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- daridave, on 12/04/2007, -0/+208Deep down, I'm hoping this happens... I'm not exactly wishing that Gamespot dies, but it's an insult I will never "forgive and forget". Unless they bring Gerstmann back and kick out the retard who made the call, there is absolutely nothing they can do that could satisfy me enough to ever visit their website back and actually log back into my account. I understand that besides this incident, reviews have always been accurate, but I just finished listening to the Wiik in Review from IGN and Matt mentions how the marketing and editorial depts at IGN are two completely separate entities, they don't even communicate. Unless Gamespot adopts a similar procedure, I simply cannot look at their reviews with the same level of thrust anymore, especially considering that their very own editors are not feeling comfortable doing it. I hope they get similar jobs elsewhere soon, so we can keep on having quality reviews from great people without the pressure!
- bruinexmo, on 12/04/2007, -1/+119This isn't just about Gerstmann. You can't help but wonder how many times ad buyers have influenced the editorial content of Gamespot. Their credibility is forever tainted.
- RyanBlack, on 12/04/2007, -1/+85RIP Gamespot corrupt bastards.
- rupprupp29, on 12/04/2007, -2/+75Gamespot is about to get pwned.
- shcforward, on 12/04/2007, -2/+61We'll see if people put their money where there mouth is. We'd all like to see an exodus from that company, but quitting your job over something like this is not a really easy thing to do. You've got a family to feed.
- Rahodeb, on 12/04/2007, -5/+53I'm sure they'll have a hard time trying to find people to play games for a living and talk about them.
- duggtodeath, on 12/04/2007, -8/+55All GS needs to do is apologize, re-hire Jeff and fire Larson. Problem solved.
- Ender008, on 12/04/2007, -1/+41I'd like to think that I'd resign over this if I worked there.
- imants, on 12/04/2007, -11/+41While it's good to be passionate about things, I wish that people were this passionate about other, arguably more important things in life.
Now mod me down. - DanJohnHarris, on 12/04/2007, -5/+32Exactly what level of thrust did you look at their reviews before?
- MrFisty, on 12/04/2007, -2/+23Getting rid of your helpers in Viva Pinata doesn't count as firing.
- tuxidomasx, on 12/04/2007, -2/+20co-sign
i personally know how hard it is to put food on your family. - gazzigger, on 12/04/2007, -5/+23Nothing will happen. They have it good and everybody knows it. Hell, go ahead and leave, I'll submit my resume and make 60k a year playing games.
- Skooma714, on 12/05/2007, -1/+18***** Gamespot!
09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 - mandarin, on 12/04/2007, -2/+19Does Dominos have a high turnover rate?
- AnimZero, on 12/05/2007, -1/+17About 10 psi.
- georgemason01, on 12/04/2007, -1/+16Hopefully that ship in the picture is in fact sinking.
- therandar, on 12/04/2007, -0/+14Gamespot refused to refund my subscription citing their refund policy - Refunds are only issued in the event of FRAUD
- SkippyDoorknob, on 12/04/2007, -1/+15What we need is something like Consumer Reports for games. They accept no advertising whatsoever, but then again you have to pay to join and get the magazine (or exclusive areas on the website). But with so many other free (but ad-supported) gaming sites out there, it seems unlikely something like that could survive.
- frmatc, on 12/04/2007, -1/+141up.com?
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -6/+181UP.com baby.
- kertong, on 12/04/2007, -0/+12No GS reviewer in their right mind would choose unemployment over their GS job, you're right. But it seems like an opportune time for IGN to swoop in and recruit their talent.
- f4nt0m4s, on 12/04/2007, -0/+10If Gamespot wants to run a deceptive site than they should hire deceptive writers. I know I wouldn't want to work at a game review site where I couldn't state my honest opinion. I'm sure they will fill the void of anybody that leaves, so hopefully the people that leave can start their own site.
- inactive, on 12/04/2007, -1/+11It's not an easy thing to do. A co-worker on my team was fired without cause (well, the company needed to lay 'someone' off but apparently that looks bad for tax reasons so he was terminated), without proper warning or reason, and without severance. I was so shocked by the lack of respect shown by the company that I quit on the spot. I don't have a family to feed, but I've got rent to pay and bills like anyone else and it was pretty damn scary. Everybody said I was crazy, and I felt unsure about my decision at the time.. but it turned out to be a great career move. Life is too short to work in an unhealthy, corrupt work environment.
- chaos7, on 12/04/2007, -3/+12gamespot/cnet isn't handling this correctly at all
- Bender4Pharoah, on 12/04/2007, -3/+12I call "no way". If even one person resigns from a job that pays them to play video games all day, over something that may or may not have happened, I'll eat my Xbox.
