1UP Podcast Covers Gerstmann Firing

1UP's December 7th podcast discusses the recent Gerstmann firing and the merger of Activision and Blizzard. I haven't heard any commentary from people who work in the industry, so it was interesting to listen to four editors and reviewers talk about the firing. Surprisingly, they didn't all agree on the influence publisher marketing department's put on game reviewers.

They also talk about the Activision/Blizzard merger. Like me, they seem puzzled by it. The also made a point that none of them had any glimmering that any such merger was in the works.

The Gerstmann conversation begins about an hour into the two hour podcast, with the merger discussion immediately following.