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Davis: "Gerstmann firing destroyed me"

Gamespot staffer Ryan Davis has said that Jeff Gerstmann's sacking from the site last November signalled the end of his time at the site, at which he'd worked since 2000.

"Jeff's firing just destroyed me, and I think it shed a light on the other stuff that I had been kind of rolling along with," he said.

Davis quit yesterday.

In a Joystiq interview, Davis said he wanted the people left at the site to be seen by readers as the real deal.

"I want people to have some faith in the editors that are still there," he said. "These are honest people doing honest work that honestly isn't being mangled by marketers and salespeople. I just don't think I have it in me to try and repair the damage that's been done in the process."

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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