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Melkane
12-01-2007, 12:51 AM
Here's the video review.

Gametrailers.com - Gerstmann's Review of Kane & Lynch by gamerx0 (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/137943.html?playlist=featured)

6/10



Eidos has been HEAVILY advertising K&L all over Gamespot for weeks now,

Shortly after this review however it was reported that he had been fired and his review had been pulled.

Penny arcade then made a comic making fun of the incident and back up their comic as being based on true events.


Penny Arcade! - The New Games Journalism (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic)


So.. this raises the question. Just how many review scores out there for professional reviews are actually "bought". How unethical is it to lie in a review and up the score of a game that doesn't deserve it just to make a few extra dollars?

Melkane
12-01-2007, 03:04 AM
Go Nintendo » Blog Archive » Rumor - The motherload of GameSpot info- What are you waiting for? (http://gonintendo.com/?p=30633#more-30633)