So here is how it went:

Jeff “GameSpot” Gertsmann was the head of GameSpot editorial staff. He was pretty much the chubby cheek face of GameSpot — and that’s not really a bad thing. He is a great guy with a very likable personality and knows hell of a lot about games. He’s been with GS for more than 10 years and got sacked after writing a bad review.

Although I don’t really agree with his review, he gave the game Kane & Lynch a score of 6.5 out of 10. That’s a medicore game in his opinion. And you know what? Next day after putting the review Live, Jeff finds himself locked out of his office and asked to leave the premises. You could tell that GameSpot had a great deal with K&L’s publisher Eidos, as the site was filled with ads. And Jeff just did his job saying his opinion on the game — that’s what a critic does.

After getting sacked, thousands of topics on various boards arised, thousands of people started canceling their paid subscriptions from GS and are bashing the site altogether.

One of the editor’s at GameSpot came online at Kotaku and gave an anom interview. He/she said that the whole staff didn’t get any explanation at all and the management avoids direct answers to their concerns. More than that, Jeff’s review was removed from GameSpot, meaning that Cnet (owner’s of GS) want to cover it up as if it never happened. Ten freackin’ years at the worlds largest games site and you get sacked. The G-Man — that’s what people call Jeff — is probably the most known game critic in the business. I’m sure he’ll find another job and will do well, but this further shatters my trust to GS.

A big SCREW YOU to the people responsible for the sacking. And a big middle finger to the marketing people of Eidos — if you can’t accept criticism, then you probably shouldn’t be in this business.