OMG

This is totally unbelievable.

I mean, come on... people still read Gamespot?

Isn't somebody going to say that this negative view is probably because he had an unhappy childhood?

Of course, I'm not surprised. I haven't trested GameSpot reviews since... hey, have I ever trusted them?

So the big issue with the rumor is "the review was never taken down". Yeah this is a major point if you think Eidos was responsible for Gamespot's firing... But this isn't the only possible correlation; this is only the popular rumor. --If GAMESPOT found the review unsettling, as severely damaging to a major ad buyer, then firing JG would certainly send a loud and clear message to their client base, as well as their reviewers. This course of action makes sense, but then you must assume Gamespot/CNET would do this kind of thing... and few people know enough about Gamespot and CNET to reach an heightened suspicion.

So, no. I don't think Eidos would ask Gamespot to fire JG. They'd care about the review, not JG. But I think Gamespot firing JG to send a message seems to be, given only the simple circumstance, plausible.

If they did fire him you can belive one thing on paper they would have used another reason.

personaly I think the main stream gaming review sites are less than crediable in there reviews. Example when DDO came out it was all praises and wasnt to till the crap hit the fans in forrums about how bad the game sucked you seen new reviews poping up. "after a deeper more indepth" "Our initial review was based on a short time played" back pedaling crap about making good reviews on a piss poor game.

"Why would they fire him for writing this poor review and then LEAVE IT UP?? Use your head and please take this article down."

Uh, so he can't sue of course and point out that they are on the take?

This article is reporting what people are saying about the situation nothing more. Though it is not up to me (I do not have any such access) I would personally not take it down. The voting system is so each and every individual can make their own judgment on a news item. For someone to take it down rather than allowing it to be voted down by those who take part in the system undermines the very point of this feature.

As for your statement that basically says the article is up therefore it must be false is simply erroneous. I am not saying that they did this, but the purpose of firings as Gamespot is accused of doing, is not to undo the the offense, they cannot do that without losing considerable face. The purpose of the firings of this nature is to intimidate the employees that are still there, making sure it never happens again. While being very effective it is also not something that can be truly traced, the company water cooler quickly becomes a way to disseminate a policy that a company does not want distributed in writing. Then after a while the public forgets what the company was accused of and the employees don't, and they continue respecting the unspoken policy.

RealiTCE,

You need to pull this article from guildcafe. There has been a lot of talk from people that Jeff wasn't really fired from GameSpot because of this review. In fact, the review is STILL UP on Gamespot!! http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/kanelynchdeadmen/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review

If a man can't write a negative review than why should I even read any reviews from Gamespot? Since when is honesty and free speech such a bad thing anymore?