Gryph Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Not sure if you guys have been following this but Jeff Gertsmann, Gamespot's editor-in-chief, was fired recently. Rumor is that it had to do with Eidos pressuring CNET executives to fire him because he rated Kane and Lynch a 6.0 and totally ripped it in the video review. For the past week or so Gamespot was pretty much a skinned Kane and Lynch advertisement. You can see a pic of it and read about it here: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50134 Or course, CNET denies such things: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50157 But it is rather odd that an editor-in-chief, who has been at Gamespot for over a decade, could be fired just like that. His review style has always been pretty consistent I think so to be fired for a review doesn't seem likely. More rumor: An anonymous member wrote a long post at another website talking about his firing and how the separation between the marketing/ad department and editorial department broke down once Greg Kasavin (the previous editor-in-chief and boss at Gamespot) left. http://blog.shacknews.com/blogarticle.x/50160 Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he was actually fired due to pressure from advertisers. There has also been huge backlash against both Eidos and Gamespot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 lol i am dum and blind go here: http://www.1emulation.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24670 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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