GameSpot and Giant Bomb Announcement

[@brodysdaddy]

I still remember not being able to cancel my subscription to gamespot because so many people were trying to do it at the same time...

[@BenRangel]

For any historians reliving this, the "how did jeff get fired" talks start at 6:30 at kane&lynch talk starts at 10:37

[@techtipsuk]

thanks man

[@targetrender9529]

Jeff Gerstmann: only guy to get fired from Gamespot and the site he founded himself; Giant Bomb.

[@dannyodwyer]

When this all went down I was really angry GameSpot user. Now as a GameSpot staff member and Whiskey Media subscriber, I can't tell you how excited I am to have Jeff, Ryan, Vinny, Brad, Alex, Dave and the rest of them back on board. Exciting times for Giant Bomb and GameSpot. I hope people can now understand what happened in the past, and trust GameSpot once more.

[@Cluter]

I wonder if you remember what you were angry about at the time?

[@KaneRobot]

Danny O'Dwyer Don't worry, Giant Bomb users were pissed and/or trepidatious as well.

[@BeRkStAh]

Congrats at making GameSpot staff! Currently playing through Bioshock Infinite and it is blowing my mind. From me, 7 light-years away.

[@dannyodwyer]

@@G.Freeman92 Oh damn, time travel. Should we tell him about Covid...?

[@Livinamontage]

Greetings from June 2021. Life comes at you fast. Best of luck to all.

[@KipKrusty]

Great video Jeff. Thank you for continuing to always be a class act.

[@Dumpweed971]

As a guy that watched the show with Carrie, Rich, Ryan, Jeff timeline, this was an important conversation that needed to be had. Thanks for doing it.

[@Crashking416]

Great vid. It's really nice to see this whole situation get put to rest after four years, and for people to finally see why this whole thing started. Great to have to you back, Jeff.

[@eloyhbermudez]

gamespot needs more people like jeff than jeff needs people like gamespot

[@TrueGamerX]

To sum up: Jeff did his job for integrity reasons. Gamespot did their job of firing Jeff for money reasons.

[@JonnyHyperbole2090]

***** By "Gamespot" you are talking about management, they make the decisions. They are called management after all.

[@JazGalaxy]

+TrueGamerXXV A business does everything for money reasons. that's why they're called a business. Don't get confused about that. Jeff does everything he does for money reasons as well. He just thinks that integrity as a games journalist leads to better money opportunities than the alternative.

[@RobRIPDG]

That is not true. Being a sellout fuck face will make you heaps more money than being honest. Look at rooster teeth, they're complete two faced fucks and they're doing much better than giant bomb. Jeff is just lucky he can continue to do the thing he loves while getting paid.

[@BundSama]

Someone is very mad at rooster teeth.

[@RobRIPDG]

Swabbers :D Mad? Eh not really. Their complete lack of integrity doesn't overly affect any aspect of life. What does bother me is when shills for a game take a stab at some one for their unbiased review.

[@Jerry4050]

Im not going to lie after Jeff Quit and Rich Gallup left and all this new crew came in Gamespot never was the same

[@QuickTim3]

Agree, they're missing those standout personalities.

[@adidas1984x]

Agreed

[@paulsmith9192]

@adidas1984x what happened to Rich?

[@refinedsugar]

I like Jeff. I hope he made out financially after selling a company he co-founded to Gamespot and getting the boot yet again.

[@fantoniumnitrous]

😂

[@Cautivo]

Jeff has earned the right to do whatever he wants at this point. If he thinks this is a good idea then fair play to him. I wish him and the GB crew nothing but good luck.

[@turbokat24]

When Jeff got fired, I cancelled my GameSpot subscription. No regrets. Jeff left and most of the old boys left with him, and I've never had interest in GameSpot since.

[@JadenHybrid]

2018, I still remember Ryan, rest his soul brother, dropping that “Bomb” on the internet, that was first I felt an impact of going to a site for who was there and not what content was there, and that still stands today, more platforms.

[@hbk92701]

Jeff Gerstmann and AJ Styles!

[@6leafy9]

The_HBK_23 XD got it

[@smiddyman]

It shows a lot of integrity for these two to sit down and be able to talk about this. Not that John was responsible, but still. I'm looking forward to seeing what these two sites can do together, when they feel the need to.

