For those just joining this geek-ridden soap opera:
- Eidos was spending some really heavy money to promote Kane and Lynch: Dead Men with GameSpot and apparently pulled it as a result of the “bad” review by GameSpot Editor, Jeff Gerstmann.
- GameSpot fired Jeff.
- The world stopped spinning
- A tidal wave of backlash descends on GameSpot and Eidos (Kane and Lynch now rated a 2.0 on user rankings.)
- GameSpot subscribers began cancelling their subscriptions.
- More than 350 pages of comments pour onto the GameSpot forums, mostly condemning the website for its actions.
And now, a cry that could end up hurting GameSpot even more than any of the above. A boycott is being organized, a very, VERY creative boycott.
In an email that we received earlier this evening, along with several other websites, the organizers of this boycott seem a little more upset about the Gerstmann situation than the average bear.
From the email:
Since GameSpot does a lot of thinking with their wallet, we thought we’d speak their language. We’re not just calling for a boycott of GameSpot as a whole, but for a boycott of their ADVERTISERS. Let’s send a message to the people that choose to do business with GameSpot, that they are associating their products with a dishonest organization. If just a few of these companies pull their ads, maybe GameSpot will get a clue.
I guess some people are just sitting around waiting for a cause. I’m not dumping on them, but it seems a bit much for a story we don’t even have all of the facts on just yet. Still, you’ve gotta respect their tenacity. That’s actually pretty creative. I see a lot of Assassin’s Creed ads on GameSpot today. I wasn’t planning on buying that game anyway… So count me in!
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see la....gamespot tio owned liao.
