Vandalism Protected due to rapid vandalism for the last hour 04 40 Jun 12 2005 UTC Citation should not be needed on the point about Gamespot being originally a PC gaming site Being a Gamespot user myself since 1996 The picture featuring the Gamespot Portal should probably be updated unlock it and list me as a key part of the mod staff o O I think the sock puppet invasion is over It s probably safe to reopen it I don t see any disputes it was just a sock puppet invasion I think it s time to reopen this 01 35 14 Jun 2005 UTC Gateman1997 On a serious note will it get deleted if I list myself as a key mod on the GS staff I really am a mod and one of the mods you listed isn t even a mod anymore I would consider taking off the mod who s not even a mod anymore and adding myself to be a legit update I remember they locked the IGN topic once and it was there for several days Once this page is fully open would anyone mind a total rewrite that would cover everything about GameSpot ever Um how exactly are you goiong to list yourself Do you mean saying your real life name or your user ID that you use here If you can provide a link or something showing you re really on the staff then maybe Talk 10 41 23 Jun 2005 UTC It s so stupid that anyone would vandalise a page becuase they are angry at the site Come on let it be edited I want to add some more details about GameSpot When is it going to be unlocked by a SYSOP 1 July 2005 17 06 UTC Well my name at GameSpot is The Capitalist and if this topic ever opens I ll rewrite the topic Is anyone planning to contact a Wikipedia mod Um go to the protected list and say it should be unlocked Often the sysops just forget if no one demands it So do that and it ll no doubt become open very soon Talk 5 July 2005 04 19 UTC I went to the list of protected pages but GameSpot wasn t listed I believe that they thought they had re opened the page but I guess they did not I ve alerted a wikimod to the situation XX55XX The Capitalist The protection logs said it was protected against vandalism Since it has been protected for almost a full month I have unprotected it Next time ask for unprotection on Wikipedia Requests for page protection 5 July 2005 21 54 UTC Someone should mentiion that both gamespot and videogamespot started out as nuke com it was an online presence of EGM they opted for gamespot name several issues later One small thing GameSpot is credited with being one of the most reliable and sometimes brutally honest resources for gaming information in the Internet leading in reviews previews and news coverage Any sources for this Read some reviews the people at Gamespot are pretty tough Anyone I know regards them as the opposite according the gamerankings they are purely average That s purely anecdotal evidence which is useless Go pick up a game box sometime The developers love quoting positive reviews from Gamespot and IGN While it may be POV me and everybody I know certainly believes it to be true I actually don t see as many gamers trumpeting Gamespot s reviews on thier boxes as you would have us believe I believe your opinion is just that I agree it should be reworded as Many people see gamespot as the most brutally honest etc etc etc this article is full of POV information a definite rewrite should be in order Besides it doesn t matter if you ve been a member of GameSpot since ever or if you even work there the writing standards of Wikipedia still apply I would hardly describe Gamespot s 6 3 out of ten review of