Ryan Davis updated his blog earlier today linking to an exclusive interview with Joytstiq.com, which includes further details as to why he felt it was time to move on after eight years at GameSpot. Davis goes on to say that the remaining GameSpot editors are not being influenced by sales or marketing teams, and believes that our trust in their continued honest and quality work will not be misplaced.

Ryan also briefly touched upon Gertmann’s controversial firing.
“Kane & Lynch didn’t fire Jeff. I believe it was a factor in his termination, but I think it was more emblematic of the relationship between the upper management and the senior editorial teams. I’m not privy to the specifics of that relationship, but I believe they felt our reviews were unfairly critical, and that was impeding on ad dollars, which should give you a good sense of where their priorities lie.”

I don’t believe anything more needs to be said on the subject considering most people have since made up their owns minds as to what truly happened only months ago.

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