Dante Posted December 1, 2007 Posted December 1, 2007 A forum has banned filtered CNET websites and Eidos games.
McPhee Posted December 1, 2007 Posted December 1, 2007 I think it's a shame, the bloke has written some pretty good and honest reviews. He wrote the only review of TP that i actually agreed with (mainstream site reviews anyway) and various others that seemed to be his honest opinion. Will be a bit of a blow to Gamespot, only visited they're site to read his reviews, as i know a lot of others did. Must suck to be sacked from a place you put so much time and effort in to building up...
c0Zm1c Posted December 1, 2007 Posted December 1, 2007 Eurogamer is the only place I'll go now since they are the most objective and always justify their score. Usually they're pretty good, but there has been times when they have slipped up badly.
Helmsly Posted December 1, 2007 Posted December 1, 2007 So long sweet prince...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxMOn4iTUEE&feature=user
McPhee Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 Usually they're pretty good, but there has been times when they have slipped up badly. Those ain't slip-ups. Reviews are peoples opinions, theres no right or wrong review, unless it's completely fabricated.
Cubechris Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 Its not great.Jeff always gave his utmost to Gamespot. Being editorial chief, running the podcast and 2 weekly live webcasts. He was the only member left of the original GS crew. I actually canceled my subscription over this, giving into advertising pressure is a fucking joke. Yeah this quote is from the first page but whatever, I agree with it, and I also canceled my Total Access sub. Booo!
Helmsly Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 1-up show support for Gerstmann: http://kotaku.com/gaming/advertorials/1up-shows-support-for-gamespot-reviewers-328882.php
Zechs Merquise Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 I don't know why 1UP are getting their knickers in a twist, their reviews are usually as bad if not worse than Jeff's!
Cubechris Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 I don't know why 1UP are getting their knickers in a twist, their reviews are usually as bad if not worse than Jeff's! Maybe it's because of the implications such practices can have on the industry and they may just think that Jeff got an unfair dismissal, and they want to show there support for him, and dissapointment with CNET.
Daft Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 Usually they're pretty good, but there has been times when they have slipped up badly. Its a shame about the Resi 4 one, I have no clue about flight simulator, but you can't really expect to agree with all their reviews. Like Phee said, it is an opinion. Reading the review though I think the score doesn't reflect the review. And 7 is still a pretty good mark.
AshMat Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 WEll he'd been at is for over 10 years, in that time you';re bound to make a couple of bad reviews.
Bluejay Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 Does he not have fair grounds for unfair dismissal? I guess they will never admit they fired him for the review and get around it that way?
Domstercool Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 Its a shame about the Resi 4 one, I have no clue about flight simulator, but you can't really expect to agree with all their reviews. Like Phee said, it is an opinion. Reading the review though I think the score doesn't reflect the review. And 7 is still a pretty good mark. Well 7 was because it's pretty much just a rerelease with Wii controls. The Original RE4 review was praise upon praise and got 9/10
Daft Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 Well 7 was because it's pretty much just a rerelease with Wii controls. The Original RE4 review was praise upon praise and got 9/10 Yeah, sorry, I was thinking that but for some dumb reason I didn't write it down! It was the first time I had played Resi 4 so I would happily have given it more but if I had played the Gamecube version I probably would have passed on this all together.
Zechs Merquise Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 7 for RE4 on Wii. The fatso deserved the sack!
McMad Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 *Bawww*7 for RE4 on Wii. The fatso deserved the sack!*Bawww* That review is from someone else on Cnet.com. Nice to see you have a personal dislike for the guy that makes it pretty obvious your arguments against him are biased.
Zechs Merquise Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 That review is from someone else on Cnet.com. Nice to see you have a personal dislike for the guy that makes it pretty obvious your arguments against him are biased. Yeah I do have a personal dislike for him. I know what Eidos and CNET have done is wrong. But I'm still happy about it. He was a jerk.
Calza Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 And how was he a jerk? He gave fair and honest reviews and it shows what modern society has become now that a jounalist has been fired for doing that.
Zechs Merquise Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 And how was he a jerk? He gave fair and honest reviews and it shows what modern society has become now that a jounalist has been fired for doing that. I disagree, I found him to contradict himself and give scores to create a buzz and stir up controversy.
That Guy Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 Can you actually give evidence for this? Other than that Zelda review?
McPhee Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 7 for RE4 on Wii. The fatso deserved the sack! Yeah I do have a personal dislike for him. I know what Eidos and CNET have done is wrong. But I'm still happy about it. He was a jerk. I disagree, I found him to contradict himself and give scores to create a buzz and stir up controversy. This better not be about the Zelda review. If you start you're Nintendo fanboy-ness in here i'll kick you back to the Wii board
The fish Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 Can you actually give evidence for this? Other than that Zelda review? He gave Pro Skater 3 a perfect 10, I believe.
AshMat Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 This better not be about the Zelda review. If you start you're Nintendo fanboy-ness in here i'll kick you back to the Wii board Haha, excellent. Yeah, Zelda and TOny Hawk are 2 reviews, and out of the total amount of reviews he's done it's to be expected there'd be some bad ones.
Dante Posted December 2, 2007 Posted December 2, 2007 This better not be about the Zelda review. If you start you're Nintendo fanboy-ness in here i'll kick you back to the Wii board But were on nintendo fansite forum.
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