And Now... The Rest Of The Story

Nice to finally hear the full story.....I'm excited for the future, hopefully the site gets a nice redesign.

@artgarcrunkle said:

@Deusx said:

I just wished you guys would actually do some kind of video to explain EVERYTHING. The answers to many questions have been all over the place. For example what is going to happen to screened and anime vice? What are the new offices like? Why didn't you guys make a goodbye video? What do you guys get from all this? Money and tech? New editorial staff? Is someone going to join Vinny and Drew on the editing side of things? Why exactly did you do this? What do WE get from this? What do the Gamespot guys get from all this besides a way of making more ads money? What do Gamespot users and community gain from all of this? What is going to happen to Rorie? Aren't you sad the Whiskey Media family is splitting up? Are you actually happy to be on cubicles again? I can keep going...

I feel a whole lot better after watching that.

@tourgen said:

How awesome must Jeff and the gang feel right now? They head out on their own, take some risks, and prove with cold hard $$$ that they were doing it right all along.

Indeed. This whole thing vindicates Jeff, and serves as a reminder to anyone in the future about the dangers of buckling under publisher pressure.

Feels a little bit like going home, doesn't it? Almost.

@djhicks1 said:

I feel better about Gamespot now.

I've been feeling a lot better about them in the months and years since. If anything, they've become one of the harshest sites on the net. Obviously I have my worries, but things look OK so far.

How awesome must Jeff and the gang feel right now? They head out on their own, take some risks, and prove with cold hard $$$ that they were doing it right all along.

@SuperSambo said:

@AxleFGK said:

@artgarcrunkle said:

@Deusx said:

I just wished you guys would actually do some kind of video to explain EVERYTHING. The answers to many questions have been all over the place. For example what is going to happen to screened and anime vice? What are the new offices like? Why didn't you guys make a goodbye video? What do you guys get from all this? Money and tech? New editorial staff? Is someone going to join Vinny and Drew on the editing side of things? Why exactly did you do this? What do WE get from this? What do the Gamespot guys get from all this besides a way of making more ads money? What do Gamespot users and community gain from all of this? What is going to happen to Rorie? Aren't you sad the Whiskey Media family is splitting up? Are you actually happy to be on cubicles again? I can keep going...

• Rorie is going to create a post once everything has died down, so that will answer quite a bit. His twitter makes it seem that he has no idea about the future, but he hopes to carry on working at Screened.
• What are the new offices like? They've been there a day. Let them settle in first.
• Why do you want a goodbye video? Anyway, it happened very quickly so I doubt that would be feasible.
• The guys get more money from this, as has been said many times. More crazy antics, better event coverage etc.
• The Vinny and Drew issue is not something that needs to be addressed immediately.
• Why did they do it? They have said that they needed business people to help them further advance.
• What do we get? A better website
• What do the GS guys get? What better incentive do you need than more money? Also, it has been mentioned that they will work together so coverage can be targeted to the correct audience.
• They have said that they are sad about the crew splitting up, but they will make efforts to see each other.

All of these questions seemed like things that just don't need to be addressed, will be addressed in due time or are the concern of a crazy man.

Will has mentioned on "This Is Only A Test" that if they need to have game talk that they could invite one of the GB guys during the podcast if the schedule allows or hopefully (if it pushes through) guest during the April-OCTOBERKAST.

@ZombiePie said:

Spooky...

I know it's dumb as hell that this needed to be done, but it does make me feel better to know that A. They finally got an English guy on Gamespot and B. They were willing to finally talk about this and it not censor that the management team did something pretty messed up. I had heard the story before today, but hearing it released publicly is a very nice show of goodwill and faith on their part to everyone. Sorry it cost you your privacy but it sounds like this is a story you wanted to tell anyways but just couldn't.

Is Dave trying to emulate dry Brit humour or does he really not care?

This is gross.
 
Glad to hear your dad is on the mend though.

just remember to stay suckafree man, i'll follow you wherever

Sounds good. Nice to hear it all clarified. While I haven't liked Gamespot's site design for years, the reviews have usually been fine. Of course the exception during that period where Jeff was fired, seemed fishy even before that.

I hope Gamespot might learn a bit from the much cleaner and elegant layout of GB.

We broke it.

"146 Thread Views"

"397 Thread Posts"

Welp, let's see how this goes.

Who needs two gaming websites?
 
IGN and 1UP, that turned out well didn't it?

21st century schizoid man

New Endurance Run plz

@avantegardener said:

Question is, who plays Jeff in the movie?

Zuckerburg.

@AxleFGK said:

@artgarcrunkle said:

@Deusx said:

I just wished you guys would actually do some kind of video to explain EVERYTHING. The answers to many questions have been all over the place. For example what is going to happen to screened and anime vice? What are the new offices like? Why didn't you guys make a goodbye video? What do you guys get from all this? Money and tech? New editorial staff? Is someone going to join Vinny and Drew on the editing side of things? Why exactly did you do this? What do WE get from this? What do the Gamespot guys get from all this besides a way of making more ads money? What do Gamespot users and community gain from all of this? What is going to happen to Rorie? Aren't you sad the Whiskey Media family is splitting up? Are you actually happy to be on cubicles again? I can keep going...

• Rorie is going to create a post once everything has died down, so that will answer quite a bit. His twitter makes it seem that he has no idea about the future, but he hopes to carry on working at Screened.
• What are the new offices like? They've been there a day. Let them settle in first.
• Why do you want a goodbye video? Anyway, it happened very quickly so I doubt that would be feasible.
• The guys get more money from this, as has been said many times. More crazy antics, better event coverage etc.
• The Vinny and Drew issue is not something that needs to be addressed immediately.
• Why did they do it? They have said that they needed business people to help them further advance.
• What do we get? A better website
• What do the GS guys get? What better incentive do you need than more money? Also, it has been mentioned that they will work together so coverage can be targeted to the correct audience.
• They have said that they are sad about the crew splitting up, but they will make efforts to see each other.