[@DarkPudding]

I'm feeling good about this, and I am happy for Jeff and the whole Giant Bomb crew. I have no doubts about their integrity and I suspect they will be the same site, but bigger and better.

[@tatsumaru12345]

Looking at the death nail right here, why giant bomb doesn't have Jeff, Alex, Brad, Vinny. If only Patreon was a thing in 2012 instead. 2012- the year the bombs fuse lit. 2022- the year the bomb blew up

[@TheFingledorf]

Giant Bomb started in 2008

[@hafeezytaughtme]

i miss old gamespot, but i think giant bomb > old gamespot

[@yoshi360360]

I remember Gerstmanngate like it was yesterday... Viva La Jeff!

[@sagemakaiserxl]

I'm glad you guys are remaining separate entities. Variety is always ideal. Best of luck.

[@PhantomHarlock78]

Congrats for GB and Jeff in particular.

[@ShadowReubenKee]

I remember this as if it was yesterday. We were very skeptical about joining up with Gamespot, but I'd say it's been working out pretty well.

[@alister_cat]

Hardcore Dave, representing.

[@GrowinLight]

Good to see Jeff back. Peace.

[@TroupeGoal]

Credit to Jeff for being pretty balanced in how he presented what went down. I guess it wouldn't have been cool to rip into them tho. A good video, they answered a lot of questions. I'm still slightly intrigued though about CBS' reasons for the purchase, ie what does Giant Bomb have that Gamespot doesn't, and is the purchase something of an admission that GS is lacking something?

[@Carrot_Handler]

Jesus fuck its been 8 years already?... Damn you time.

[@akumous]

I used to be a strong user at gamespot due to the well written reviews and personalities of the reviewers. When they left so have I because what made that site work was the personalities of the reviewers. Gaintbomb would not be what is today without the great personalities of Jeff, Ryan, Alex, and Vinney...it seems that this "merger" is essential to Giant Bomb's survival as a company so in that respect I can't blame them but to support them since I love their content.

[@Asahinahawk]

I'm glad to see Jeff could get this out finally. I remember when this happened like it was yesterday and my experience with Gamespot has not been the same. This editorial staff was one of the best there ever was (Jeff, AlexN, GregK, etc). I really miss some of the culture they brought to Gamespot and I hope Jeff and others can bring some of it back.

[@vhr]

clicked on this video and saw I had already liked it, but I don't at all remember listening to this. Anyways watched it again and it's a great conservation.

[@KiraBaka1]

This is great for GB financially wise. People that are claiming they sold out apparently they are ignorant on how to run website business wise. More money means more access.

[@bradleybindle6428]

Shrad Boomaker

[@EVRYTHNGBEAUTIFUL]

Shad Broomaker

[@AFS262]

@ThePhatIndian Review scores tend to be top heavy because, when given the option, most professional reviewers avoid obviously terrible games and stick to reviewing games that have some public interest behind them or look like they have potential.

[@sharky2606]

Underviewed video that is a historical event is the games industry

[@vBDKv]

Gamespot butchered themselves in 2013 with the most horrid website design I've ever seen.

[@Jedicake]

Harsh.

[@ElitistMagi]

Giantbomb>Gamespot

[@Vub.]

One in the same. Depending on the year

[@MrsViolence]

Yay!!!

[@magicpen6666]

Now that's its past and we can laugh about it, the way Jeff called Kane and Lynch a "heck of a game" was dead-on hilarious

[@krisfrosz133]

Whoa! What a surprise to see Jeff in GameSpot. Seeing him in this video is like he never left the site before. I actually loved the old GameSpot rating system. It was a brilliant idea to rate a game based on gameplay, graphics, sounds, replay value and tilt (overall score). It was an amazing concept and to this day, I still rate games using that system. It's sad that GameSpot no longer use that scoring system anymore. Those were good times.

[@ITSTAKING]

good times.

[@burningtoys5519]

Feels like a life time ago

[@SadukOne]

yeah Jeff is my favorite video game journalist

[@Igamikun]

This is awesome news but the other news to me was that John Davison got with Gamespot in 2010. I remember back when he was I believe editor in chief for Electronic Gaming Monthly? It's harder to google than you'd think. He needs to make a wiki on his achievments, especially if he aided in killing Gamepro (hated that magazine!). Also I want to know if new EGM is even worth subscribing to since it seems like the old crew is completely unaffiliated. Miss those 400+ pages of greatness.

