Is Jeff rich?

He always seems to be the earliest adopter of all the hardware aswell as spending alot more on stuff (from what I heard in the podcasts at least).

No kids = tons of dispensable income.

Yes.

He's rich in friends <3

He cuts his costs on other things in order to enjoy the things he wants. Dude has a roommate. Dude has a broom ducttaped to his window. That saves some bucks you can apply to Turbograf-X.

He's also technically a journalist with 20 years experience.

He's rich bitch.

I just think he's passionate about games and when it comes to video games money isn't a concern

Of course, look at how many premium members there are on the site.

Yeah I don.t think he just has money laying around, he just manages his income in such a way that video games have an insanely high priority.

Rich is fartcat, not Jeff.

$650 dollar colorblindness-curing glasses experiment. yes.

I think he's pretty well off based on what CBSi is probably paying Giant Bomb and his % of ownership in the site. But yeah, not having kids/a wife/a house does cheapen things up a bit.

I Guess it Depends on who you ask? To me Jeff doesn't seem Rich, but more impulsive.

@Brodehouse said:

He's also technically a journalist

Except, not technically, or really at all in any way shape or form. As he himself has quite rightly, and proudly proclaimed in the past.

No one working for Giant Bomb is (or has ever been) a journalist, except Patrick.

#professionalvideogamesman.

If i never got married i would probably spend like Jeff too. So thank god i got married or my house would contain nothing but arcade cabinets.

@hwy_61 said:

No kids = tons of dispensable income.

This.

@hwy_61 said:

No kids = tons of dispensable income.

This. Children are parasites that feed off your sanity and bank account. I have no kids, and even with a shitty job I still have a decent amount of money to spend on stupid shit that will in no way fill the emptiness of my soul. God it's great not having kids.

His car situation should inform you of his theoretical wealth. (Hint, he's not rich)

@Alexandru: There are plenty of videos with both of them in it. Jeff is not Rich Gallup.

@LooseChange said:

He's rich bitch.

Ah yes gaming journalism - the blogs some people write on this site are no different to the stuff Patrick puts up. Doesn't make either of them journalists.

It's not like they are out in the field getting hot tips, or risking getting their asses blown off in Syria.

and it's easy to afford the latest consoles when you don't have kids, even with them it probably isn't going to cause much concern.

@Brodehouse: Dude, bro.

Just bro, dude.

He's got a sugar daddy who buys him whatever he wants.

Less rich, more irresponsible with his cash. It makes for great comedy, but then you realize he's a grown-ass man with a shit ton of Skylanders toys.

That "raid" he's been talking about - I fear he'll have a complete nervous breakdown, have some flashbacks to his time in 'Nam and become a rambling hobo in the streets of Tokyo.

It's time for an intervention.

@hwy_61 said:

No kids = tons of dispensable income.

@shootermcclay said:

@Alexandru: There are plenty of videos with both of them in it. Jeff is not Rich Gallup.

I see what you did there

The guy is single. He can spend any money he gets on himself and no one else.

Obviously turning tricks on the side.

Ah yes gaming journalism - the blogs some people write on this site are no different to the stuff Patrick puts up. Doesn't make either of them journalists.

It's not like they are out in the field getting hot tips, or risking getting their asses blown off in Syria.

and it's easy to afford the latest consoles when you don't have kids, even with them it probably isn't going to cause much concern.

$650 dollar colorblindness-curing glasses experiment. yes.

All of you are either children, working shit paying jobs, or seriously don't understand the serious amount of money you can save by a) being single b) not having kids and c) splitting housing costs.

Jeff has worked full-time for years at what I'm sure is a decent paying job, and has no family to be responsible for. I would be sleeping in a pile of money if I didn't have to worry about providing for two other human beings.

@BisonHero said:

@killacam

$650 dollar colorblindness-curing glasses experiment. yes.

I must know what this is in reference to.

He just ordered a pair of glasses that supposedly make colorblind people... less colorblind? able to "see" the colors they've been missing? It's unclear just what effect they'll have, but he dropped $650 to find out!

All of you are either children, working shit paying jobs, or seriously don't understand the serious amount of money you can save by a) being single b) not having kids and c) splitting housing costs.

Jeff has worked full-time for years at what I'm sure is a decent paying job, and has no family to be responsible for. I would be sleeping in a pile of money if I didn't have to worry about providing for two other human beings.

@hwy_61 said:

No kids = tons of dispensable income.

Man, I wish that were true.

What he lacks in hair he makes up for in money.

He writes Gamebomb.ru reviews on the side.

Most of his money comes from his Midnight Brown royalties.

@Labman said:

@hwy_61 said:

No kids = tons of dispensable income.

Man, I wish that were true.

It is.

@pepperzz: Really? I always thought Jeff was married and had kids... Why did I never know this?

People sometimes think I'm rich for the same reason that you think Jeff is rich, I buy a lot of games and I will just walk into a shop and buy an iPhone TV because I have the money. But I don't pay a lot of rent (£90) a month plus I live with my parents so food isn't an issue either, it;s a case of spending your money on things you are passionate for.

I really hope something good comes out of this thread. Maybe on the next Jar Time Jeff will surround himself with stacks of bejamins.

@hwy_61: or georges, it's hard to tell on his feed

@Alexandru: Yes he is. You should marry him.

Yes, he takes 100% of our premium money to feed his Skylanders addiction.

Sounds like a question the MBMBAM guys might answer.

Are you joking? 
 
The dude almost impulse bought a 150,000 dollar car, if memory serves.

Jeff followed the money, what can I say. Now he just needs an abandoned underground bunker to store it all in.

Have you listened to any of his stories about his life outside of video games? That does not sound like the life of a man with a lot of money.

As others have said, it's a combination of no kids and cutting back on a lot of other things. If you're frugal in some areas, you can waste a lot of money on some really stupid awesome stuff.

@Peanut said:

All of you are either children, working shit paying jobs, or seriously don't understand the serious amount of money you can save by a) being single b) not having kids and c) splitting housing costs.

Jeff has worked full-time for years at what I'm sure is a decent paying job, and has no family to be responsible for. I would be sleeping in a pile of money if I didn't have to worry about providing for two other human beings.

You do realize that the vast majority of people that posted in this forum all said the exact same thing right? Almost every other post was "no kids and not married" and there were a few mentioning his roommate. The only difference is that the other folks didn't feel the need to make generalized assumptions about other people while they were posting it...way to go!