"I stand behind my work, regardless of where I do it," Gerstmann told
Joystiq in an e-mail. "If there was content that I felt I couldn't
support, it wouldn't see the light of day." Gerstmann did not comment
specifically on the edits made to his text review of Kane & Lynch,
or the site's removal of the video review, but he did support the
editing process in general. "If factual errors are made, I have no
problem owning up to that error, correcting it, nothing that a
correction has been made, and feeling like an idiot for making the
mistake in the first place."
Gerstmann also directly addressed
the somewhat pernicious rumor that he did not complete Kane & Lynch
before he finished his review. "A reviewer's Xbox Live Gamercard is
rarely a good place to look for answers about how much that reviewer
has (or hasn't) played a game," he said. "For the record, I saw both
endings in Kane & Lynch before writing about it."
As for his
future plans, Gerstmann seems to be keeping his options open. "I'm not
really sure what I want to do next," he said. "This whole situation has
left me with a lot to think about. While this sort of clean break would
be an acceptable time to think about trying game development, I feel
like I still have more to say and do on the editorial side of the
fence, too."
Surprisingly, the experience doesn't seem to have
soured Gerstmann on video game journalism as a whole. "Despite the
number of people who are taking these rumors ... to mean that game
writing is ethically bankrupt, I don't feel that's the case," he said.
"Either way, I'm currently keeping my options open and have been in
contact with interesting people on both sides."
The Kane & Lynch: Dead Men review by Jeff Gerstmann that was removed by Gamespot shortly before he was fired:
Funny by eidos pulling away from gamespot which might have got jeff fired has now brought more bad advertising to Kane and Lynch. I beat the game two times, saw both endings, and I agree with Jeff\'s review. My review was scored a little hirer, but I score differently.
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