GTA IV

New trailer released today after four months of silence, which followed it's delay. The trailer is posted below. Also, EVE online launched a massive update which included boosting the graphics a good bit. Unfortunately, certain xp users who downloaded it had their boot.ini file deleted while installing (but only those who were updating the game, not those who installed the game and the update together, and it did not affect vista users), and if you're unfamiliar with that file let's just say you'll have a tough time booting your comp without it.

Gamespot "Explains" Gerstmann's Going

I advise you to carefully read what Gamespot has to say, and take into consideration the altering of reviewer scores that Eidos did. They went far enough to misquote Game Informer and Gamespy, as well as change the scores. This was revealed by Kotaku. Remember that just because Gamespot gives a reason for it's actions, most of which are vague, it does not mean it is true.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6183666.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0

It really isn't about Gerstmann. It's about our trust for Gamespot to deliver legit reviews. Sure, they say that other publishers have been upset with them before, and this wont be the last. But were those other publishers running an enormous ad campaign on Gamespot? Doubt it. Gamespot doesn't provide any. I was very hyped for Kane and Lynch. In fact, were I not so broke half the time I'd of bought it shortly after release. The heavy ads seemed to speak for themselves as far as review went. And then I watched Gerstmann's review. It saved me about 64 dollars. That goes a long way for a young guy like me. That save also goes a long way for Gamespot as well, which is the only professional gaming review site I visit. Then this happened. Gamespot has attempted to pose reasons for it's actions, and perhaps it was just bad timing and internal review blah blah blah. But as far as I am concerned they have not done near well enough proving their innocence. In the court of law one is innocent until proven guilty. In the court of the consumer it is very much the other way around.

Jeff Gerstmann Cont'd

Yesterday Gamespot released an article on Gerstmann's firing, and it received nothing but negative responses. Four pages of it by the time I reached it.


Today it is 52 pages long and growing.

Kotaku was able to speak to an anonymous Gamespot employee, and I highly recommend you check it out here.

WoW! No Wai!

I scored big tonight.
Sort of.
My old WoW account has been being used by some other person, somehow, for months now. I've been getting random emails to verify my account changes, none of which did I answer. Until now.

I requested a password change and found that all the information was the same. I logged in to see my same lvl 70 hunter, but was sad to see very few upgrades. He has only a few epics. The reason I quit playing on him was A) I hate alliance and B) I got my hands on an insane warlock. This is back in season one of arena. Since then, shortly after season two, I quit playing all together.

Now I'm back with my original account.