Jeff Gerstmann Heads to New York, Takes Questions

I don't get to see all the content produced, so the content was really interesting and novel to me.

Thinking about the 19 point rating scale gives me a headache.

Alex, this will always be your legacy.

Thank you Jeff for being awesome.

@mistzero: hey, i'm that dumb interviewer in the video! message me and i'll send you some info about the stuff NYU has lined up, if you want.

Hey that's awesome to hear there is a whole stock of Transistor development footage they can put something together with in future. I really enjoyed the Building the Bastion series.

That was great, Jeff! Really enjoyed that candid talk.

I want to send a shout out to the person who posted a bunch of signs at the main building entrance, as the place in Metrotech center was a little confusing!

I was surprised to see the word Duders in real life. Good times.

Great job Jeff. Good job NYU having the man himself on there.

I call bullshit. *picks up phone and dials 28557448* It's ringing......... -_- *hangs up phone*

Very cool talk, kind of excited for some new blood on the site.

The host asks Jeff at one point if he sees written games coverage moving away from reviews and more toward more serious articles exploring their meaning and what not, and Jeff hesitates before answering to the affect of, "sure, maybe."

I don't know about you guys, but Jeff's "Jar Time" videos are essentially this in video format (which I think occurred to Jeff, by the look on his face, but couldn't find the way to express it).

Jeff, in my opinion, has his finger on the collective pulse of gamers. And it's the unspoken tragedy of the loss of Ryan that has required Jeff to spend more time on the business side and less on his sharing his thoughts on the industry.

This was great. The PAX Panel was great. The GDC live stream was great. I feel the old Bomb burgeoning back. Ryan's smiling down on all of it. Can't wait for the future plans.

Raid!?

It's amazing how well Q and A sessions can work when the questioner isn't trying to be funny or drop a sweet inside joke.

This is like an extended Jar time video....which means it's pretty damn great.

@dryker said:

That's a real shame, really. I come to Giantbomb to see Jeff be Jeff the crazy video game guy, not Jeff the businessman.

I hope he can lock up the business end of things and return to the good old days of GB where he had all the time in the world to do an endurance run, post on forums and just talk about video games.

Jeff did great! Awesome talk!

Really good talk.

Oh man, the possibility of inside video of the making of Transistor is making me super excited. Fingers crossed!

I fucking love Jeff Gerstmann.

Great video! Obviously Jeff has a voice on the site, and has mentioned this stuff before, but this was a cool way of seeing his perspective on how things are going on this site in long form fashion and when it is not directly attached and related to a different subject and discussion. (the last thing like that was a Whiskey Media Radio Show from years ago?)

Really awesome video, wish i was there.

@hollitz: shots fired at PAX panel. You're right though, when people try hard to be funny it sort of kills a show.

The guy hosting did an alright job. I give him credit because it's hard to ask questions, give prompt replies and keep everything under control. Not enough experience but a good show nonetheless.

I'd love to see Jeff go on Craig Ferguson. Not sure why, I just do.

I've never been to Pax and I've never watched any video outside of the GB ones from previous years, but I have to say, if what I saw from the twitch streams this year is any indication the people asking questions were more natural, comfortable and funny than the people behind the desks. Every time I turned the stream on, if it wasn't JWong selling monitors (itself a very poorly produced cringeworthy piece of video) it was the worst panel I've ever seen in my life. Every single time it was the absolute worst thing ever.

I'm guessing it can't be that bad all the time, as there's about to be a 4th pax, but what little I saw was terrible.

Yeah I agree, but I honestly think they don't have the resources to improve the wiki. So much of that was Dave and the other Whiskey engineers and designers. I don't think we'll see a significant move to improve the wiki in quite some time. I can't even remember the last time I edited anything. Also it's kind of the same way with a lot of the proposed changes he's discussing. We'll see I guess, but I really don't see Jeff writing long-form criticism, for instance.

Thanks a lot for putting this up on the site. Would have missed it otherwise

Really fantastic talk. It's great to hear a lot more up-front info about the future of the site; stuff we've only heard light rumblings of beforehand.

And Jeff really knows how to speak in just about every environment; dude is talented as heck. I hope GB can sort out the business end of things soon so that he can go back to doing more of what he's good at.

lol "women, people of colour, queer people & transgendered people " pretty sure one of those isn't PC

You can never have enough Jeff.

Someone repping the Sharks. Woo!

Great content Jeff (and Alex)!

Thanks.

Awesome, the speaker asked Jeff my question.

Great talk regardless though.

Great, just great.

@tothenines said:

As I understand it, "queer" has become a kind of catch-all term for people not confined to "traditional" binary gender roles, inclusive of LGBT and a whole spectrum of other social-sexual identities. It's been reclaimed and mostly lost its power as a derogatory word.

My hope is that they don't use the freelance budget for reviews but instead use it to pay people to write long-form articles about games/game related topics. You know maybe have a former dev write a series about making games, or some big Sega 32x fan write a big article about the 32x.

Yes, great talk!!! Especially the DRM stuff... The time is not now, I suppose. And dont review all the Naruto games pls. Dont waste your time. Thanks for the stream!!!

@robothamster: nice!!! Hope you enjoy the talk!!

You're wrong.

I'm also really looking forward to watching that conversation between John Romero and the creator of Myst. Sounded really interesting!

I hope so. But didn't Jeff say "give patrick freelance money" which sounds pretty bad. Might as well rename the website to Kotakubomb if that happens.

Seriously, IRN BRU is uh-mazing.

Damn good talk. Really enjoyed the questions.

Jeff is cool.

Talks are cool.

You are cool.

This is honestly one of my new favorite pieces of content.

The talk was top-notch, and man, the questions were incredible! Probably the best Q&A I've seen in ages. Really insightful questions that got Jeff talking about some complex and big issues. Gave some really solid and thoughtful responses that reminded me of why I keep coming back here. Guy knows the industry and culture like no one else in the enthusiast press.

No, don't be stupid.

I love seeing the GB staff give talks or conferences about their respective experiences with the video game industry or various other topics outside of their own work environment. Awesome work!

Awesome talk. I even stopped it in the middle last night because I was dead tired and immediately jumped back in where I left off when I woke up this morning.

I'm glad to hear they plan to hire another person or two. Hopefully that will all work out!

@manicmyna: Actually, those are all the preferred terms.