John Davison of Gamespot stepping down to work on "something mobile"
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More Fun To Compute
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Something mobile. Hand held death ray emitters?
Best wishes for whatever he's doing mobile wise.
Stoffinator
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Does he ever stay in one spot for too long?
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Deleted member 17706
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I hope this doesn't effect how Giant Bomb is treated.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I wonder if Jeff Gerstmann will get his job...
Fried Food
Banned
Time for giantbomb bomb to take over
I don't have an issue with mobile in general but you are correct that he was painful to listen to in those episodes of 1up yours even though I actually think he is great on podcasts.
shadyspace
Banned
That'd be fucking sweet.
funkystudent
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So he is never going to be on the bombcast?
MikeE21286
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Jumpin ship. Lol geez.
Love John, but boy he gets around.
Love John, but boy he gets around.
John: PC gaming is dead because Crysis requires a $2000 PC.
The good old days of 2007.
yeah, he was one of the reasons (if not THE reason) why jeff/the other gb guys returned to gamespot.
MikeE21286
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I was generally just referring to his iphone shit. I liked him up to the point where he was clearly not much of a gamer anymore and all he talked about was some 5 minute arcade title he found in the past week on his iphone. Everything else he was pretty silent on or didn't know much about, like what you said. It just seemed like he lost interest in normal games.
Reluctant-Hero
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Everything the man touches has become an excellent product/service. Good luck to him.
MikeE21286
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Actually they all end up closing.
1up. EGM. What they Play. Gamespro mag. Gamespot?
Trail of Tears...
not because of him. I love John
"Very proud of what we've done over the last couple of years, and seen some big changes. Love the team, and happy to hand over to @MondoMovie (Ben Howard)"
"Will continue to write, will be contributing as editor at large working closely with @MondoMovie @justicecovert and all the guys "
"Will continue to write, will be contributing as editor at large working closely with @MondoMovie @justicecovert and all the guys "
Lazy vs Crazy
Member
Last time he did this it didn't work out too good, did it? Is what they play even a thing anymore?
The_Hitcher89
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First time I heard him was his review of some shitty Indiana Jones game on Wii on 1up Yours. Love at first listen 
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
They sold it off to Fox or something. I'm sure he's not too upset.
DidntKnowJack
Member
He just doesn't like to stay at one place very long, does he? I wonder if he's easily bored.
Or, if he likes to come in to a new gig, do all he can do to save the company, and move on.
Or, if he likes to come in to a new gig, do all he can do to save the company, and move on.
IIRC he bought a Tesla Roadster after he sold WTP. I think hes pretty happy how that went.
August 23, 2007 - leaves 1UP, starts What They Play
September 2009 - sells What They Play to IGN, joins GamePro
August 18, 2010 - leaves GamePro, joins GameSpot
August 28, 2012 - Leaves GameSpot to work on "something mobile"
He turned it down, and walked off into the sunset.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, at least he helped buy Giantbomb and save them.
Best of luck to him and his 7000 dollar PC.
Best of luck to him and his 7000 dollar PC.