GameSpot Loses An Editor Once Again |
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| BY Se Ajala Mar. 19th, 2008 | More on: |
We’ve been reporting on the situation over GameSpot ever since Jeff Gerstmann was fired surrounding the “tone” he chose to review Kane & Lynch: Dead Men with. Well, it seems we’re not done quite yet.
Amidst a whole team of editors fleeing GameSpot quicker than culprits from a crime scene, Brad Shoemaker is calling quits after 8 years with the site. While he hasn’t let loose what his plans are after leaving, he will be maintaining a personal Blogspot blog to keep people in the know about his future endeavors.
Man, this has turned out to be a crazy turn of events for cNet and GameSpot. Here are guys who were with the company since practically forever, and after a shady turn of events they’ve all decided to just pack it in and head off. Again, most of us on the outside don’t know what really went down, but if it was in fact due to the firing of Gerstmann over his review, give a +1 to the editors for keeping up with views of journalistic integrity.
March 19th, 2008
at 11:27 pm
I think it’s crazy that this many folks are leaving, but at this point it’s kind of a moot point I think. I mean it’s been so long since everything went down that it’s almost like they’re really not making a point anymore. It made sense to quit right away because they were pissed but after this much time as passed it would be like me smashing my Dreamcast because I’m still upset that Sega stopped supporting it, nobody would care.
March 20th, 2008
at 1:35 am
I’m thinking most of these ex-Gamespotters will join the new site Gerstmann and the others are working on. Back in Dec/Jan when they probably didn’t have very clear plans yet it would have been tough to leave a position that pays your bills every month. But now that Gerstmann’s site is on its way..who knows..
March 20th, 2008
at 7:02 am
Perhaps the people leaving now are the ones who didn’t fully understand the implications of Gerstmann’s firing when it first happened. It will be interesting to see just how many of them turn up at Gerstmann’s new site.