It Was the Mic . . . Yeah, That's It. It Was the Mic That Made Us Do It

Gamespot has released a second statement on the Gerstmann firing in as many days. It's qualified as a "SPECIAL REPORT" and is once again authored by "Staff."

The article is long on repeating what the earlier blurb denied, but short on any revelations. And it absolutely bleeds desperation.

It does report GameSpot's timeline on when the review was posted, pulled, and then re-posted. I'm not giving GameSpot any credit for putting the review back on their site; it's been on YouTube since the controversy emerged, so slapping it back on GameSpot isn't exactly illuminating the shooting gun.

The real kicker is the explanation of why the video review was removed in the first place. The article lamely claims they pulled it, ". . . due to concerns of quality. Specifically, its audio was deemed inferior due to a faulty microphone. There were also concerns about the limited amount of footage, which was unrepresentative of the game in the review." I'm going to give them an "A" for effort, but this statement has the corporate spin doctor stamp of approval all over it. It almost makes me laugh, if my intelligence wasn't so insulted.

The rest of the article continues to deny that Gerstmann was fired from the Eidos ad revenue being pulled while also refusing to come clean with the specific "internal reason" that lead to the sudden firing. Deny, deny, deny might come straight out of the Corporate Handlers' rulebook, but it's not playing well out here in the real world.

They can sell it, but I ain't buying.