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GameSpot Names New Editor In Chief

finelicker — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:35:47 MST

That dude is camper than a bag of camp things coming first in a being camp competition.

finelicker

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TearsandScreams — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:16:55 MST

@Jagzthebest: Classy. But you're right since Medieval times we have learnt to detect sexual orientation purely through the sound of voice. Oh what powers we have! What magnificent things we are!

TearsandScreams

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ViolentLee — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:11:11 MST

Ricardo is good people -- hard worker and nice guy. I hope he's happy and successful in his new role.

ViolentLee

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I was blocked unfairly. — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:27:34 MST

@poopsonlawn: Hmmm.... I thought he was homosexual more than anything, he talks like a poofter.

I was blocked unfairly.

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Wolf_Dog — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:25:09 MST

@Sinnix:

Really?
Man, I'd love to see Jesus review Mass Effect :P

Wolf_Dog

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Sinnix — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:00:30 MST

They could promote Jesus to head that group and I still wouldn't care. I trust them about as much as I trust a hooker not to steal my wallet in the middle of the night.

(I always lock up my wallet when hookers are over and you should too kids. Remember, play safe.)

Sinnix

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Limafoxtrot — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:28:59 MST

I work in PR and I have to say this guy is screwed - he can't win. It takes far longer to recover and build a reputation than it does to trash it. What GameStop has done to their image will take years to recover from.

The suits seem to have realized they F*'d up their rep and are now trying some damage control. Probably too little too late. He might can restore them to the standards they had 3+ years ago - but will anyone be there to see it? Nope - which is why he is doomed. Also management has to let him succeed which means if a game sucks, they say it sucks - no matter how much ad space the game bought.

Limafoxtrot

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Jimbo4 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:06:49 MST

Well look who was willing to let advertisers write there own reviews.

Jimbo4

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ca$h — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:03:42 MST

Ricardo? I guess cause everyone else who would've fit the bill had quit or been fired. That site is a joke now, and that's coming from someone who used to visit them everyday.

ca$h

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Garo — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:45:14 MST

Meh... I can't stand him :/

Garo

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19nazzy — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:49:26 MST

I've never really liked him very much. Whenever I've seen him do videos or on a podcast, he doesn't seem to have a personality and isn't very interesting at all. Although I haven't cared much about Gamespot since the K&L review.

19nazzy

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zaglis — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:17:29 MST

what guy is soooooooooooo boring

zaglis

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diodegrey — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:59:52 MST

i have no use for gamespot.
kotaku
1up
ign
tomshardware
anandtech
zero punctuation
this is all you need.

diodegrey

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DugDawg — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:53:54 MST

Before Gerstmanngate, Gamespot was my favorite gaming site on the web. Hell, I've been going there for over 7 years! But now that all of the site's talent has up and quit or been shit-canned, I've moved on to greener pastures. Hello Kotaku!

DugDawg

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RawSteelUT — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:52:36 MST

"I'm eager to continue the site's tradition of high revenue from advertiser-bought reviews, and I'm confident we can move forward into 2008 and set a new industry standard for how video game reviews are sold."

Indeed.

RawSteelUT

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Philudo — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:46:38 MST

I've never really liked Riccardo's writing style, but he seems like a good person.

Philudo

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ArmyofJuan — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:16:13 MST

@Eastman: Carrie Goosegoose? Or Couscos? or something that sounds similar to those?

ArmyofJuan

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Dauragon C. Mikado — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:57:26 MST

Good luck to Ricardo......

Man If I were him I would be getting my handy dandy noose ready. This has got to be extremely tough to deal with.

Dauragon C. Mikado

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Cell9song — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:56:00 MST

@Eastman:

Seeing Shane is one of the most despised game...commentators (I refuse to call him a journalist) in recent memory I seriously doubt his moving to Sony won't be viewed as anything other than a blessing.

Cell9song

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Silverbackne — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:28:23 MST

NO CRED NO FUTURE

Silverbackne

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Islandkiwi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:25:59 MST

"I'm honored to be named the Captain of this sinking ship...now find me some corks or a better ship!"

Islandkiwi

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Gadgetron — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:14:37 MST

gamespot is a dead and meaningless site. but good luck chief.

Gadgetron

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Eastman — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:47:01 MST

@ArmyofJuan: As for Kasavin going to EA, there is a bit of a tradition among GameSpot staff to go to EA. It started with Amer Ajami, who produced Command & Conquer 3, and then Carrie left for EA. So with old friends (contacts) now at EA, there's no surprise they go there with some ease.

