Honestly, this is a blow to gaming journalism and I'm sure it will expose many other backdoor ad deals that gain higher scores for games that may otherwise have had a lower score.

That being said, the credibility and journalistic integrity of Gamespot is pretty much shot. No offense to other reviewers since I'm sure they are equally upset and distressed as me and many other Gamespot users.

I have been coming here for years. I registered in April 2005 (I think) but have always trusted this site as long as I can remember. This place was always my first source for reviews when deciding whether to buy a game or not. I do nopt consider all reviews on this site to be void but many of the recent ones I will discredit and no longer tell people when they ask me if a game is good or not.

Now, as for other Gamespot staff members, I hope you all support journalistic integrity like Jeff did, even if he did it unbeknowingly like certain outside blogs seem to suggest. I understand your jobs are probably also on the line here and it is up to you to approach this cautiously but in a way that will maintain your credibility and integrity.

Onto my fellow forumites, please be mature about this. I know it sucks but no one will sit outside of your place of employment when you get fired and "ZOMG THIS IS TEH SUXZORZ HOW CAN DO DIS?!!!" there are official threads GS wide and Subrosian has made a thread in System Wars that can best be described as a well organized user protest. If you still feel your voice hasn't been heard then blog it, as I have. Also it is important to remember that the mods are our friends so don't act out against them, this isn't their fault and most of them feel the same way we do.

When all is said and done I hope Gamespot goes back to normal and I can trust their reviews again. This whole incident has taken my enjoyment out of the site and the only reason I remain is in the hopes that I will be a part of a change on Gamespot and I'm sure many other long time users feel the same way.