GameSpot Dude Who Fired Reviewer Gets Booted

[Craig]

Oh sweet justice! Have a look at what Kotaku is saying about the recent dismissal of the guy who fired GameSpot reviewer Jeff Gerstmann over his slam of a review of the game Kane & Lynch. Here's our news post on the event that send shockwaves through the intert00z of gamerdon.

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When long-time GameSpot reviewer and editorial director Jeff Gerstmann was let go from the site last November—with sources pointing to his review of Kane & Lynch: Dead Men as the catalyst for his termination—fingers were also pointed at executive Josh Larson, VP of games at parent company CNET. Larson, who replaced former Editor in Chief Greg Kasavin, was implicated by anonymous GameSpot employees to have had the "church-and-state separation between the sales teams and the editorial team" "cracked" under his tenure. Whether the VP, Jeff's supervisor at the time, was the key decision maker in letting Gerstmann go we can't confirm, but we can confirm that Larson will be leaving the company next week.

[SonicSpeed]

Good Riddance!

Finally Gamespot is getting their act together again. Then again Kasavin should have never left Gamespot for.... EA

[Bojingles]

Everyone I talk to says that game is crap anyways... He actually just did a review and was honest. Apparently honesty doesn't pay these days.

[DominiKing]

The man got the boot for doing his job the way it's meant to be done. Am glad there's some justice left.