The Bobby Blackwolf Show Episode 124: December 2, 2007

Gerstmann-Gate

We begin by updating you on our Rock Band struggles - we were offered a free game by EA due to the lateness of the shipment of our replacement instrument, but the email stated the wrong instrument.
Vivendi has purchased Activision to create the new company Activision Blizzard.
And then, the meat of the show is devoted to the recent dismissalof Gamespots Jeff Gerstmann, allegedly due to advertiser pressure fromEidos over his review for Kane & Lynch. We take a lot of great callers discussing if game reviews are valid and who to trust.
Afterwards we do discuss the Xbox Live 2007 Fall Update set to drop on February 4th.
Also, we receive early indication from a chatter that Gametap is losing 70 games on December 11th...More to come on that one next week!

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