[@thegoodgeneral]

I wouldn't mind if John showed up on the Bombcast twice or thrice a year.

[@MindChamber]

I know this is just life, and this is very important for the giantbomb crew. But for some reason I find it soulcrushing I felt my subscription for GB was there to help them stay afloat stay independent.. I really cant say I will keep subscribing. Take care Jeff, I guess will probably wont get that game of SF together.

[@carlrs15]

11:30 WOW, that's a deep cut. Jeff has an incredible memory for the dogshit dime-a-dozen games that came out for the PSX back in the mid-to-late nineties. VMX Racing was an ugly, barely-playable mess, one of many that clogged the bilge pipe of that great system...the thought of some publicist feeling compelled to go to bat over a bad review of it is pretty damn funny.

[@LodvarDude]

Well. That didn't last did it?

[@CoryRadical]

Why so many dislikes? This is excellent news.

[@hardindr]

They are still building their studio, and haven't gotten most of their AV equipment yet (that stuff takes a long time to get). Just be patient.

[@warsilver99]

I'm so glad Giant Bomb is going to Gamespot, this is going to be great!! Like old times :)

[@olliezero]

I also think there hasn't been more opportunities to go "bigger." There was E3, but at that point I think they were still settling and figuring things out. Perhaps in the fall they will do more..? And even if they don't I'm still content with Giant Bomb now. They love what they're doing and it shows in their website.

[@SiGhast]

I am incredibly jealous of John's hair. Quality is mint.

[@StevenOyston]

BRING BACK RICH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KaneRobot]

I hate how this archived version cut out the NWO music that played just before it started

[@Zell966]

You people do realize that the websites are completely different right? Giantbomb is the exact same. If the guys are to be believed (they are) the users will barely notice a difference in content. They were just bought by gamespots parent company. And to people wondering why Jeff is trusting CBS now... CBS didn't fire him in the first place. Gamespot and GiantBomb... Two completely different websites with different staff.

[@erelpc]

This was a clever from the new management at Gamespot. It will bring back the credibility that was lost among a few old fans.

[@Wrestlingthemeremix]

Yay Danny and Bombcast!

[@CylonAndrew]

I do love that things are just going to get sweet for Giant Bomb, but I will miss that connection with Screened and Tested. Though I think Tested is going to become really cool.

[@tememongo]

hope this whole thing works out great, love giantbomb

[@greyknight7]

@downphoenix you took the words right out of my mouth.

[@Treoxn]

Jeff and the Crew that left Gamespot to create Giant Bomb were the reason I liked Gamespot but I am happy to see some light was shed on all that uneasiness that surrounded Jeff's departure from Gamespot but I could clearly see how both John and Jeff were feeling kinda awkward during that interview I just hope people don't blindly start accusing Jeff and the Giant Bomb crew of being sell outs because they have a business to run and as far as I'm concerned they are all good people.

[@Fredo5227]

This is so bizarre, but so awesome.

[@ultratruman]

People went to giantbomb to avoid sites like gamespot. Why does Jeff suddenly trust CBS executives?

[@mystech2125]

@jmart2k My hope is that this constitutes Jeff marching into gamespot like Ceaser with his army into Rome. He seems pretty jazzed about it and has already said that part of the deal is that Giantbomb retains full creative and editorial control, and that he'd not agree to any deal which didn't ensure that, so as weird as this move seems I'm inclined to trust him.

[@bigpileofpuke]

I don't want the bombcast to be tainted. OG Giant Bomb/Tested employees ONLY please.

[@owRekssjfjxjxuurrpqpqss]

Tom McShae+Jeff Gerstmann=best game reviewers on the internet.

[@Zell966]

@jmart2k How do you get paid reviews out of anything that they said? They said that publishers tried to influence reviews, the whole point is these guys DIDN'T give in.

[@wijse]

They now answer to shareholders in CBS.

[@gaminginpublic]

Only time will tell if this is a bad thing. I'm not a paid user, but still.. If premium members now get half the content because only animevice and giantbomb are a package now.. then that's a pretty bad deal. Reminds me of Netflix.

[@jeywhistle]

I miss the old style gamespot!! but I miss even more the good old style games (shadow of the collosus, Fatal frame, silent hill, black...etc, etc....

