Just for reference. The buggy chrome extension that was causing problems is DivX Plus Web Player HTML5.
Thanks for the help edgework

Opening in incognito actually solved the problem. Turns out the background that goes behind the video has been loading in front of the video. Now I just have to figure out which plugin is screwing it up so I don't have to use incognito all the time...

I am actually experiencing a really annoying problem with chrome. Other than being overall a lot slower than the old gamespot, I am having issues watching game reviews. On game review pages that have the video at the top followed by an article review below, the video is being covered up/blocked by a giant short looping video.

For instance, on the GTA V review I get a 15 second long looping video of Franklin standing on a hill with the camera rotating around him. I included a screenshot of it below. I get similar videos on the review pages for Battlefield 4 and AC 4. I have opened the page in FIrefox and the giant video things don't appear and I am able to watch the video reviews just fine, but Chrome is my preferred browser.

Any help/advice/explanation on what this is would be appreciated.

I don't know if anyone else has been having this problem since the change to the new gamespot, but I can't seem to find any other past posts about it.

Note: This is not an adblocker problem; I've had to disable it so I could see videos.

My problem is kind of bizarre so I will try to explain it as best as I can.

When I go to game review pages that have a video above the main text, a giant gif has been loading in front of the video before I even hit play.

For example, on the GTA V main review, there is a giant 15 second long, looping video of Franklin standing on top of a mountain/hill (screenshot below). This video is blocking the main review video. Nothing I have tried can remove, or even stop, this from happening. Also, I have noticed when this happens that the gamespot header/menubar at the top of the page disappears.

I have tried opening this same page in firefox and this mini-video doesn't appear at all. Does anyone know why this is happening? Any help would be appreciated as this glitch is a real pain.