Bob Colayco going to Blizzard, on the other hand, that was no surprise, him being the no. 1 WoW-nut.

As for 1UP staff, they seem to be a bit more split. I think Shane Bettenhausen, being by far one of the biggest Sony supporters out there (to the point where it's not even comical anymore, it just feels kind of unethical), is about to join Sony, or one of Sony's primary developers, in 2008.

Eastman

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Eastman — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:40:07 MST

@Witzbold: That's the most excited he ever looks, except for a half smile now and then. Greg Kasavin might not have been the most animated person, but he showed some passion in his work. Gerstmann was very animated, and passionate. Torres, on the other hand, all he expresses is boredom.

Then there's being too animated (Ryan MacDonald), but that's another story entirely.

I guess Torres is good at his job, and the big hair aside, he strikes me as a "suit" more than anyone at GameSpot. So I hope his dry personality doesn't reflect too much upon the site as a whole.

Eastman

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Omi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:35:24 MST

@spot778: I'd say Sorry to hear that dude. He will always have Gertsmangate hanging around in the back of his mind along with the thought Will I be next?

I will never get to read a single thing this man writes at GameSpot now that I've added all CNet sites to my firewall, just to be sure I don't go there by accident.

Omi

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Soldrak — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:35:21 MST

Gamespot cited among Ricardo's strengths being "the ability to consistently tie review scores to advertising revenue." Gamespot then went on to assure developers that their future crappy games are in good hands with Gamespot.

Soldrak

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ekin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:34:28 MST

you guys are too much - torres is good people and what do u expect a press release to say...we want to be bad?

As for Gerstmann and many other things that we don't know the full story on, I'll reserve judgement before taking any shots, I'm sure their are plenty of commentors on this site that would not like the spotlight shown on them or to see inane uninformed opinions written on themselves.

Ah well, you know what they say about opinions there certainly seem to be plenty of assholes to go around on this one.

ekin

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Ruisu — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:28:11 MST

I'm wishing Ricardo best of luck

Ruisu

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Cell9song — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:22:12 MST

way to stand up to the system dude.

*rolls eyes*

Cell9song

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NotAZombie — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:21:00 MST

@icepick314: For a while I really liked the site. After the Kane and Lynch thing I havn't been back. I won't give them the page hits.

NotAZombie

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ArmyofJuan — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:08:42 MST

i always thought it was odd how Kasavin went to EA. Out of all the game development/publishing studios i would have always thought we was going to go to Bioware or Bethesda.

And torres is a very timid man

ArmyofJuan

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metaly — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:02:54 MST

I'll always associate that name with previews that sounded like they were written for a late-90s fansite.

p.s. Be sure to stay tuned to Gamespot for more news on [insert game here] as it develops!

metaly

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blackadvent — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:55:27 MST

"Tradition of excellence"

BUZZ! I'm sorry, that went straight out the window when Gerstmann was fired and when Navarro and Kasavin quit.

The correct response is that you need to earn respect.

blackadvent

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altgod — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:54:55 MST

@PooPooKaKaBumBum:
Five months! If he does last only that long, I might actually start believing that gamespot is on it's way out. Please God, make it happen.

altgod

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St_G — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:51:59 MST

"Tradition of excellence." Ha!

St_G

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PooPooKaKaBumBum — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:50:31 MST

I give him six months.

Do I hear five months?

Going.....going...........

PooPooKaKaBumBum

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Enigma_20XX — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:44:55 MST

"I'm excited to have the opportunity to help further GameSpot's position at the forefront of the industry," said Torres. "I'm eager to continue the site's tradition of excellence and I'm confident we can move forward into 2008 and set a new industry standard for how video games are covered."

he.. heh heh... he he he... ho ho ho...

BWWWWWWWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA...!!!!

But seriously, Gamespot... if you wanna start on the right path to redemption, try offering Gerstman his job back... and canning that prick who put the invesrors first...

Enigma_20XX

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bobbus-maximus:killed a man with a toothbrush — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:33:40 MST

Gamespot sucks anyways, they were bad before the Kane and Lynch thing and are bad now.

bobbus-maximus:killed a man with a toothbrush

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BlackDove — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:30:13 MST

Well there you go Captain of a Sinking Ship.

Wouldn't want to be him no matter how much the paycheck was.

BlackDove

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wild_world_girl — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:29:05 MST

I haven't been to Gamespot since the whole Kane-Lynch scandal. Honestly. I surprised myself, but I have actually moved on from ever using that site again.

