I think that would be a good enough message. To boycott the advertisers would mean that someone would have to visit Gamespot to see who’s advertising.

  I say just stop visiting Gamespot all together. Once they see that they’re page views are significantly lower than usual, that should be enough of a hint. Many advertisers then won’t be getting that exposure, and so will pull their ad campaigns if they see that there is not enough of an impact being generated from Gamespot.

• 3 AriesDog // Dec 1, 2007 at 4:29 pm

  Boycott’s a rarely effective. You know what would be? Don’t go to Gamespot. Not even to see the latest news about Jeff’s firing. I’ve only been back to see how I could close my basic free account. Didn’t see a way to, but I logged out, never to return again.

• 4 davemode // Dec 1, 2007 at 9:51 pm

  uh, i have a question… who ever read gamespot in the first place? it’s worse than ign, which is REALLY bad.

• 5 PLSS // Dec 2, 2007 at 3:18 am

  Hey, Assassin’s Creed is possibly the best 360 game ever. Don’t bash it just because the ads *were* there - they’ve been removed. Go buy the game. It’ll rock your socks.

• 6 Lono // Dec 2, 2007 at 12:21 pm

  Before all of this, I actually thought it was better than IGN in terms of accuracy… but as of friday, I am no longer a subscriber to gamespot.

  Gamespotgate 2007…. shame on you.

• 7 davemode // Dec 2, 2007 at 7:24 pm

  eh, i’m a 1up man myself.

• 8 Heh. // Dec 7, 2007 at 5:34 am

  PLSS: “Assassin’s Creed is possibly the best 360 game ever”

  That game sucks ass on many different levels it’s not even funny… I also totally agree with your statement.

• 9 hmm // Dec 7, 2007 at 4:24 pm

  Assassin’s creed does not suck, I doubt you’ve even played it beyond the credits.

• 10 marmite // Dec 10, 2007 at 10:09 am

  Gamespot were right to fire this guy, Its the advertisers that pay there wages, piss the advertisers off an no one gets paid.
  Thats a fact of life I’m afraid, and a bunch of nerds boycotting a site isn’t going to make a blind bit of difference.

• 11 Me // Dec 11, 2007 at 2:15 pm

  Marmite, you are a spineless idiot. There’s something like freedom of press which goes beyond advertisers’ interests.

• 12 Kalahan // Dec 13, 2007 at 3:15 pm

  This is all bullcrap!

  Gamespot was known for years to give low review scores. Now all of a sudden there was this rumor and everyone is pissing on Gamespot’s integrity.

  Jeff got fired because he was sloppy in his work not because he gave a bad review. I agree that it was a really bad decision from Cnet but that no reason to declare these rumors as fact and declare a boycott.

• 13 shellito // Dec 13, 2007 at 9:20 pm

  Marmite: “Gamespot were right to fire this guy, Its the advertisers that pay there wages, piss the advertisers off an no one gets paid.”

  Wow. I didn’t know it was possible to rape the English language that many times in such a short, disjointed, incoherent and idiotic blurb. Tell you what, sport; master the concepts of conjugation, contractions and the run on, then come back and see if you can construct something that resembles more of the English language than someone with the IQ of a bag of wet hair raping a dictionary with the fervor of a speed freak peaking on a 7 day binge.

  But since we’re on the topic, let’s get your head adjusted, buttercup. Whether it be the BBC, CNN, NBC or even Gamespot, they each serve a function- to provide information and/or opinion. Until recently, it was understood that since those were the core values and mission of said organizations that sales (of advertising space) had a firewall between themselves and those who reported and/or gave opinion.

  Now with corporations gobbling up news organizations like you ramrodding your absolutely dreadful English, the culture has changed and all of a sudden, news organizations are subservient to the same values and business models that used to be reserved for the entertainment industry.

  Since you’re probably still trying to figure out what I meant when I called you, “sport”, let me fast forward and explain to you, and to Kalahan as well, what this means.

  C:Net did not fire Gerstmann because he was a bad editor, a bad worker or any other reason you may try to convince yourself of. But because corporations like C:Net have folded news and opinions into the same departments as entertainment. By doing so, corporations suppress innovation, free thought and in the case of Gamespot, honest opinion.

  And in case you still want to believe Gerstmann was a bad worker, writer and that there are elves and fairies and girls that actually want to talk to wankers like Marmite, then these things called “facts” are lost on you. For those of you who understand the implications of this, be sure to seek out sources where the opinions are shielded from advertisers wrath- especially when they deliver a turd and expect reviewers to polish it.

• 14 Tony // Dec 14, 2007 at 9:10 pm

  Can you say TEH PWNED
  Seriously though, thanks for sticking it to the gamespot for its stupidity and killing of the good name of video games.

• 15 Cyst // Dec 27, 2007 at 1:36 am

  This move to boycott a company for firing someone that was employed by them reeks of childishness.

  Shellito, I take it you regard people who don’t have English as a first language as inferior. That’s just as sick and stupid as this boycott.

  When one of my employees cause damage to my company, his ass will be fired.

  End of story, that’s how the world works.

• 16 Rastilin // Jan 1, 2008 at 4:04 pm

  Well as I see it, Gamespot receives money or in most cases page hits because they report the truth, at least in theory. Because I can\’t investigate everything for myself or even most things or for that matter a small amount of things I have to depend on the opinion of other groups, in this case GameSpot to investigate on my behalf and report back. Now I find that these people did not only take my money but knowingly lied to me because someone else gave them more money. I have not only been betrayed, but also defrauded since I did not receive the promised service.

  Yes, I am upset.

• 17 Rastilin // Jan 1, 2008 at 4:10 pm

  Also one other point. If you’re unprepared to be loyal to your own employees then you have no reason to expect them to be loyal to you. The idea that if you give someone money you own them is something that was left behind in the Renessance along with servants that live in your mansion.

  In essence, it’s entirely their right to fire someone who they employed, just as it is the right of thousands upon thousands of people to smash them into bankruptcy for it. THAT’s the way the world works.

• 18 Mag // Jan 2, 2008 at 2:41 pm

  this seems a bit unfair..

• 19 Leon // Jan 4, 2008 at 9:15 am

  Had no idea this went on. Still, I’ve dropped out of the gaming scene years ago. It’s just too expensive to be a gamer nowadays.

• 20 Ozgur canibeyaz // Jan 7, 2008 at 9:10 am

  When i first saw the ad on gamespot i wanted to quickly check the review and confirm that its editors choice and how superb it really is and then go buy the game. But hey…the review on gamespot where the ad was placed. basically said that the game sucked..In that moment i seriously wanted to thank the editor for being so honest and brave. I wasnt expecting gamespot to fire the guy who didnt do anything wrong but just being honest. I cancelled my subscription right away. i dont visit that page anymore..there are better alternatives anyway..I also believe that other editors should have resigned after such a terrible action of their employee (surely being brave doesnt pay the bills i know).
  and shellito
  i am not a native English speaker either. i might also raped the language a little bit. but at least i can speak “a“ foreign language including Japanese..its not the smartest thing to do to critisize someone by his /her english skills.

• 21 funnyman // Feb 19, 2008 at 7:58 pm

  It is a damn shame about the whole Jeff incident. Both Eidos and Gamespot are to blame for his firing.

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