Comments on: GameSpot Denies Bending to Advertisers http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/gamespot-denies-bending-to-advertisers/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:30:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott Beckstead http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/gamespot-denies-bending-to-advertisers/#comment-55353 Scott Beckstead Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:34:55 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-55353 It is irrelevant now why he was fired. The appearance of impropriety is as damning as actual impropriety. There is a timing issue here that can not be layed to rest. Even if he was fired for cause, thay can not say that. It is unfortunate that Gamespot can now not be trusted in any review they give and are therefore no longer relevant to the gaming industry. Even their advertising has been diminished in value. It is irrelevant now why he was fired. The appearance of impropriety is as damning as actual impropriety. There is a timing issue here that can not be layed to rest. Even if he was fired for cause, thay can not say that. It is unfortunate that Gamespot can now not be trusted in any review they give and are therefore no longer relevant to the gaming industry. Even their advertising has been diminished in value.

]]> By: TechFreak http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/gamespot-denies-bending-to-advertisers/#comment-55352 TechFreak Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:13:22 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-55352 I call BS. If they didn't stem from pressure from an advertiser, why was Jeff even tied to this rumor or the Kane and Lynch review?<br /> <br /> Obviously, Eidos is advertising heavily on the site, their ads are everywhere. I would be pissed too if I was spending millions on a site and they bashed one of my games. But such is life - make better games! I call BS. If they didn't stem from pressure from an advertiser, why was Jeff even tied to this rumor or the Kane and Lynch review?

Obviously, Eidos is advertising heavily on the site, their ads are everywhere. I would be pissed too if I was spending millions on a site and they bashed one of my games. But such is life – make better games!

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