It was a scandal that rocked the industry: the firing of Gamespot’s Editorial Director, Jeff Gerstmann, created a wave of negative publicity and raised numerous questions about the ethics and policies of Gamespot and many other publications and web sites in regards to their treatment of editorial content and advertising. Although Gamespot and parent company CNet continue to attest that the firing had nothing to do with Gerstmann’s review of “Kane & Lynch: Dead Men”, the rumors persisted that Eidos Interactive had pressured Gamespot to reprimand Gerstmann accordingly by threatening to withdraw advertising money. Regardless of the tenacity of these rumors, the facts remain: Jeff Gerstmann, after eleven years of employment at Gamespot, was dismissed from his position on November 28, 2007, sometime after publishing his review of “Kane & Lynch: Dead Men” in which he scored the game a 6 out of 10.