When Gamespot unloaded its senior editor, and infamous game review renegade, Jeff Gerstmann, there is no way they could have anticipated the amount of backlash it would see from the decision.

What made Gerstmann’s dismissal so interesting was its proximity to Eidos’ pullout of all current and future advertising dollars immediately following Gerstmann’s mediocre review of their Kane and Lynch: Dead Men title. Sarcastic Gamer went wall-to-wall coverage of Gamespot Gate, while Destructoid changed their name to CashWhore, with a logo that was quite similar to the Gamespot moniker.

In the end, after we all ran around screaming our fool heads off, it looks more and more like Gerstmann was just a guy that got fired for being kind of a prick. Personally I’ve never met the guy, and probably won’t ever get the honor. But if I ever do, the first question I’d like to ask him is how he manages to take such great care of himself in this industry. I want that physique.

Here’s a quick review of our ridiculous and unwarranted coverage of GamespotGate.

For sending the whole internet into a tizzy, and for providing Sarcastic Gamer with literally the biggest traffic boost in the history of our site, Gamespot’s poorly executed dismissal of Jeff Gerstmann ranks number 7 in the Top 100 Gaming Moments of 2007.

Click here for the rest of Sarcastic Gamer’s Top 100 Gaming Moments from 2007 all in one place!

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