I've been a GameSpot member since mid 2002, and I frequent the site on a daily basis. I feel like these guys are my younger cousins, fellow gamers, somehow people that I give a damn about.

When I started to read about this, I thought I might be done with this site, but after thinking it over and spending a few hours researching the rumors I have decided against that for several reasons.

I read through a lot of the comments by my fellow gamers in Spot On: GameSpot on Gerstmann. From there I ended up at sites like valleywag.com, kotaku.com, and joystiq.com to read about the anonymous "gamespot" poster who talks about being in a meeting with the new "suit" Josh Larson from CNET who oversees GameSpot. If Josh Larson is in fact the CNET executive that oversees GameSpot, then I hold him accountable for this Disastrous Situation! I read the Kane & Lynch: Dead Men review before and after edits. Finally I listened to the Dec 4, 2007 HotSpot to hear the rest of the GameSpot guys talk about what happened.

1) Legally CNET will not tell the general public why they let go an employee, that is common practice. No conspiracy there.

2) I don't know why they edited the Kane & Lynch: Dead Men review, because it certainly is not a total white wash. If K&L was considered a "AAA" title it doesn't seem to live up to those standards and therefore deserves the score that it got. However short the video review was, its audio quality was fine; it shouldn't have been pulled down.

3) After the review went up, Eidos could have pulled their advertising early, or it may have just run its course, we will never know. Did Eidos lie about reviews on its K&L website? yes I found that to be true by screen shots at the above named sites.

Creditability, and integrity are important things for GameSpot, and CNET should recognize that since they own so many websites. I have been using CNET for tech type reviews for a long time, now I am wondering.... How much say does the marketing department have on the editorial department? It is a problem. However, for the time being it is a CNET problem, and I am not going to abandon MY GameSpot community.

I will be suspicious; I will be checking other sites which I don't particularly like to do (GameSpot Webmasters Rock!). I will be watching closely to see what happens and I expect that the CNET overseer makes damn sure that the marketing department has no say in what the editorial writes. If that does not happen, then the GameSpot community needs to join together and call for the CNET overseer to step down.