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GameSpots Gerstmann Fired Over Review?

2007-11-30 22:37:16 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...VGMWatch Yesterday, Penny Arcade brought high attention to the Gerstmann termination with their comic satirizing the context of the firing as it was reported to Penny Arcade by a trusted source. PAs source contends that Gerstmann was fired because of his harsh review of Kane and Lynch: Dead Men , and cited GameSpot and parent company CNETs...
 
Tags: review, gerstmanns review tone, text review, game review process, gerstmann, video review, vgmwatch, penny arcade, source
 
 
 
 
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IGN Editor Married to Nintendo PR Executive

2007-12-19 18:20:27 by David Gornoski in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
VGMWatch.com has been able to confirm that IGN Nintendo editor Matt Casamassina is married to Golin Harris Vice President Edie Kissko. Golin Harris serves as Nintendos PR firm. Sources connected with both Golin Harris and IGN.com were able to validate this information. While VGMWatch has no interest in personal affairs, undisclosed conflicts of...
 
Tags: ign, nintendo, golin harris, golin harris serves, ign entertainment, strongly urge ign, golin harris representatives, nintendo channel editor, ign readers trust
 
 
 
 
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GameSpot, Gerstmann Controversy Not Surprising

2007-12-01 18:58:00 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...VGMWatch.com, the prognosis is not acceptable. VGMWatch will continue to investigate this story as well as others like it. If you have any informational tips to contribute, please email us at davidg@vgmwatch.com
 
Tags: veteran industry journalist, industry, game, video game media, game industry insiders, major game publications, game company, review, movie review coverage
 
 
 
 
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Publishers Get a Taste of Shoe

2008-01-08 21:51:24 by David Gornoski in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...VGMWatch.com readers: publishers bullying game publications; overly positive previews; and editorial integrity. In fact, Hsu himself has covered these issues in past columns before. However, what makes his latest editorial unique is what hes always shied away from doing in the past: it names names According to Hsu, Midway s Mortal Kombat...
 
Tags: publishers, editorial, editorial unique, coverage, editorial integrity, egms review coverage, publishers behavior, hsu, view hsus editorial
 
 
 
 
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Editor: Upset with Coverage, GameCos Cut Ties with EGM

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2008-01-09 11:15:34 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
...VGMWatch.com is certainly disappointed with these publishers behavior GP: A game company cant ban a magazine from covering their product. What they can do, however, is withhold preview and review copies, artwork, interviews, etc. Doing so would make it almost impossible for a print mag to provide coverage of a game If true - and we have no...
 
Tags: coverage, hsu, shoe hsu writes, game, egms review coverage, video game media, egm, provide coverage, doubt hsu
 
 
 
 
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VGMWatch: Now Hiring

2008-02-27 00:53:37 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
Think youve got what it takes to write for the Watch ? Ready to analyze the games industry and start your journalism career Well, were ready to hear from you Send your name, age, a brief biography - that is, if you have anything worth sharing with us - and at least one (no more than two, well have plenty of folks to look over) writing samples to...
 
Tags: journalism career, games industry, takes, ready, plenty, luck, worth, forward, bkirke-mpire
 
 
 
 
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Game Companies Continue Regrettable Practices

2008-05-29 15:37:38 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...VGMWatch weve long been critical of the pressure game publishers/developers put on journalists to score their titles correctly, or in a manner they find fitting, often promising rewards to publications who choose to write fondly of their product. Originally believed by some to be isolated events, this site and others have proven in the last...
 
Tags: launch day, launch, wii launch game, wii launch title, review, launch day sales, navarro chooses, navarro, time-exclusive review
 
 
 
 
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Dreamcast Lives!

2008-08-18 20:16:58 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...VGMWatch suggests this piece because, hey, how often are you going to come across coverage of a new Dreamcast game these days? Retro systems, rise Source: Siliconera , GameSetWatch
 
Tags: dreamcast, dreamcast game, game, sega dreamcast platform, indie game scene, silconera interview stands, interview, yuan, yuan-hsi chiang
 
 
 
 
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Follow Up: Gerstmann-Gate Antagonist Leaves CNET

2008-08-20 23:44:41 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...VGMWatch is inclined to agree, if the rumors concerning the original situation are indeed true Although Gerstmann is reticent to remark on his termination due to legal issues, it has been long rumored that Gerstmann was terminated by Larson due to an unkind review of Kane and Lynch during that games site wide ad campaign on GameSpot While the...
 
Tags: gerstmann, larson, josh larson, larson due, site, games site wide, gamespot management figurehead, games, gamespot
 
 
 
 
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Things Get Twisted at EGM, 1995

2008-08-26 20:31:54 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...VGMWatch salivates over, and thanks to Shoe and Boyers hints at more, well be adding this site to our blogroll. We suggest you do the same Source: Sore Thumbs
 
Tags: sore thumbs blog, blog, sore thumbs, dan shoe hsu, shoe, boyer explains, metal cover, hsu, boyer
 
 
 
 
 
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