With amounts of Rumors and News pouring out in Gamespot. It seems to be a very busy site with reviews and all. As you see by how much the Gamespot crew did and accomplish by the effort in the reviews and the news story. As I continued reviewing movies in MovieTome.com, I heard about the score regarding Kane & Lynch: Dead Men getting a 6.0 and other anticipated games, like Blacksite: Area 51 getting a 6.5. First, Blacksite's review seems to be kinda late because I almost brought that game, trying to avoid the other review sites that give negative reviews to this game. After Gamespot posted The Blacksite site, a news article regarding it, the developer starting ranting about stuff. http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=26073607&sid=6183517&om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;2. Saying that his game is f up is just laughable.
Recently, "On the Spot" have been cancelled saying its "will not be airing today, sorry for the inconvincence", I got suspicious about that. Following the next day, I got a union email, about Jeff Gerstmann, so I was incline to read it. When I clicked on it, and I read it, the skin started to tremble and my emotions changed. Jeff Gerstmann got fired? So I decided to followedvikingwu's instructions to the union post where they discussed about Jeff's Departure which leads me to the endless amounts of posts and editoral blogs that support Jeff. I didn't believe what is happening, I started to panic over what is going on. I decided to read their blog editorals which leads me to links to other people's blog and other sites. I appears that Jeff Gerstmann, editor-in-chief of Gamespot has been fired for giving Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, a 6.0 and CNET fired Jeff for it. I would assume that CNET bribed Jeff to give Kane & Lynch a 8 or higher. Its just very ridculous and just not fair. Sites like Penny Arcade discuss this emergency issue and made a comic about it. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/11/29Its seems Eidos that has been all fired up with this 6.0 score that got Jeff fired "on the spot."
I just don't get it. Why did they fired Jeff Gerstman? The man is just giving his honest opinion regarding this game. And as a result of getting him firing from that?! Just ridculous! I seems Eidos has been crying over this score and with all the Kane & Lynch's advertisments splashed over this site. Its truly a marketing scheme. The video review has been pulled out of Gamespotbut the written review is still riveting for eyes to see. I just hate CNET and Eidos for this! Eidos should just make another Hitman game rather than this piece of garbage. The other sites that praised this game is just getting bribed from their bosses or the company itself. The game is disatrous and it deserves that score! Jeff just stay to his words and do what he got to do. This whole thing is confusing and ridculous. I must say as the others, cancel your total access and block the ads in this site, so CNET gets what they deserved. Before, I thought CNET was a great site with good video productions like CNET live and Prizefight. But now I hated them alot and will never watch their videos ever again!
Jeff is a man with intergity and courage, he has will, humour and strength. He is just one of the people that you will look up to and acknowledge him. He has been one of the most controviseral persons out there, with such controversy as in his reviews. Many fanboys hated him and those that was left in Gamespot acknowledge him for his true being. With such controversial reviews such as, Mario Sunshine, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Tony Hawk, Crackdown and now Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. This man has the guts to say this game has problems and tell the developers of that game to fixed it. And I adore his saying. Gerstmann strieve to be a honest and professional review and he did very well and perfect. His knowledge of reviews and games succeed and match together towards Greg Kasavin, the former editor in chief of this site. His humour played perfectly in every video content in this site, such as On the Spot, Tournment Tv, guest stars in Button Mashing, Hotspot and other features. His humourous attitude andintelligent makes On theSpot andThe Hotspot, popular. His video reviews, that is always professional and informative, always have a pitch of humour plus to side of not being biased. WIthout him his voice, talent in singing and humour will perish as every drop of hope lost. I have been a reader since 2003, and his work of reviewing games is incredible and astounding. I enjoy his work as much as Greg Kasavin's work.
Jeff Gerstmann has been actively at Gamespot since the foundations. In 1996, he became a editor in this site alongside with Greg Kavasin and Ryan McDonald. Ron Dullin, taught Gerstmann how to do reviews and the success made Jeff Gerstmann, Famous in the web. Around 2003, Jeff Gerstmann created a band called "Midnight Brown" alongside with his roommate. His singing talent is through the roof, not many known as band or ever heard his singing. Jeff Gerstmann also been in guest appearances in televisions shows such as Good Morning, America, Attack of the Show(G4) and some interviews in the newspapers. Jeff Gerstmann is famous for his countless rants regarding about Duke Nukem and how crappy Red Steel is. He also is the master of fighting games and unstoppable at NFL Blitz on the Arcade. His talent of both singing and humouring people is fanastic. His video reviews are also, enjoyable and funny. His humourous talent especially On the Spot and Hotspot, made him a idol among all of us. Ranting about games, getting straight to the facts. He also does a great impression of the guy in the Knife show in the E3 swag giveaway!He has it all!
Like what I said about Greg in my blog. If this is a world of Zelda, then Jeff Gerstmann is the Triforce of Power. With his strength and integrity to humour us all. He is indeed a symbol of hope in this site. The Triforce of Power manifested in him shows that he has the courage and will to stay true to his scores and will never give up, no matter the cost. I have such as much people on that list on Triforce of Power but Gerstmann is the best!
Along many people or things that aspire and change my life,Jeff did the most to change my opinion on Video Games, Reviews, and how hard it is to do this job from tending E3 to video game marathons just to pleased to viewers at home. Not only those three but gave me more courage to write stories or reviews and just to never give up! He is seriously in my top five, taking the third place next to Naruto and World War docementaries and movies like Saving Private Ryan, Behind Enemy Gates, Flags of our Fathers and Band of Brothers,of most influefual and aspiring people in my life and taking first place in my Video Games categories.
Its just sad to hear Jeff got fired because his opinion. I will never forget this day of tyranny. Eidos and CNET should be ashame of themselves for causing this!
Jeff Gerstmann will be missed as one of the most aspiring and remarable reviews out there! Rivaling Greg. I hope this day will never come but its just sad to see him go. Gamespot will never be the same without him. There is no hope for the future of Gamespot. Now whos going to be the leader of the reviews? Ricardo Torres? No hes a previews editor.