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I really sympathize with the editors there, they're in a tough situation. But there were two problems here that ensure the controversy will live on:

1)They didn't address why the text review was edited.

2)They deliberately said that Jeff wasn't fired *solely* for the K&L review. That still leaves it wide open for K&L to have been one reason for his firing, and in my opinion if an overly-negative review had ANYTHING to do with the firing then we still have a scandal. Reviewers need to be free to call games Ugly, Lazy, and anything else that fits.

Allow me to second General Grey's comment. GFW Live is still unproven and has problems. GFW, generally, is pretty great. I love the ability to plug in my 360 controller to my PC and *know* that it's going to work flawlessly with any GFW game. Consistent branding and money spent on advertising the PC as a platform is huge as well. Unfortunately, what the PC really needs is some kind of antipiracy mechanism that works. That's the real reason console game sales dwarf PC game sales.

That picture's in poor taste Joystiq. Swap it out.

Actually AirIntake, practice can compensate for lag issues. From playing quake on a 28.8 modem back in the day, I can tell you that it's not too hard to figure out your latency and aim ahead to compensate. Just takes practice.

Sorry Joystiq, Doug was right. Jack Thompson gets a lot more press than the newsworthiness of his antics should merit. The gaming press is Jack's best friend.