All of these questions seemed like things that just don't need to be addressed, will be addressed in due time or are the concern of a crazy man.

Question is, who plays Jeff in the movie?

@ZombiePie: I know what you're getting at, but that man's lack of shoelaces is so distracting.

@Raven_Sword: I actually tried watching a two hour feature on Starhawk on Gamespot. After about fifteen minutes I realized I wanted to watch the video in 720p because... Starhawk. Anyway, after I clicked the HD button (to their credit, they offered HD without a sub) it brought me back to the beginning of the video and I realized that Gamespot doesn't allow you to skip around in their videos (it buffers from the beginning on every refresh and the rate at which it buffers is how much you can skip forward). Left me thinking they needed some Snider up in that shit.

So, yeah. I tried. Once. Commentary was extremely boring and dry, too. Which was really weird considering Starhawk is at its best when absolute chaos is happening everywhere and the hosts voice and comments were so opposite to the action.

Meh.

@Raven_Sword said:

So, I would really be curious to know how many of us here would maybe start checking out gamespot more often now that we know the management team that fired Jeff is gone and we know that everything's in the past.

Nope, because those managers have been gone for a while and I try to stay current on what's happening. Your question's condition is 100% ideology which has absolutely nothing to do with the actual content being produced at GameSpot or the hosts presenting it.

I just keep an eye on the GS news feed. Their Youtube channel is ok, but I personally find their current on-air personalities as dry as toast. Here's the funniest thing I've seen them do recently. Note copious amounts of ye olde guarde Ryan-Mac and Homer.

So, I would really be curious to know how many of us here would maybe start checking out gamespot more often now that we know the management team that fired Jeff is gone and we know that everything's in the past.

I feel better about Gamespot now.

I was really down yesterday about the whole thing. After seeing how excited the crew is, I can't help but feel hopeful that everything is going to work out.

That said, if there's no live E3 bombcast from inside a house they found on craiglist, I'm going to be pissed.

A blast from the past: http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/hotspot/index.php?id=661

Strange days, my friend, strange days...

@artgarcrunkle said:

@Deusx said:

I just wished you guys would actually do some kind of video to explain EVERYTHING. The answers to many questions have been all over the place. For example what is going to happen to screened and anime vice? What are the new offices like? Why didn't you guys make a goodbye video? What do you guys get from all this? Money and tech? New editorial staff? Is someone going to join Vinny and Drew on the editing side of things? Why exactly did you do this? What do WE get from this? What do the Gamespot guys get from all this besides a way of making more ads money? What do Gamespot users and community gain from all of this? What is going to happen to Rorie? Aren't you sad the Whiskey Media family is splitting up? Are you actually happy to be on cubicles again? I can keep going...

@Switchthemunky said:

Now they've got a bit more cash, they should think about doing the World Tour.

this this this this this

@WatanabeKazuma: I would say less pessemistic and more realisting!@WatanabeKazuma said:

@msavo said:

I'll be curious how long it takes for everything to go south. Who will be forced to leave or added to the team? What compromises in terms of content will be made? Hopefully we get a couple of good years out of Giant Bomb until that happens.

Wow, that is a fabulous piece of pessimism.

I would say it's less pessimistic and more realistic.

@ZombiePie: Shake hand, move hand to crotch. This place knows how to party.

Midnight Brown reunion party! All in favor say zombie!

awesome, the redemption of gamespot and a collaboration between two great sites, I`m very excited.

I want a Hardcore Dave T-shirt!!

@ZombiePie: Well said. Start of a new era. :)

So, I guess I can now admit to being a GameSpot Mod without fear of reprisal? :P

:S

i would love to see a video tour of the new office like they did for when they moved before.

I hope everything turns out well for everyone.

@nrh79: I think you nailed, I was a big GameSpot guy and really loved what Gerstmann and crew were doing, but when everything hit the fan I never really went back to GameSpot. Hearing this makes it a little easier to do so, however, I now just rely on GB for gaming fix.

It seems that I spoke too soon... So there have been personal problems after all.

Best wishes to your dad, Jeff. I've been there, I know how it feels.

I find this whole thing to be awesome but mo money mo problems.The thing that hurts the most is that front page of gamespot, 1/3 story 2/3 advertising. I can't see the story cause of something from the 70's called a "pot pie".

@Snapstacle said:

I haven't watched it yet but I get the feeling that after all these years Jeff just wants to go back home, in an office, with other random dudes.

I don't like Gamespot/CBS's policies about their editorial staff not being allowed to socialize with other media outlet writers.

Dude, that Gamespot/CBS policy you mention is completely false...I would know first hand.

@GiantF said:

The only explanation they needed to give anyone is that they needed more money.

No, Jeff definitely needed to address what happened back then. You said you really didn't follow the guys then, but quite a few of us did. There was so much speculation about what had happened, and many people stopped trusting GameSpot. At least some of those people might be more willing to be OK with this idea having heard it straight from Jeff.

I didn't know this site was owned by a megacorp.

The Enterprise theme song is playing in Jeff's head.

@knightlyknave said:

Alright, so what I want to know is what happened to those evil managers that used to work at Gamespot? Did they get fired or, god forbid, promoted?

http://kotaku.com/376217/the-man-who-fired-jeff-gerstmann-from-gamespot-has-been-sacked