Anyone read up on this?
Because it involves the firing of the main editor for Gamespot magazine and some fishy coincedental review manipulations of a game that the reviewer bombed on. The game was published by Eidos, who had spent mega bucks with gamespot on advertising.
http://www.joystiq.com/tag/jeff-gerstmann
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/11/29
Synopsis of the link
Kane and Lynch gets hyped up, advertising everywhere with Gamespot.
Editor Gerstmann bombs it
Gerstmann gets fired, additional Kane and Lynch ad space shows up
Video review of game gets pulled for no given reason, as well as written.
Gamespot finally replaces review with edited version that is more favorable (not a ton)
Gamespot, 5 days later, gives a bunch of PR BS.
Gamers were freaking out about this one, people from Ziff media protested a bit, http://www.cashwh0re.com/shows up mocking the gamespot front page, etc. Literally hundreds, if not more, of paying subscribers quit their subscriptions.
I know this isn't big time news, but this is a pretty bad move by the Gamespot and jut shows that ad $'s are bening considered in these websites. I was a paying member, mostly for the demos and patch downloads and the beta invites. I pulled my subscription out of principle alone.
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I have a friend who works for Bioware. He was telling me about video game reviewers and how they're handled. It's really quite simple, Bioware tells them what to write and it's written. They stop just short of writing the article for the reviewer.
That was the day I stopped trusting game reviews altogether.
That was the day I stopped trusting game reviews altogether.
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I saw a bit about it from Ctrl-Alt-Del but didn't think much of it. As Tim mentioned, it could be something completely unrelated to the review. Though I would think that it certainly played a factor. But then what the hell do I know? I've visited Gamespot in the past to check out reviews of games, and I've always taken their reviews seriously as there is a trust level between gamers when offering opinions on a potential game. The plain fact is that Gamespot's trust level has been damaged regardless of the truth of why the German Bomber got fired.
However, I've never had a membership there, and I don't think it will affect me going to the site to read reviews. I just will likely take the review with a grain of salt. Maybe check how many ads are up for the game in question...
However, I've never had a membership there, and I don't think it will affect me going to the site to read reviews. I just will likely take the review with a grain of salt. Maybe check how many ads are up for the game in question...
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I don't think anyone is really surprised that it exists, it's just the biggest story about it.
Like a hawk I've been watch this.
Gamespot was never high on my list of websites to trust on reviews (I usually rent a game for a night first, then if I like enough to buy, I will) but this is crazy ****.
The PR and spin-control on this is astounding. Personally, I hope Gerstmann sues the **** out of GS and Edios. It would be very interesting to subpoena the emails between the two corporations.
Gamespot was never high on my list of websites to trust on reviews (I usually rent a game for a night first, then if I like enough to buy, I will) but this is crazy ****.
The PR and spin-control on this is astounding. Personally, I hope Gerstmann sues the **** out of GS and Edios. It would be very interesting to subpoena the emails between the two corporations.
I've been watching it daily too, it is just one of those business lessons that everyone should learn. CNet's spin, the PR mismanagement, the customer response, etc.
I'm really curious to see the aftermath, especially with the rumors that alot of the staff is pissed because they now have no credibilty and are talking about leaving.
I'm really curious to see the aftermath, especially with the rumors that alot of the staff is pissed because they now have no credibilty and are talking about leaving.
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Posted: Dec 06 2007 at 10:45 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I have a friend who works for Bioware. He was telling me about video game reviewers and how they're handled. It's really quite simple, Bioware tells them what to write and it's written. They stop just short of writing the article for the reviewer.
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