A new low for gaming media?

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roland32 on 29 November 2007

Penny Arcade has a comic up about this already.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2007/20071129.jpg

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naznatips on 29 November 2007

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Saiyar on 29 November 2007

It is true! Gerstsmann has been fired. The reason is currently unkown.

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naznatips on 29 November 2007

Saiyar said:
It is true! Gerstsmann has been fired. The reason is currently unkown.

Link to confirmation of firing?

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Saiyar on 29 November 2007

naznatips said:

Saiyar said:
It is true! Gerstsmann has been fired. The reason is currently unkown.

Link to confirmation of firing?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=212394

The guy that started the thread is a friend of Gertsamnn, he confirms it.

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XCosMarX on 29 November 2007

roland32 said:
Penny Arcade has a comic up about this already.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2007/20071129.jpg

Lol is funny in the background how you could see a few letters, but you know is gamespot:P

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Galaki on 29 November 2007

I think people might be over-reacting a bit. It's possible he just got fired due to incompetence that's stacked up over time. It just happened that K&L was his last piece of review and is using that for his excuse? Just a thought...

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Saiyar on 29 November 2007

Gabe from PA has made a comment on their forums saying that "the comic is true".

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=3689682#post3689682

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