- Cdog923, on 12/04/2007, -1/+9Maybe Gamespot will be readable now...
- Synthesize, on 12/04/2007, -2/+10I hope whoever decided to fire Jeff, gets fired.
- spudnic, on 12/05/2007, -0/+8The problem is their future career could be at risk, if this doesn't all blow over and Gamespot is forever seen as being in the pockets of the advertisers, how good is it going to look on their CV that they stayed?
Don't under-estimate the importance of having journalistic integrity.
(This is coming from a journalist, not a games journalist, but still) - Chompy, on 12/04/2007, -0/+8If it was a valid cause, it would have been "leaked" by now. I know I'd definitely be outta there; indignation aside, there's no job security in a workplace like that. Also, who would want to work in such a culture of fear? The CVs must be flying.
- esaks, on 12/04/2007, -0/+7I always liked gamespot because of the fact that they rated games hard. Their scores were always similar to my opinions. This Eidos thing is ridiculous and the site credibility is probably ruined forever. Despite how much I loved the gamespot site, I've always considered Jeff Gerstmann one of the most irritating internet personalities ever. He always just came across as pompous and really gives off the vibe of the comic book guy from the Simpsons.
- kwansolo, on 12/04/2007, -0/+7i used to go to cnet for all my electronics reviews (thought they were quite good). but the other day a cnet review came up in a search result and i skipped right over it because this story has tarnished the brand in my mind pretty badly.
FTA, i also thought that bill lumberg / alien lieutenant reference was awesome. - Aooogah, on 12/05/2007, -0/+7Actually they are owned by Ziff Davis Media which sold ZDNet to CNet a while back.
Confusing I know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziff_Davis_Media#Tech ... - angers, on 12/04/2007, -0/+6personally, i have a lot of respect for eurogamer.net. mainly because when they have interviews with the developers, they not only ask relevant questions regarding the gameplay, but also about really important issues such as the netcode for multiplayer...
- inactive, on 12/05/2007, -0/+6No offense, I'm sure we'd all like to think this - but the amount of times that people have quit a job over principle (in terms of the masses) is almost non-existent. I'm not saying it hasn't happened - but in reality, most Americans are only looking out for themselves. To get a pay check, or not to get a pay check. People with families still have to pay bills, and those who are working after school or while in college also have bills and/or prospects they have in mind for their money. I doubt we'll see mass resignations over this. We'll see some internal protesting, no doubt, but people quitting in mass? Highly unlikely.
- inactive, on 12/05/2007, -1/+7As a casual reading of any Digg comments section can attest, there's a HUGE difference between "being a writer" and "knowing how to type". Professional websites only thrive if their content is BETTER than the random ravings of your average fanboy.
- technoredneck, on 12/04/2007, -0/+6I'll stick to my computer. There are lots more words there for me to read.
- Doomsan, on 12/04/2007, -0/+6I miss videogames.com, those where the days...
- Dustin00, on 12/04/2007, -0/+5"OK, we just fired the last guy that gave a game a 6/10 rating. But don't pay any attention to that. Who's review is up next?"
- Solis, on 12/04/2007, -1/+6There's about 100 other websites out there to get gaming news. I personally prefer Kotaku.com myself.
- JPOOPOO, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5"I don't care if Gamestop did something bad"
That seems to explain your whole viewpoint on the subject. They did do something bad and now they should get what they deserve. - cmckinla, on 12/04/2007, -0/+4Agreed. I'm sure some of them don't feel like looking for another job. While it would be awesome to see happen, it most likely won't.
- Hoov, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4I highly doubt a reviewer gets paid anywhere close to $60k a year. And if they do, I'm in the wrong profession.
- Yage2006, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4Damn 60sec edit :/
There is a easy way for CNET to get out of this.
Fire whoever fired Gerstmann, And then re-instate him .
Problems solved :) - Aninn, on 12/04/2007, -1/+5About?
- akatsuki, on 12/04/2007, -0/+4Resignations won't be good enough if names aren't named. The people who bowed under pressure will just go on to ruin other sites with their whoring ways.
- spudnic, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4No amount of money they're likely to have paid is worth this much bad press. The site will lose visitors because of this, less visitors means less ad money. On top of that other advertisers might now pull ads, not wanting to be seen as corrupt themselves. The management should have stuck by him.
- Metalteeth9, on 12/04/2007, -1/+5Yes, but it is not often that it is the OTHER employees that are saying it.
- Skooma714, on 12/05/2007, -4/+8Why? Whipped cream is cheap, you can do your whole wife with half a can
- PawtucketPat, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3Of course, it looks like none of those will happen.
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