Thus, I couldn't care less who they have named their puppet-in-chief.

wild_world_girl

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hahnchen — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:28:03 MST

Given that the whole Gerstmann thing was a bunch of unfounded rumour and bad reporting, here's some rumour-mongering of my own:

Gerstmann and his allies were forced out of CNET after a long and difficult battle against the Torres block for the post of Editor in Chief at Gamespot. I'd watch out for Icepicks if I were Gerstmann.

hahnchen

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GorbyGipper — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:25:45 MST

@icepick314:

I haven't been to Gamespot of any of its sister sites since. I used to really dig Tim Tracy's game reviews and kept going there after he stopped reviewing. Kane and Lynch, though....I'm sorry but I can't support that no matter what minor changes are made.

IGN, Kotaku, 1up, and other sites COULD be on the take. They COULD take a little something here and there for a kind word. But I don't know that and I'm not one for conspiracy theories. Gamespot's marketing/editorial mash-up issues, though....I've heard too much to trust them any time soon.

GorbyGipper

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Glitch — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:21:04 MST

Well I am sure all 5 people that still flock to Gamespot.com for their credible gaming press will be thrilled. Did I mention that all 5 of them are Eidos employees.

Glitch

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icepick314 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:16:06 MST

so do Kotaku readers care about Gamespot anymore after Kane and Lynch debacle?

personally i never did like Gamespot to begin with...

icepick314

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purplehanz — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:11:44 MST

My favorite Ricardo Torres moment has gotta be the time when he played through the beginning of Mobile Suit Gundam: Frontlines for the PS3, during Gamespot's PS3 sleepover-in-their-own-studio special.

purplehanz

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GorbyGipper — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:08:12 MST

Why isn't this story tagged as "Hot Tears of Shame?" ...Too much whoring to avoid that tag.

GorbyGipper

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spot778 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:06:57 MST

So do we say Congrats Bud or Sorry to hear that dude

spot778

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SAGA — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:00:22 MST

im still not going back.

SAGA

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machinespirit — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:00:06 MST

I hope Torres realizes he has a long uphill battle to restore GameSpot's credibility. While he's not going to say anything negative about the site or CNET publicly, I think the community deserves to see an editorial detailing what changes he's going to be making to "ensure quality" in the review process.

machinespirit

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Hopanoe — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:57:43 MST

@doubtful: Nope. Stouffer's.

Hopanoe

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Anthropomancer — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:57:02 MST

Uh, it seems they're just promoting based on seniority rather than talent. If you have insomnia, watch one of the guy's video reviews. Boredom induced coma, here I come!

Anthropomancer

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doubtful — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:54:31 MST

I'm eager to continue the site's tradition of excellence...

Well, it's a good thing it came from a press release since it would've been next to difficult to say with a straight face.

Was the press release brought to you by EIDOS?

doubtful

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kw4k — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:53:21 MST

kasavin's review style was the best. as for torres, @blazinnoni: i'd have to agree with you

kw4k

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tomsamson — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:53:01 MST

I never read any of his reviews but he seemed like a nice chap in the podcast and on the spot show.
he should leave gamespot like alex (and the other staffers should, too) and they should open their own game site.
With this comment:
"I'm eager to continue the site's tradition of excellence and I'm confident we can move forward into 2008 and set a new industry standard for how video games are covered."
he obviously made a total invitation for jokes though seeing the recent Gamespot news.

tomsamson

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Fadakar — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:50:55 MST

Great, the over-expressive guy with the lisp. As if the lisp wasn't annoying enough, he goes on and on about stuff the gamers don't want to hear.

Fadakar

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KeithCourage — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:49:33 MST

*roll eyes*. Care meter 0. I trip on the site occasionally but I went from always doubting them to...never even thinking of them when I'm browsing game news and reviews.

KeithCourage

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Wildarmsjecht — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:48:20 MST

@WalletMan:
I see what you did there.

Wildarmsjecht

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WalletMan — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:45:45 MST

Tradition of excellence? Since when?

WalletMan

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Witzbold — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:45:41 MST

He doesnt look very happy in that picture.

Witzbold

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Deadeyereborn — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:45:37 MST

"I'm eager to continue the site's tradition of excellence and I'm confident we can move forward into 2008 and set a new industry standard for how video games are covered." - This quote brought to you by Kane and Lynch dead men out now!

Deadeyereborn

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BlazinNoni — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:44:35 MST

His reviewing style always bored the hell out of me.

BlazinNoni

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poopsonlawn — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:44:09 MST

i like him but i just can't shake the thought that he's a pedophile.

poopsonlawn