Gamespot's Alex Navarro made the following statement about the PS3 price:

Apparently Alex is true to his word. This video shows him accepting his punishment from fellow Gamespot employee, Brian Eckberg. And while I appreciate him putting his organs on the line for market projections, I question the sincerity of Eckberg's attack. Was there anything on that punch? Is Alex falling to the floor from truly being nailed or is he suffering from histrionics alone? Either way, it's nice to see game journalism raised to such levels.

Speaking of, the following is a true story of game journalism documenting Gamespot's extensive history of gut punchery:
About a year and a half ago outside a San Francisco bar, drunk Gamespot staffers Brad Shoemaker and Ryan Davis were taking turns punching drunk me in the stomach. We know how to party. After about 7 or 8 punches, a scary street person walked up and showed us his yin yang chest tattoo. He enjoyed our martial arts antics and wanted me to punch him in the gut. I distincly remember thinking, "Fucking A. I've been training my whole life for this."

I hit him, as he volunteered for, with a left hook to the ribs, and he went immediately from zen karate master to belligerent junkie. With a face that desperately said, "Please, please don't let them know that hurt," he told me a REAL karate man only throws awkward straight punches directly to the sternum. Also, the only reason I didn't was because I didn't want to get my ass kicked in front of my white friends.

I saw his impotent threat and raised him a direct confrontation. In a mockery of his punch, I poked him in the sternum and said, "Kick my ass, hobo." He said something about crackers and did his best to look tough as he left. Brad asked to no one in particular, "Uhh... what just happened?" We may never know, but it should have taught Gamespot that when friends start punching each other in the stomach, no one wins.