chickdigger802
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His hair is still luscious.
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CBS Interactive (GameSpot parent company) buys Giant Bomb
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His hair is still luscious.
John Davison, head honcho of Gamespot, formerly of 1Up and Editor-in-Chief of GamePro between 2006-2008. The guy is pretty well respected and knows his shit.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I thought this has been known for a while. Current GS really has nothing to do with the GS from when that happened. In general gaming sites seem to have a metric funk ton of turnover.
Jasper Avenue
Member
I keep hoping for a Matt Rorie run-in.
GotEmRunnin
Member
Well as far as I'm concern this brings it full circle. I follow John Davison on Google+ and Twitter he seems to be a pretty cool guy. So I'm glad Jeff was/is vindicated.
Ryan Davis's Twitter
This message? Archived RT @bradshoemaker: Even the archive will be archived. @taswell: This will be archived. EVERYTHING will be archived.
I also thought it was common knowledge.
Davidson wants this to be transparent, and make it water under the bridge, and they both agree they want everything to be transparent from here on out.
They'll be working on things together down the pipe. They're going to be at Pax, both GB and Gamespot.
Developers need alcohol to talk the way Jeff wants them to talk.
EDIT: That's it.
They'll be working on things together down the pipe. They're going to be at Pax, both GB and Gamespot.
Developers need alcohol to talk the way Jeff wants them to talk.
EDIT: That's it.
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
OMG he just said they have to do 5 hour podcasts for e3. Everythings gonna be okay guys.
Fuck yes.
Infinite Justice
Member
VanOrd/Vinny discussion on Dark Souls? NICE
as said before good luck to the GB guys
as said before good luck to the GB guys
chickdigger802
Banned
Gotta love how half the comments are "Hey my GS account still exists!"
Cool. When I still visited Gamespot there was this hispanic dude in charge.
There are enough generic Gamespot-style sites that you don't have to give a fuck. Gamespot lost my trust and there's no reason to even let them try to gain it back because I now go elsewhere.
That's a good point, but I don't know. I just haven't had a good experience when visiting any of the big name sites, so I was a little paranoid due to not knowing the details.
Seriously, I was a little taken aback at how much older he looks vs. the last time I saw him in a video.
Broder Salsa
Banned
My acccount is old as fuck but I am level 1 or some shit which means I still can't comment.
But that's just as much a concern as it is a good thing. Regime changes happen so quickly, the next group of managers might be a bunch of hacks like the guys who canned Jeff. This is why I wish they could self support so they would no longer be vulnerable to creeps and corporate lackeys.
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
I'm pretty sure he headed up GamePro in 2010 for like... 10 months or something.
EarsOfASnake
Member
This whole thing is really weird, in a good way but really weird none the less. Now, for the circle to be fully complete someone must get Rich Gallup on the phone!
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
"New" office.
New tour, right?
New tour, right?
Yeah, because they are in the same office doesn't mean the way get my gaming info is going to change.
infinityBCRT
Member
Yup, and he upped the bar in terms of their quality and then left when he got the amazing offer from CBS.
funkystudent
Member
Does Ryan Mcdonald still work at gamespot?
Would love if they could get him on the podcast. Him and jeff go WAY back.
Would love if they could get him on the podcast. Him and jeff go WAY back.
Jasper Avenue
Member
I still give it a year until the Giant Bomb crew is absorbed into Gamespot.
Triple Da G.O.D!
Member
Nothing changes but it'll all get better. Can't wait.
FlawlessCowboy
Member
Yo, what does all this mean?
Yup, he's still there
For what? Jeff's firing?
Basically it was a poor managerial staff (that's long gone from Gamespot and the industry) that didn't know, or comprehend how to handle publishers taking away ads from their site if they received an unsatisfactory score.
Jeff was "warned" about this earlier, when a Ratchet and Clank review (which he oversaw, but didn't review) happened, and was "warned" again after the Kane and Lynch review.
There was no big firing after the review. He reviewed the game, got some heat, everything cooled down, and then a few weeks later he was fired out of the blue. (around Thanksgiving)
Jeff says he loved working with the editorial staff at Gamespot, and that he wouldn't be here if he wasn't completely sure this deal was okay for them.
Yeah, that's the thing. If Giant Bomb is counting on John Davison to be at Gamespot forever and be their cool Dad, they could be in trouble. Dude likes to ramble!!
MiniBossBattle
Member
Thats a lot of 5 dollar pizzas.
This pretty much confirms what I thought.
Giant Bomb. Extremely well funded and equipped.
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Yeah I can't wait to see the madness of Vinny and Drew on that stuff.
Baller. PhD
Banned
John Davidson was also EIC of EGM for several years.
chickdigger802
Banned
How how is modern day gamestop? Have no clue who are in the videos. The site layout isn't bad though.
They're the largest gaming retailer
Never thought i'd see the day GB became total sellouts, but i guess money does that to everyone. I couldnt help but think "bullshit" on constant loop watching Jeff on the stream this afternoon. That was hilarious. Credibility in the toilet.GIF!
And lol Gamespot of all places, oh how rich that is.
As soon as i heard them say "Oh and yeah of course Giantbomb accounts will be transitioned over to Gamespot accounts" it really clicked for me then.
Expect total access and GB memberships to merge, the two user bases to merge, and then after a year or so the prices to go up on membership values.
Yup.
And lol Gamespot of all places, oh how rich that is.
As soon as i heard them say "Oh and yeah of course Giantbomb accounts will be transitioned over to Gamespot accounts" it really clicked for me then.
Expect total access and GB memberships to merge, the two user bases to merge, and then after a year or so the prices to go up on membership values.
Yup.
HarryDemeanor
Member
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IC_Champion
Member
Basically
A heel and a rebel anti-hero coming back together.
Perfect analogy, right there.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Which is understandable, given how long he was there.
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Is there a video of the Jeff and John "Gerstmann-gate" explanation uploaded somewhere?
It's not a terrible thing. Its better than these big companies hiring some of these blogger/fake writers/wannabejournalists.
What's been holding gaming back is that still many companies/consumerse take gaming as a childs toy, this is technically a step in the right direction.
But purists will always be the ones to suffer at the end. Gaming is the new hip hop.
I wish GiantBomb luck,
What's been holding gaming back is that still many companies/consumerse take gaming as a childs toy, this is technically a step in the right direction.
But purists will always be the ones to suffer at the end. Gaming is the new hip hop.
I wish GiantBomb luck,
chickdigger802
Banned
FUCK gamespot*
It's been so many years since I had to type that before today lmao.
It's been so many years since I had to type that before today lmao.