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The latest Gamespot review controversy
Trauma Center New Blood review text wrote:
"Just like the other operations in the series, New Blood is a surgery simulation that has you slicing into patients, excising their tumors, removing bullets, draining blood, and sowing them back up again, all with healthy doses of antibiotics and, most importantly, fun."

"The rest of the dialogue and plot details that unfold between surgeries are as dull as local anesthetic."

"Such an approach might've sterilized the game's injuries, if New Blood didn't go so over the top with some of them."

"Trauma Center: New Blood is a successful operation. Even though the dialogue is insipid and some of the procedures are frustrating, this game combines signature surgical gameplay with a double dose of challenge and great cooperative play for a trip to the hospital you won't require painkillers to enjoy."


One more bad pun and I'm boycotting Cnet. Healthy doses of fun indeed. edit: Side note, night of Gerstmann controversy exploding I contemplated doing a HNTPH of the last Blood Money level I had left, with the target at the end being Jeff Gerstmann via floating head as done in the past. I have since decided that I shall not do this, but I had a notepad running with some notes like I always do, I thought I'd share what was in there.

shoot gerstmann zoom in on barcode back of head property of cnet shoot him six times cut scene esque (bars), cut to black slide back after every shot flash red and mock score ratings i.e. first shot "1.0 wounded" "2.0 bleeding profusely" etc. up to six text Too soon? credit roll

title 47's editorial discretion

voiceover? you thought you could get away with it didn't you? Hiding out here? Don't worry. My employers simply asked me to extend the same courtesy you did our... product.
Posted by Noweb_basic, Dec 6, 2007 1:43 am PT   11 Comments
In All Seriousness

I was a little flippant in the last entry so just in case it isn't clear, I fully understand how completely messed up this is. It's as if Gamespot is trying to destroy their own credibility, trying to make people cancel their subscriptions, with how they're handling this. For the love of God apologize. And if you can't apologize, or don't feel you have to, put the situation out in the open. This policy bull crap about how we don't talk about former or current employee's hiring/firing status is a load of crap. Protecting his privacy? Then why can't Jeff talk about it? Cnet lawyers protecting him from himself?

I don't want to be a big drama queen and leave Gamespot, that's always a load of crap to me, "leaving" the site. It's the internet, you're not really going anywhere. But I'll be damned, Cnet sure is trying it's damndest to change my mind.

edit: And God dammit, do you even realize who you're firing? Greg Kasavin is gone, if he was still here I think Gamespot could weather this a little better (I'd like to think it never would have happened but what the hell do I know?), but now... I don't want to say this in an insulting way to the many editors left over who I've loved to read over the years. Brad Alex all them don't get me wrong I would grieve their leaving in a very real way especially under these circumstances but when you fire Jeff Gerstmann you're cutting off the goddamn head. I mean who the hell do we look to now? Who is the face of Gamespot? And how can we look at whoever takes Jeff's place without a sense of suspicion? If they can swallow their morals and take up his position in the wake of something so blatant as this, what the hell are we supposed to think?

Posted by Noweb_basic, Nov 30, 2007 12:56 pm PT   12 Comments
Look on the bright side

At least we know for sure that the Gamespot Kane and Lynch review is the unbiased truth. Just don't trust any more reviews, unless the reviewer gets fired for it. Instant review credibility.

I was thinking about doing a "How To Play Kane and Lynch" video a while back that would have consisted of an elaborate HTPK&L logo followed by "Don't." in block lettering but all the Anti-Kane and Lynch thunder is stolen now!

Damn iO should have just made another Hitman.

Posted by Noweb_basic, Nov 30, 2007 12:16 am PT   13 Comments
Not dead, just resting

And not even really that. I just finished this video up, it's more Toribash (your favorite) but this time prettier, as Hampa (lead developer on the game) shot me a 3.0 beta copy with all the pretty new graphics. I've been a bit busy as of late but I'll come up with something to post on here again. Not to be a nag but Gamespot hasn't been too inspiring as of late.

Direct link to the good quality version of the video: http://botmowen.mydistraction.net/nowebtori3pointoh.wmv

Posted by Noweb_basic, Oct 9, 2007 12:01 am PT   6 Comments
As Seen On Gamespot
Props to whoever stuck me with that emblem. Nifty. Figure I'll take this blog to tell you guys that I'm gonna be doing some new 60 second game reviews, they'll just be tagged with Screwattack at the beginning. Expanding audience, away! I'll let you guys know when the stuff goes up (which shouldn't be too far away), and will more than likely still be posting them as user movies on here. First game is Bioshock.
Posted by Noweb_basic, Sep 5, 2007 6:03 pm PT   17 Comments
Tokyo Drift: You are nothing.

Magic and fairy tales old man!

edit: Side note, is it me or is every single featured user video lately made by staff and not... users.

Posted by Noweb_basic, Aug 14, 2007 3:22 pm PT   11 Comments

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