Was Jeff Gerstmann fired from Gamespot for his review of Kane and Lynch? There are chances he wasn't, but when you have him being fired after that particular game review came out and after the whole site was decked out in Kane and Lynch, well, it doesn't take a scientist to add two and two and get four.

From the article:

Employees of competing video game website 1up.com staged a demonstration on Friday outside GameSpot HQ in San Francisco. The impromptu gathering was a way of showing support for Gerstmann and the integrity of the game review process in general.

Meanwhile, GameSpot user Subrosian, who has maintained a detailed chronology of events related to the Gerstmann scandal, is calling for a “Blackout Monday” in support of the fired editor:

Please do not go on GameSpot, GameFAQs, CNET, Download.com, TV.com, et cetera… do not go on ANY CNET site… Don’t come on the site, don’t Google the site, don’t click on a link to the site - don’t do ANYTHING that generates a page view, search engine hit, or *anything*

…*we’ll show CNET our silence*.

This issue is bigger than you, it’s bigger than me - it’s bigger than GameSpot. This is about big business being able to use *buy* public opinion…

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com