The video game soap opera, “Gamespotgate 07,” is still going full swing. You can’t post a review for Kane & Lynch on Gamespot anymore (it’s locked now)…since tons of disgruntled Jeff fans have been posting a rating of 1 out of 10; dropping the user rating down to a sweet 2.6 out of 10. The posters also included some great quotes to back up their low score reviews. My personal favorites were: “worse than big rigs!!!” and “If a blue whale and a sloth had a child, Kane & Lynch would be it.”
Ouch. Worse than big rigs? Those are some harsh words.
Read more after the jump!
A bunch of the GS staff have posted in their blogs about the current situation. Given the amount of editing going on…the general tone of the blogs seems to be that if they come out and say anything, their heads may be the next ones on the Cnet chopping block.
GS’s Game Guides Editor Matthew Rorie wrote “Maybe I’m a coward” for his inability to give any real answers in his blog.
Associate Editor Ryan Davis called the whole fiasco “the end of an era for both Gamespot and myself.”
Staff member Tim Tracy announced he too is leaving, though by choice.
No one has come out and denied or confirmed much of anything, other than Jeff DID get axed. His official video review has also been removed, which seems incredibly strange to anyone with a pulse. The general feel from the forums and “what the GS staff allude to but don’t say,” was that Cnet dropped the hammer on them. GS itself had nothing to do with it, as Jeff had been a well liked and valuable member of their team for years. I gotta agree with that, as he has been one of the most familiar faces on the site since I started going to GS years ago.
The impression I got was that Cnet dug them a nice deep hole and then told the GS staff to dig up!
Keep an eye on this one folks, you are seeing, in real time, the fall of a once great gaming website.
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Joshthegreat // Dec 2, 2007 at 10:45 am
Is this [http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/kanelynchdeadmen/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review] not his official review then? Or what?
2 AriesDog // Dec 2, 2007 at 12:18 pm
I’ve got a great idea. Please e-mail Jai Singh, CNET’s Senior Vice President and Editor in Chief. Jai.Singh@cnet.com. CNET is the parent company of Gamespot.com. Let him know that editorial should be entirely clear of any influence from advertising. And that Jeff Gerstmann should be rehired immediately.
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