X-Play is now a news show? LOL...

It's been a while since I tuned into that crappy channel...all they ever seem to have is Cops or Cheaters. LOL.....A friggin JOKE!

I've always appreciated Gerstmann and listening to The Hotspot now... it's just not the same. Not because of some emotional thing, but just because of his expertise that's missing. He's a guys that lives and breathes videogames and whatever the game, platform or topic, he always had something relevant to say.

Lately the quality of The Hotspot just isn't the same anymore, even to the point where they are either behind the times, or just plain wrong.

This is even more apparant in their video show On The Spot, the people demonstrating just don't know the things they should know when doing a demo of a game. If you're gonna have a game on your show, you had better know it inside out.

Regardless of the nerd outrage over the firing, there's a reason people don't go to Gamespot anymore, the quality is way down, across the board. They are woefully late with their reviews for one.

Brain drain, yeh...

Yeah, I'm really sick of seeing his big, dumb fat face everywhere. All the sudden he's someone important because he got fired? Who cares where he works next, it's not like he's ever done anything particularly useful. Game reviewers are a dime a dozen. Be right back, I'm officially an overnight celebrity, let me dye my hair and try to get a tan. He reminds me of Warden.

The "new" X-Play is a joke. They are trying to be more like one of their other many joke shows "Attack of the Show" and have it be more of an all around thing. They still focus on gaming, but now it's more interviews, and news (Which they didn't have before), Hands-on, and they even added Cheat! (I guess they finally cancelled that show). But I will watch it tonight, maybe he'll come out and say what we all know, that his ass got (undeservingly) fired for that Kane and Lynch review. Or maybe they will cancel the cesspool of suckage that is X-Play... One can only hope.

The new Xplay isn't bad. I caught it before. Although, I was one of the few who didn't mind the quirky reviews before and even found some funny.

LOL!

@ dungeonok

LOL.

(Does anyone know how to delete comments? I messed up my other one)

Am i the only living person who doesn't give two shits about Gerstmann? Seriously, he wasn't that good of a reviewer anyways.

I'll check it out. May not be my highlight of the day but I certainly will tune in. At least in the beginning anyway.

If he ain't mud wrestling Uwe Boll, I ain't watching.

If G4 and Best Buys got into a SUCK fight,

Who would win?

I don't think the big issue about this guy in particular. The whole reason his story about Gamespot firing him is such a big deal is because of WHY he got fired. If it truly was advertiser pressure then that completely undermines the rating system of their website. If an advertiser can influence the rating a game will get just by paying or not paying for advertisements on a review website, then the website itself is "broken" and should never be taken seriously.

If Gerstmann was just a jackass to his employers, then that's a different story.

Never seen X-Play but I agree with the remark in the Joystiq article that the Japanese games lack innovation, the Japanese game I really did like was FF VII and that was back in the early 90's.

I've said it once and I'll say it again, people aren't upset that Gerstmann was fired. People are upset because Gerstmann was fired over shady business practices. If anything Gerstmann should have been fired looong before this incident ever happened.

Lol, everyone liked him when he was sticking it to the big bad corporations, but now , he's just your good 'ol every day suck ass. I only clicked the comments section to see what the fuck was up with that gold disc.

will he also be on the season 2 premiere of Code Monkeys? That would be win.

Shame I'm going to miss this tonight. =[

I just want everyone in here to know this:

Oakley sunglasses make you look like a f-in duche. Especially when worn by someone ugly with a collared shirt.

I warned you geeks. They are a form of contraception. Only occasion to wear those ugly things is if you bike like Lance F'in Armstrong.

The more you know... (musically: wongwong wong wooong)

he has turned famous in the gaming blogging community because he is the living proof this is a business that could care less about a guy's opinion.