Do you miss Open Wheeled Racing expert The Ricker?

Jeff Gerstmann is co-founder of Giant Bomb and was Editor in Chief of GameSpot until his highly-publicized termination in 2007. He was at one time the highest-ranked NFL Blitz '99 player in the world, and has been a member of the bands "Midnight Brown," "Suburban All-Stars," and "Headboard."

Do you miss Open Wheeled Racing expert The Ricker?

#1 Posted by TheSouthernDandy (2906 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

Cause I sure do. One appearance on the now defunct NintenDownload X-press just wasn't enough. Unfortunately both The Rickers podcast appearances and the X-press were to be short lived (I still think Ryan is to blame). But now friends, there is a place to get a little more Ricker. He's not in character but its still him and he's still hilarious.

Jeffs blip.me pagefor people who aren't following him on twitter of have never checked it out.

You're welcome friends.

#2 Posted by adoggz (1878 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

hold on just a minute there. NDX is not defunct it is on hiatus pending interesting nintendo download pr description stuff.

#3 Edited by Mikemcn (6791 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

Rick,"The Ricker" Peterson will never be forgotten, his contributions to the open wheel racing scene will endure. Hopefully we can get him back on the bombcast some day.

Does anyone know who he actually is in relation to Jeff? Is he just a friend or something?

#4 Posted by DeeGee (1947 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

@Mikemcn: I think someone said they lived together.

#5 Posted by Daveyo520 (6540 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

Every day.

Online

#6 Posted by BlackLagoon (987 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

@Mikemcn: I believe he's the "asshole roommate" Jeff will occasionally mention.

#7 Posted by Codeacious (903 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

Bring back The Ricker.

#8 Posted by TheSouthernDandy (2906 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

Yeah pretty sure he's his roomie. I would agree, we need more Ricker. The people demand it.

#9 Posted by EuanDewar (4024 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

His best appearance is on the Suburban All Stars classic track "In the Can".

#10 Posted by TheSouthernDandy (2906 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

@EuanDewar said:

His best appearance is on the Suburban All Stars classic track "In the Can".

Hadn't heard that until tonight. That's gonna be my wedding song.

#11 Posted by Catarrhal (778 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago

Fun fact: the "Ricker" once made an appearance in an episode of On the Spot. Interestingly, it was the very same episode in which Jeff coined the phrase "Anime is for jerks."

And in case any of you kids haven't realized yet, Jeff hates being quoted on that.

#12 Posted by Brackynews (3325 posts) - 1 year, 29 days ago

@Catarrhal: That episode is even more notable (in my opinion) for being the "Rich is away, let's burn this mother down" with a bubble machine and swag giveaways. A freaking muffler...? Truly a classic. (Hey, remember TV.com?)

#13 Posted by jehrco (32 posts) - 1 year, 29 days ago

I really didn't think the ricker wa s a person. I replayed that ndx episode 2-3 times trying to figure out which whiskey guy was putting on a strange voice. I'm not sure if i am happy or sad with this information.

#14 Posted by firecracker22 (283 posts) - 9 months, 21 days ago

Rickers must come back. Because Gotham needs him.

Also, my GOD...blades!

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