Comments on: Gamespot’s Editorial Director Fired Over Kane & Lynch Score?

By: Kane & Lynch Demo on XBLM | Game Stooge

Kane & Lynch Demo on XBLM | Game Stooge — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:42:32 +0000

[...] the controversy surrounding it, you can try the demo of Kane & Lynch at the very least from Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo is [...]

By: Gerstmann Not Fired Due to Review | Game Stooge

Gerstmann Not Fired Due to Review | Game Stooge — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:09:40 +0000

[...] has stated that Jeff Gerstmann was not fired due to a Kane & Lynch review. “While reiterating that CNET does not discuss personal employee matters with the press, [...]

By: MitchyD

MitchyD — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:15:46 +0000

No, I can’t. I am not defending it either. Try not putting words in people’s mouths

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:34:19 +0000

The dialogue, characterization and plot twists. Play the game before you comment on it.

Or maybe you need your protagonists to be pure and heroic, not to mention handsome and/or muscular?

And summarizing any plot makes it sound stupid. How about this: “Reporter investigates the life of a dead rich guy.”

How about “Space marine battles alien menace”? Can you count the number of games with THAT plot?

By: MitchyD

MitchyD — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:58:29 +0000

Breaks out of jail, goes for revenge.

Yeah.

Sounds GREAT.

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:22:50 +0000

Kane & Lynch loses more. And the shame is that it isn’t a bad game, just an average one with a great story.

By: Drocket

Drocket — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:30:48 +0000

If this actually turns out to be true, Gamespot pretty much instantly loses any and all credibility. They may as well let companies bid for the right to have their marketing department write the ‘reviews’ of their games. They can count on a lot of lost traffic as people get turned off by the site.

On one hand, I’m hoping that they’d be smart enough to not cut their own throat like that. On the other hand, I’ve seen so many companies do things even stupider…

By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:07:30 +0000

Devin,
I’m not really much of Idealist, it’s not like I feel particularly pissed about this. It just makes me kind of sad, dirty. At the very least, it will be interesting to see what happens.

By: Rumor: GameSpot Terminates Editorial Director. Nukoda Flips Out. [Explicit Post] - nukoda.com

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:49:32 +0000

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By: MitchyD

MitchyD — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:02:08 +0000

If this is true… GameSpot is obviously more money-minded than creating quality, TRUE content

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:08:46 +0000

Correlation is not causality, but it looks bad.