Gamespot, Another Hard Blow

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LiquidPrince said:

"I hear Giant Bomb has positions open."

My first thought upon reading this. Those guys will land on their feet eventually...

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by Legend (95 posts) See mini bio

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Kristin Reilly posted this on her blog:
" I'm not sure how many of you are aware myself along with several other coworkers were laid off today from gamespot.

Yup, today was my last OTS, my last day as a gamespot employee, and apparently the first in what I'm sure will become a long string of sleepless nights (which is great since I have a 10 hour drive infront of me).

While I've only been her for 8 months, they've been 8 amazing months. GameSpot fans, without you there would be no gamespot. I appreciate your support and enthusiasm. GameSpot ex-employes, you guys made it fun to come to work and helped turn work-into-not-work. CBS suits - I've got some choice words for you but I'll behave myself one final time.

It's nearly time for my alarm clock to go off and that means hopping in the car for a stupidly long drive back to Oregon. Forget living in San Francisco without a job. If you guys want to stay in touch you can find me on twitter and myspace. (twitter = Batgirl)

Thank you all for everything.

Peace out"

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by Hexpane (1,111 posts) See mini bio

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She got that right, Oregon is a way more reasonable place to live than here in overpriced San Francisco. S.F. is like Tokyo west, CA tax + "everything is just more expensive here" B.S. SF hidden cost. Housing, gas, food, clothing, it's all over priced here in SF simply because the weather is nice and the ocean breeze blows all of our smog inland.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by zityz (628 posts) See mini bio

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that just sucks, and I like all of those people as well, oh well, we still got giant B here and at least don and beth are in the community so thats cool.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by _Zune_ (18 posts) See mini bio

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Bethany still works there..........:|

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by Subway (736 posts) See mini bio

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Giant bomb should hire Arron Thomas for sure, we need some sports reviews.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by Kohe321 (1,712 posts) See mini bio

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This sucks. You can say what you want about gamespot (not really cared about that site since the Jeff nonsense), but people losing their jobs always suck. And these were really great personalities at gamespot, and it will be a blow to loose them.

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Post by Metal_Gear_Sunny (2,978 posts) See mini bio

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I wish the best of luck to them and I hope they find something else (cough cough GiantBomb)

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Bethany said:

"Oh well, at least there's plenty of time for games!"

It's always good to look on the bright side of things.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by Gearhead (700 posts) See mini bio

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Thanks for the comments guys.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by niall077 (32 posts) See mini bio

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a shame to see some of them go.... its a hard time for some of these companys, look at whats going on at Ziff davis wwith EGM maybe being pulled and the rest of there Magazines slowly dieing over the last few years

there are not as many jobs in this area as there once was.

this current meltdown has even hit Giant Bomb.. why do you think they havent done a drink test recently???

on the plus side maybe some of who got fired will come up with a awesome Idea for a new site while sitting on there butt playing COD WAW over the next 4-5 months

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Post by Claude (3,279 posts) See mini bio

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Strange days... indeed, what was one, has now become many and the many has become one. Buy and sale and buy again, be strong and believe.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by addictedtopinescent (1,936 posts) See mini bio

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lucas_kelly said:

"For me, Gamespot died along time ago."

Yeah for me too.

Gearhead said:

"Artie-Its has been passing around, and from Don himself. Only Don, and Bethany are confirmed at the moment, and Arron Thomas, Kristen, and many others are rumored."

What ...? All of these people, really sucks for them. The only people I now are at gamespot where Aaron and Kristen and that dude Kevin who seems to be doing every fucking review on that site. Who are going to hire now ?

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by GamerGeek360 (768 posts) See mini bio

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Man Gamespot just can't get a break can they? I still post there but not as much as I used to.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Subway said:

"Giant bomb should hire Arron Thomas for sure, we need some sports reviews."

Who cares about sports?

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by Kristin (1 posts) See mini bio

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Hey guys, thanks for your thoughts. (even if you don't like me, it's cool.) The layoffs SUCK MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DONKEY ANATOMY and I'm saddened that I no longer get to work with such amazing people like Don and Bethany. I lost a LOT of amazing coworkers. Props to each and every one of you. As well as GB users. Thank you for not TOTALLY turning this into a gamespot bash thread. :) Just kinda. ;)

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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You know this bashing of Gamespot would have ended a long time ago if we knew straight up what happened that caused everything to become one big clusterfuck.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by TomA (832 posts) See mini bio

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TomA said:

"That sucks.Gamestop has already lost so many good people.I don't hate Gamespot,bu i do hate CNET and CBS.Now i will list off all the people i can remember who were fired,or left Gamestop.Most of them will be missed.

Bob Calayco
Greg Kasavin
Greg the other one with a shaved head
Jeff Gerstmann
Rich Gallup
Alex Navaro
Jason Ocampo
Ryan Davis
Brad Shomaker
VInny Carravela
Carrie Gouskos
Tim Surrete
Aaron Thomas
Bethany somebody
Don Francis
and whoever else I am missing."

Then again,i don't really know who to blame,so maybe it isn't CNET or CBS,maybe it was something else.But it still tottaly sucks that all these good people left Gamespot.BTW what was the other Greg's name?

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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heavymtlhead said:

"TomA said:
"That sucks.Gamestop has already lost so many good people.I don't hate Gamespot,bu i do hate CNET and CBS.Now i will list off all the people i can remember who were fired,or left Gamestop.Most of them will be missed.

