Vinny Caravella leaving Gamespot
by Justin McElroy 
{ May 8th 2008 at 9:55AM }
Again, we have no idea what pastures Caravella is moving on to or what made them seem so much greener. We are, however, continuing to use the above picture. Why? Well, in all honesty, we still think it's funny, and also, it took us a while to make and we don't know if we'll get to use it again. ... Wow, that's a horrifying look into our decision making process isn't it? Sorry about that.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
D_Average @ May 8th 2008 10:00AM
Ha ha!
PojoMofo @ May 8th 2008 10:02AM
cant really be suprised by these stories anymore.
PS: that pic NEVER gets old
JJ Rooster @ May 8th 2008 10:06AM
What, he did not like having balls in his mouth?
PojoMofo @ May 8th 2008 10:14AM
YIKES! Didnt realize that was in the job description, I just thought they got paid for good reveiws...
DangerMouse @ May 8th 2008 10:56AM
Afternoon tea is like tradition there, i hear.
Fox318 @ May 8th 2008 10:09AM
Is there anyone left there? I wouldn't mind sacrificing my integrity, and my ideals to play video games and get payed.
mr mobius @ May 8th 2008 10:20AM
And they'll be desperate for whoever they can get at the minute as well.
Jonah Falcon @ May 8th 2008 10:10AM
Um, who?
Booxatron @ May 8th 2008 1:44PM
"staffer and host of Gamespot's podcast The Hotspot, Vinny Caravella"
They put that in there because they assumed that you wouldn't automatically recognize the name.
Cephas @ May 8th 2008 10:17AM
People were leaving Gamespot before Gerstmann for various reasons and they will continue to do so now that he's gone. Five months after Gerstmann-gate, it is a little presumptuous to say that Gerstmann was a factor in anyone leaving Gamespot.
ScottG13 @ May 8th 2008 11:18AM
Gerstmanngate is not a factor in people leaving, it was the outcome of a culture perpetuated by decisions makers focused more on marketing/sales than independent, quality editorial content.
None of this should be surprising to people. The Gamespot employees with strong backgrounds and respect in the industry have moved on to better projects, working situations and companies.
Its felt like Vinny was one of the lone fingers in the dike at this point. I hope where ever he is going, its a great situation and he gets to keep doing what he loves.
Phi Nguyen @ May 8th 2008 3:15PM
"one of the lone fingers in the dike"? LOL. Sorry, the internet has corrupted my mind.
Phi ^_^
Wibby @ May 8th 2008 10:28AM
Another staffer of to giantbomb.com?
iconmaster @ May 8th 2008 10:41AM
Awesome.
Now we just need the janitor to leave and that's it for the site.
tc @ May 8th 2008 10:49AM
Yahtzee must have gotten to him!
JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 8th 2008 10:59AM
Helloooo, anybody there?
Korova @ May 8th 2008 12:32PM
Knock, knock
*no answer
Knock, know
*no answer
Oh, I forgot this is Gamespot's offices. Never mind.
Boostjunkie @ May 8th 2008 11:13AM
It took you a lot of work to paste 6.0 on a picture?
Sam @ May 8th 2008 2:37PM
Seriously! I can make that in 15 minutes.
BPM [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186] @ May 8th 2008 5:31PM
Pfft, I can do it in one minute!
Jhongerkong @ May 8th 2008 7:48PM
I make 4*10^69 every 0.001 nanoseconds.
Boostjunkie @ May 8th 2008 8:35PM
Perhaps they were joking, it just didn't sound sarcastic, I hope it was though. Maybe he didn't it in Microsoft paint.
Boostjunkie @ May 8th 2008 8:35PM
I mean did it.
Obie @ May 8th 2008 11:29AM
Next stop, Giantbomb.com!
Mark Dell @ May 8th 2008 12:11PM
Poor Matt Rorie, he used to create gameguides for Gamespot about and left 3 weeks ago.
He left Gamespot to become the new Marketing & PR Producer at Obsidian Entertainment and he gets no image or story.
EMaster @ May 8th 2008 12:19PM
If I hear one more thing about anything having to do with Gerstmann or Girthmann again I'm gonna pop a bullet in him so no one talks about him again. Who cares anymore seriously!!!
Donald @ May 8th 2008 1:37PM
"Final revenge: Gertsmann murdered by Eidos-employed gamer"
EMaster @ May 8th 2008 2:25PM
Dude if that were to really happen that would be awesome! Eidos employee was quoted as saying during arrest "Does that Fat piece of shit realize what people like me put int that game? ! My wife left me because I was working on Kane and Lynch so hard! I am the guy who said 'Hey! Make hitman Bald' ! that was me mother fucker!!!!".
EMaster @ May 8th 2008 2:25PM
Dude if that were to really happen that would be awesome! Eidos employee was quoted as saying during arrest "Does that Fat piece of shit realize what people like me put int that game? ! My wife left me because I was working on Kane and Lynch so hard! I am the guy who said 'Hey! Make hitman Bald' ! that was me mother fucker!!!!".
Korova @ May 8th 2008 1:02PM
Oh, its definitely per se, Justin. Definitely. 6 months is not that long to admit to oneself that your job is crap and find another one. It can take years.
EihBeir @ May 8th 2008 1:53PM
Low Impact Story
Kassu @ May 8th 2008 2:00PM
Oh, come on, are you seriouslt going to keep on posting these news?
Although I feel that Gamespot is shit, we shouldn't just assume that every staff member that leaves the crew has anything to do with Gerstmann Gate.
It's not like we was a god among mere reviewers.
(Yes, I can see the picture :D )
Kassu @ May 8th 2008 2:02PM
Fucking hell, another typo..
"It's not like he was a god among mere reviewers."
Where is the damn confirmation email when i need one?
Kassu @ May 8th 2008 2:03PM
Just for the record, I recieved a confirmation mail for the second post.
God hates me.
Donald @ May 8th 2008 2:41PM
New and exciting!
giantenemycrab @ May 8th 2008 3:44PM
I bet a lot of these people are going to Giant Bomb.