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Game over for GameSpot editor

Posted by Fired Fred on December 3, 2007 2:55 PM
gerstmann.jpgJeff Gerstmann fragged Kane & Lynch: Dead Men in a video review he did for GameSpot, right in a middle of a big-time ad blitz by the game developer, Eidos.

I think that's what you call "taking a crap where you eat." No one's saying for sure, but it looks like Jeff got himself sniped for busting a cap in Kane & Lynch's ass...
The Kane & Lynch review, which allegedly caused Eidos to withdraw "hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of future advertising from the site," served as the straw that broke the camel's back. There's no named source for this information, but the piece does say that "the firm belief internally [is] that Jeff was sacrificed."
The review being the last straw makes more sense than GameSpot or Cnet or whoever's in charge throwing Jeff out over one review. For one thing, if his job was to review games honestly and he did that, I bet a couple of lawyers would be calling him up to offer their services for his wrongful termination lawsuit. Image courtesy of Wired
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