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[Gary Whitta]

This is like Steve Jobs returning to Apple, only more significant.

 

[Willkiller]

Are you sitting comfortably?

 

[MiniBossBattle]

Drew, beat up the biggest guy in the production room to establish your dominance. That or put on your HeadTrackingIR to stun them into submission.

 

[winstano]

Never seen John before. I did not picture him looking like that at all.

Ditto. British Hugh Jackman with a cavalier business attitude.

 

[thatbox]

From Rorie on the stream chat:

Hey, I heard some people were talking about me. I'll have some kind of announcement up tomorrow morning. Hopefully a good one. Can't really talk much now though.

Trust me, today has been SUPER FUCKING WEIRD

 

[Spookie]

You're crazy.

You'd be fine with going back to somewhere you'd been fired from and explaining why you've been fired live on camera?

Ok.

 

[Beelzeboss]

Jeff's hardcore Dave shirt looks like it's balding sometimes.

I can't focus

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

You'd be fine with going back to somewhere you'd been fired from and explaining why you've been fired live on camera?

Ok.

I'm using my eyes. Jeff looks fine. You're looking through some biased filter if you think he isn't happy to do this and put the past to rest.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

I was worried about Giantbomb

Then I saw John Davison's hair and now I'm not worried about anything

 

[CrunchinJelly]

It was Sony all along? What a twist.

 

[Madridy]

R&C is the reason? wtf Sony

Edit: oops, the issues started with the new management.

 

[f0rk]

I hope Giant Bomb doesn't share this green screen set, it's so dumb looking. There's a reason they only used theirs in jokes.

 

[shadyspace]

Jeff has said precisely nothing so far.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Jeff seems perfectly relaxed to me. It's not like he's new to the concept of talking in front of a green screen.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

I hope Giant Bomb doesn't share this green screen set, it's so dumb looking. There's a reason they only used theirs in jokes.

Yeah this looks really cheap. The old OTS set was much better when it was a real desk/TV etc.

 

[Dragon]

R&C is the reason? wtf Sony

Do you have hearing issues?

 

[Willkiller]

From Ryan Davis' Twitter:

This will be archived. EVERYTHING will be archived.

 

[MarshMellow96]

THREATS

 

[strafer]

omg threats

 

[Mafro]

I was worried about Giantbomb

Then I saw John Davison's hair and now I'm not worried about anything

He does have magnificent hair.

 

[LCfiner]

R&C is the reason? wtf Sony

Jeff has said precisely nothing so far.

I think we’re just getting the confirmation of our concerns that K&L plus an overall drop in review scores on the site, resulting in lost ads , caused it.

so far, no surprises.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

So what we had guessed was pretty much true.

 

[Brinbe]

This is great.

 

[Ace Harding]

So... pretty much exactly what we all thought happened, happened.

I can die in peace.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Terminated?

 

[winstano]

They "couldn't trust" Jeff in the role of reviews editor. For giving a score to a game that was heavily advertised on their site.

That man has integrity, right there.

 

[Dany]

So it was true...huh...

 

[Gowans]

Fantastic to here this candidly.

 

[Dark Schala]

So it was pretty much what we knew along.

 

[BolognaSoup]

This is like Steve Jobs returning to Apple, only more significant.

I'm trying hard to believe that's what it's like but we'll see. It's not like they're letting GB remake GS though. I fear the suits really in control just want to try to swallow GB up back into GS. Hopefully if that begins to happen, they can break off, again.

 

[Felix Lighter]

I'm gonna bet Brad was the whistleblower. /wild speculation

 

[Reynx]

Never thought I'd see this day. Glad all our suspicions were pretty much confirmed.

 

[Willkiller]

I'm slowly becoming ok with this (outside of the sterile set)

Davidson seems like a cool guy.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

I'm gonna bet Brad was the whistleblower. /wild speculation

No way, Ryan. Fucking NARC.

 

[Younicorn]

This is such a great idea for both GameSpot and GiantBomb.

This not only clears up GameSpot's name and gives them more credibility, but it also lets Jeff finally air out what happened and let everyone else in on the story so they (we) can move on.

This not only patches up what happened in the past, but allows everyone to move forward with a more positive view on GameSpot.

 

[Felix Lighter]

No way, Ryan. Fucking NARC.

He'd be my second guess. He jumped ship first.

 

[Spookie]

Not sure how I feel about Gamespot with all this being out of there. I wonder if peoples perceptions on the site will now change.

 

[strafer]

I think Jeff is about to cry

 

[Ace Harding]

OH MY GOD, SOMEBODY STOLE DAVISON'S SHOELACES RIGHT OFF HIS FEET

 

[Dany]

Not sure how I feel about Gamespot with all this being out of there. I wonder if peoples perceptions on the site will now change.

Its been 4 1/2 years

 

[Spookie]

OH MY GOD, SOMEBODY STOLE DAVISON'S SHOELACES RIGHT OFF HIS FEET

First thing I noticed.

Its been 4 1/2 years

I still haven't been to gamespot since that event, by the look at the comments I'm not the only one.

 

[Plasma]

Alex smuggled out a 360 debug unit for Jeff? Lol.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Nice to have this out in the open. Gamespot was still really good after Jeff left; it was only everyone else leaving that kinda killed it for me. Sucks that a few suits can do that to a site.

 

[IamMattFox]

Alex snaking out company goods. =-O

 

[fatigues_gasolini]

I missed the beginning, can someone update me on why he was fired?

 

[slaughterking]

"They got amazing technology." lol

 

[BolognaSoup]

This is such a great idea for both GameSpot and GiantBomb.

This not only clears up GameSpot's name and gives them more credibility, but it also lets Jeff finally air out what happened and let everyone else in on the story so they (we) can move on.

This not only patches up what happened in the past, but allows everyone to move forward with a more positive view on GameSpot.

Yeah, this is definitely a smart move. I'm instantly more open to GameSpot because of this single interview.

 

[TheUsual]

No way, Ryan. Fucking NARC.

Whistleblower? NARC? Did I miss something Jeff has said so far?

 

[Spookie]

Whistleblower? NARC? Did I miss something Jeff has said so far?

Bombcast in joke.

 

[Xyrmellon]

Jeff said their lawyers were shopping the site, so can we infer that money was the issue???