Bob Calayco
Greg Kasavin
Greg the other one with a shaved head
Jeff Gerstmann
Rich Gallup
Alex Navaro
Jason Ocampo
Ryan Davis
Brad Shomaker
VInny Carravela
Carrie Gouskos
Tim Surrete
Aaron Thomas
Bethany somebody
Don Francis
and whoever else I am missing."

I don't really see how Jeff, Ryan, Brad, or Vinny can be missed when they are right here. Also, although it sucks that those other guys don't work together anymore, they are not dead and they seem to be pretty happy with their new jobs. I don't think this should be a venue to vent against Gamespot and we should all just move on."

1)I miss them working together at GS and 2)I'm not venting against GS but whenever theres a thread about this i usually stay away but this time i wanted to say that.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by TomA (832 posts) See mini bio

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misfit119 said:

"Of course it's romanticized by us twits on these messageboards. Most of us only think "paid to play games, zomg!!!!!!1 sign me up!" when in reality it is pretty hellish. It's easy to love what you do while working a job like that but even freelancing it, from the comfort of my home on a sometimes loose schedule, is still very hectic. It's multitasking in the extreme, doing a crazy amount of stuff at once while trying to do your job. It feels good in the end but it isn't what most people would hope.

That said this really saddens me. Between the losses they've suffered this year, including Matthew Rorie (my idol in the area of game guide writing) and all the previously mentioned ones, this site is really killing itself for me. Which is really annoying as it's been my homepage for well over three years. I like Kevin Van Ord and Shaun McGinnis but the rest of the new blood doesn't really do it for me. I feel bad for those being fired AND those left behind. Losing a job this close to Christmas is a horrendous thing which CBS should be ashamed of itself for (at least wait until the New Year people) and I can't imagine the feeling of seeing the people you're working with, even longtimers, being shed like itchy clothing.

*sigh* It's a shame too. The site has been slowing down in the stuff being posted, the rapid-fire days of old are starting to grind down. Blogs are less frequent too. I wonder how bad it's getting for those left behind... Good luck guys! I hope you don't need it."

Except for Jeff and Ryan have stated that they do have it easier than alot of people when it comes to a job,cause dude,it's still playing games for a job and writing about games.And wouldn't you rather play mostly mediocre games than file paperwork and balance accounts and shit at some other job.Plus the people you work with i imagine would be quite friendly,and it's a more relaxed work enviroment.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by SamuSlave (125 posts) See mini bio

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TomA said:

BTW what was the other Greg's name?"

I believe you are referring to Mr Greg Mueller, he was know for his wordplay.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by Red (2,967 posts) See mini bio

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I for one don't go to gamespot anymore because I found that I couldn't really relate to the new editors. Not that their reviews were bad it's just I didn't feel like the geek in me had time to browse it more often over other sites. The big problem with Gamespot is that they've had to put in a LOT of new editors on the site and practically reboot it. Now that they've laid off even more people it's just kind of sad how many people they've went through after firing Jeff. It's especially sad when ANY editor, like him/her or not, gets fired. I mean, if you have that job: that's your dream job besides maybe a job higher in the industry. Wish those guys well, hope they land on their feet.

Seems like the only good company to be in now is Nintendo.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by Everyones_A_Critic (1,698 posts) See mini bio

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That sucks for Gamespot. I never really revisit the site anymore since the shit that happened last year, and the fact that it seems to take them months to review games. I wish the staff the best but CNET needs to go screw.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by L (536 posts) See mini bio

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It's a shame but these things happen when the economy isn't exactly going too well.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by duke731 (2 posts) See mini bio

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After Jeff was let go, I honestly lost all interest for Game Spot. Yes, I'll admit I watch the occasional On The Spot, and I also listen to the podcast because I think Tom McShea is hilarious, but I only do all that because Giant Bomb only has a podcast every Tuesday, and the occasional video. If Giant Bomb would grow to have a live show, and maybe another podcast, I could make my oath to never return to Game Spot.

I dont know what happened to Game Spot over the years, but whatever it was, you MUST attribute it to just plain stupidity. They let go their most popular employees, and totally ruined their site. Rich Gallup,Brad Shoemaker, Ryan Davis, Jeff Gerstmann, and now Don. Brian Ekberg,Shanker,and that Kristin gal are the only interesting people at Game Spot now. I just wish Rich would join GiantBomb, even as a part-time employee. I understand he needs to make money, and he wants to pursue his dream, and if doing this kind of stuff is really that uninteresting, then he definately shouldn't return. However, he will always be remembered, to me atleast, as the best host of any show hands down. Be it live video, or even a podcast.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by FloggerD (21 posts) See mini bio

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Too be honest, I'm not actually surprised with this turn of events. Gamespot has been going downhill since June of 2007 but now this. Its the economy; recession new jobs dry up and people get fired. The Video Game Industry is also suffering due to the economic downturn even though that may be hard for some to imagine. Third party developers are hit the hardest and ole Electronic Arts attempt to assimilate the video game industry has probably just made things a whole hell of a lot worse.

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Post by Johnny5 (533 posts) See mini bio

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It's sad that things like this have to happen around Christmas, but lets hope its more of a blessing than a curse and they will probably find better jobs. :)

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by WholeFnShow (81 posts) See mini bio

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Sad :( best of luck all.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post by emillkim (4 posts) See mini bio

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It's Crazy... I think most of us (fans of Giant bomb) developed our relationship with the giant bomb guys when they were on Gamespot.

It sucks to lose your job unexpectedly especially in the holidays.

Inherently if you're a giantbomb fan you are a gamespot fan. Sorry guys/girls. It'll work out.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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That really sucks, around the holiday`s also.
Hopefully these fine folks can get back up on there feet.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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