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The ads went up and the Eidos brouhaha was settled over two weeks ago. Jeff got fired yesterday. Furthermore, I'd heard a few people tell that he'd already been skating on thin ice for "unprofessional reviews and review practices." I don't know much about that, though, so I can't say one way or the other. My gut tells me that he got canned for larger reasons. Maybe the Eidos debacle was part of it -- I don't know. But I sincerely doubt that Eidos made Gamespot fire him. CNET doesn't kowtow to its advertisers, and I've more than once seen the higher-ups turn away big advertising dollars for the sake of the company's integrity.I think the whole thing is likely a combination of factors, the biggest being poor timing.
Also, any reviewer that gives Tony Hawk a 10 and Twilight Princess an 8.8 shouldn't be reviewing games in the first place. Good riddance.
I'm a massive Zelda fan, but anyone who's played Twilight Princess can attest to the fact that it is not exactly a radical improvement or departure over the older games. I think it's fantastic, but I'd much rather read a critical review than a really high-scoring one, and in general Gamespot's been better about that than a lot of sites (say, IGN). I don't think him giving Twilight Princess a score of "Great," almost "Superb," makes him suddenly devoid of any right to put forth his opinion as a writer.