Jeff Gerstmann Returns With A Giant Bomb

July 21, 2008

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GameSpot and CNET see their favorite fired game reviewer return with a rival gaming blog and a ton of street cred.

Gerstmann's old employers hotly denied external pressure from major advertiser and game developer Eidos played a role in his dismissal in 2007. His firing coming on the heels of a tepid review of Eidos' big release Kane & Lynch: Dead Men evidently happened strictly by coincidence.

No one will push him around on Their blog touted Giant Bomb as "a little bit of everything from 4 dudes working out of a basement in Sausalito." Gerstmann's reputation and the assortment of features available at the site should make it a hot destination for gamers.

Selectivity will be a factor in what the quartet reviews. On their help page, they noted the staff will dismiss the "fire-hose approach to video game coverage" in favor of bringing what they find important to the attention of their readers.

Just don't look for a massive breakdown of the next installment of the Madden NFL franchise, as the group isn't all that big on sports games in general.