Gamespot Reviewer Fired after Poor Review for Sponsor's Game

[George]

This guys an idiot, I'd fire him too.

Thanks for the insight. Mind telling us why?

[Othello Harrington]

He has no presence, he's shitty looking, dumpy as fuck, and irritating to listen to. I couldn't even make it through 15 seconds of his "review" before thinking that he was KBuchanan.

[Joust Williams]

Two things:

1) The game is better than a 6. It's not great, but a 6 is pretty harsh.

2) A friend called me about this yesterday. When he told me, Gerstmann came to mind, but I thought there was NO WAY he'd be the one. Then I read this thread (I hadn't followed this at all). Just wow is what I say.

BONUS) Who's going to give Nintendo games scores more in line with what they deserve (but still too high) now?

This my be the last straw as far as reading gaming websites and going to gaming messageboards. It's just gotten a bit dumb. Reviewers getting fired, Nintendo being taken seriously...not in my house. Time to crawl into my shell and play great games (KnL is not one of them).

bye

[George]

Who cares what he looks like? Video reviews aside, which I guess is the only place where it matters, all I care about is how the review is written (even then though, it's hard to care.)

[Othello Harrington]

He's a fucking slob and he writes about videogames, they are a dime a dozen, they'll have a new guy next week, in fact where is Mark Ryan?

[SpoDaddy]

Fuck helling, no. I don't preorder or buy blindly. However, I do like seeing games I enjoy be successful. And I think they have a better chance of being successful if they are reviewed early in time for people to get slated for a copy at release, because we all understand that release day sales are important and not everyone has the savvy to seek out deals, get it online, or wait to make their purchase later. We know what happens, when they don't get the game they want THEN they buy the real mediocre shit just because they don't want to have wasted a trip.\

What are you talking about? Walmart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, etc. all get games on release day in far greater quantities than GameStop, sometimes offer a discount on a new release, and rarely sell out. There is no reason whatsoever to shop at GameStop.

[StriderKyo]

Two things:

1) The game is better than a 6. It's not great, but a 6 is pretty harsh.

2) A friend called me about this yesterday. When he told me, Gerstmann came to mind, but I thought there was NO WAY he'd be the one. Then I read this thread (I hadn't followed this at all). Just wow is what I say.

BONUS) Who's going to give Nintendo games scores more in line with what they deserve (but still too high) now?

This my be the last straw as far as reading gaming websites and going to gaming messageboards. It's just gotten a bit dumb. Reviewers getting fired, Nintendo being taken seriously...not in my house. Time to crawl into my shell and play great games (KnL is not one of them).

bye

That might just be the weirdest "screw you all, I'm done!" post ever, but uh...later.

[YellerDog]

Just watched that video review, it's not so much a critique as a slam from a dude who looks like he sleeps on a couch.

[Frogacuda]

This my be the last straw as far as reading gaming websites and going to gaming messageboards. It's just gotten a bit dumb. Reviewers getting fired, Nintendo being taken seriously...not in my house. Time to crawl into my shell and play great games (KnL is not one of them).

bye

Well at least some good has come from this mess.

[Othello Harrington]

/Yoshi