An incredibly horrible/funny version of Oh Holy Night, sung at a church's Christmas pageant. High-larious!

Oh Holy WTF

Read this rumor first: Possible Gamespot Employee Speaks Out

I liked Jeff, I wish he hadn't been fired, but, employees are fired all the time, sometimes for legitimate reasons and sometimes not. So, my issue isn't really that Jeff was fired (even though it does stink), but my problem is with the possible reasoning behind the firing.

There is a reason a magazine such as Consumer Reports doesn't accept advertising. They don't want the hassle/venom that could come from an advertiser after a bad review of said advertisers product. And they don't want the subscriber backlash that would come from a positive review that seems to be more paid for than truthful. Unfortunately, not everyone can survive on an advertiser-free model and Gamespot falls into that group.

So, there is a possible power struggle going on between the editorial and advertising teams. Advertising wants game review scores pushed upward for a client that spends big money on advertising and the editorial team wants to rate with a score that reflects the consumer value of a product. Unfortunately, it looks like Executive Vice President Stephen Colvin (formerly of Maxim) is bringing his flash over substance philosophy to Gamespot.

Almost everyone likes money. I do and I'm sure most of those reading this do as well. I don't have a problem with a company trying to make more money, but I do have a problem when it has the potential to impact a review of any kind. I pay money to this site to get unbiased product reviewers not some advertiser money-supported garbage. I will be keeping an eye on this site and the meta-reviews from elsewhere and if I start to see any great disparities I may have to drop this site from my credit card and required viewing list.

I'm sad to see Jeff go, but I'm more sad for what is possibly on the horizon for my favorite gaming site. Don't f**k it up Gamespot.

Good Luck, Jeff.

There's nothing better than taking a chance on a new TV show and striking gold. Smart, funny, and supernaturally bent shows are hard to come by, and when they do we have to support them. I've been watching Supernatural ever since it started and it's great, but that's not the show I'm writing about. No, that show is Reaper.

Reaper airs Tuesdays at 9pm and is one of the best new shows of the season. It's funny, well-written, and has the Devil, you just can't beat that!

Check out the trailer: Reaper Season Trailer on YouTube

I just wanted to notify/update anyone interested that MS is giving away Carcassonne FOR FREE, for 48 hours, of which there are a little over 24 of those hours left. You have until 11:59PM PST 11/16/07 (or 2:59am for you EST'ers, sorry other time zones do the math! :D ) to download this free game...after that, it goes back to pay to play.

Go, get your free game on!

Yes, it is possible to get a Nintendo Wii for $79. Amazon.com has started their customer vote promotion where customers vote on three different products at ridiculous prices. There are a total of six rounds of three items.

This week the three choices (and prices) are as follows: Nintendo Wii ($79), PS3 40GB ($139), and the Xbox 360 Arcade ($99). You vote for the system you want to purchase and the item with the highest voting percentage will be sold at that price. Winners will be chosen in a random drawing. There are 1,000 units of each system available. The items that don't win can be purchased for a smaller reduced price by the chosen "losers" for $319 (PS3) and $219 (Xbox 360).

Give it a go: Amazon's Customer Vote

Don't miss the Emipre Earth III sweepstakes on Gamespot's front page. You can win a Dell XPS 420 and a copy of Empire Earth III. Check out the link:

Empire Earth III Sweepstakes

Emblem junkies, don't miss out on tonights Blacksite Demo Show as Gamespot will be issuing an emblem for watching the show. It starts at 4pm PST, so be there!

I'm trying to get my friend emblem. If you are interested in the same, feel free to track me and I'll track you back. Later.