[@EsbenQQQ]

The way I see it. Giantbomb needs more money for expanding and GameSpot needs the reputation Gianbomb build to try and become a meaningful site again

[@Ashkanhoss29]

Can't wait till they get some of the Gamespot dudes like Kevin on the Bombcast. Should be awesome.

[@adidas1984x]

So the people that called Him in the office do they still work there ? Or is a new crew in place ?

[@bigbadalastor]

Jeff is the best.

[@nathancryptic]

That 'hippie interviewer' is John Davidson who used to run 1UP in it's heyday & one of the most respected men in the industry

[@kingdanglerbk]

When is your next endurance run?

[@samfisher5]

Jeff is the most charismatic video game guy !

[@UKgamer87]

can't wait to see your kane and lynch 3 review lmao

[@OsirisNO]

His T-shirt is EPIC!

[@nycityisme]

it business.... hopefully giant bomb can grow more..... much success to giant bomb

[@-JRL-]

Are any more Kane & Lynch games coming out soon then?

[@smiley2234]

@GoldenWoozie Rorie's staying with Whiskey Media, which was bought (other than Giant Bomb and Comic Vine) by BermanBraun. Which is why Will and Norm will be working with the Mythbusters team on some of their content :D Alex has left Screened though.

[@gayle-annrumsby1243]

I almost bought Kane and Lynch 2 until I saw his review and he was right that game blew. Reviews should be honest at all times.

[@blainealexander5091]

Gayle-Ann Rumsby - you mean Kane and Lynch 1? He actually liked Kane and Lynch 2.

[@TheDiamondFella]

no, but they are in the same building, and both owned by CBS

[@ShaneD53]

WTF TYPE OF MAGIC IS THIS!!!!

[@matt11708]

welcome back, do on the spot again jeff.

[@DCeric]

This reminds me of Jay Leno vs Conan O'Brien. Yay Gerstmann comes back to Gamespot and give him everything and then they'll let him go again.

[@DaltonDiMartino]

if this affects giantbombdotcom/bombcast in any way i will be sorely ashamed.

[@eastcoasteric]

It's so WEIRD to see Jeff back near the Gamespot logo again!

[@AustinOgonoski]

@Rollerzon Yep, you are.

[@noobishmacgaming]

We will see what goes down I guess...giantbomb is pretty much one of a kind, and having corporate parents might make things easier...but probably at the cost of objectivity and uniqueness. We will see.

[@noobishmacgaming]

I’m happy to say I was wrong.

[@ShuaiMeng]

GameSpot has been dead to me for years now, I just hope the Giant Bomb guys can revive the once great GameSpot

[@ryanmize10]

Happy to see GB hasn't changed since this happened. I generally dislike almost everything gamespot puts out, while I LOVE GB.. Looks like this wasn't so bad after all

[@Armoric70]

I bet I can guess what question will be in TotalHalibut's mailbox tomorrow!

[@Wizkid36]

Jeff is coming back to gamespot with his new group. That's legendary. I remember when the old cast for on the spot was on featuring Jeff as the host, there was so much energy and it kept me watching. Every episode was funny and on the spot for gaming news. so much energy. But now, on the spot is boring. (NO OFFENSE)

[@AStandsForFrench]

@ivg1979 As well, the man who owned Whiskey Media is a venture capitalist. The very definition is they build a brand up and then sell it to the highest bidder. If you have been following Jeff and co for this long, you should really know the nitty-gritty of how their brains work by now, especially if you watch Jar Time. You should realize that this has been negotiated for months. Do you really think any of them would have agreed to come along with the site unless they had complete control?

[@johkonut]

BUT I LOVED REVIEWER'S TILT :(

[@RogueCrockett]

VOT FOR RON PAUL AS PRESIDENT HE NEEDS OUR SUPPORT WHERE THE MEDIA WONT GIVE SO CREATE YOUR OWN AND SPAM THE COMMENTS EVEN OF THESE VIDEOS TO GET THE POINT ACROSS XD

[@Mik_Pick]

Now that the two teams are together, BRING BACK BUTTON MASHING! Rich was great as a host, but I'm sure any of these guys would be too.

[@wijse]

Giantbomb answers to shareholders on CBS. The same guys who called up Jeff and told him to leave.

[@bortle]

You're joking, right? She's one of the most talented writers on staff.