7 posts and columns on GameSpot

Roll of the DICE: Videogame Leaders Name the Industry’s Best

in Commerce on February 9 at 6:22 pm PT

The videogame industry is hosting an Oscars-like ceremony Thursday in Las Vegas, where a few hundred of the top leaders will recognize the achievements in the interactive arts and sciences.
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Any Skin in the Game is Fine with Microsoft Kinect

in News on November 5, 2010 at 12:16 am PT

Last night, the game news website GameSpot kicked up a controversy over a new camera-based game controller from Microsoft, Kinect, with a post that said two dark-skinned GameSpot employees had trouble with the system’s facial recognition feature. That prompted the website of Consumer Reports to run its own tests to see if it could duplicate Kinect’s alleged discrimination.

Break Media Makes Another Gaming Move, Acquires FileFront Networks

in Media on February 11, 2010 at 8:00 am PT

Last month, dudecentric network Break Media announced plans to start developing its own lightweight Web games. FileFront comes at gaming from a different perspective–it works hand-in-hand with the big-budget videogames for the likes of the Xbox 360 and the PS3.

CBS Digital Boss Quincy Smith’s Not-Quite Exit Interview: “Hulu’s a Great Service. That’s Part of the Problem.”

in Media on October 28, 2009 at 1:31 pm PT

The man who helped shape CBS’s standalone Web video strategy explains himself, for the record.
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UGO, Hearst’s Dudes/Gaming Site, Needs a New CEO

in Media on August 14, 2009 at 11:47 am PT

UGO, the dude-centric videogame site that Hearst bought for $100 million two years ago, needs a new CEO. J Moses, who co-founded the company in 1998, left in June, as did Michael McCracken, his longtime COO. The company is currently being run by Hearst Interactive president Ken Bronfin.
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CBS Interactive/CNET Re-Org: The Complete Memo

in Media on December 11, 2008 at 4:37 pm PT

CBS paid $1.8 billion for CNET last summer, and today it is dealing with the consequences: A re-org and layoffs. CBS execs won’t release a total for the number of people fired, so news will be coming out in piecemeal fashion for some time. In the meantime, here’s CBS Interactive’s new corporate structure, detailed in an internal memo distributed late today.

Sure, the CBS-CNET Deal Seems Crazy–But Maybe in a Good Way

in News on July 18, 2008 at 7:02 am PT

A lot of people have been piling on CBS for its deal to buy Web site operator CNET Networks for $1.8 billion in cash. Not BoomTown. And it is not because newly crowned CBS Interactive CEO Quincy Smith is the ever-amusing Energizer Bunny of the Internet. Okay, CBS paid too much and that makes the whole thing suspect. But is it the wrong direction?