Am I missing something? Is it some kind of running gag? Both Adam Sessler and Geoff Keighley pronounce your name Gertzmann. Why? It makes no sense. Please enlighten me.
Jeff Gerstmann
Jeff Gerstmann is the co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Giant Bomb as well as a professional video game scientist and anime expert.
Hello Jeff, how come no host can pronounce your name correctly?
I've noticed this too. Every time he's on GTTV I wind up yelling at my monitor. It's like dude it's written down right there just sound it out.
Really Sessler does it too? That dude should totally know better. I hope he's being funny.
Keighley is blatantly unaware and repetitive about it though. He pronounces it with a hard TZ and has zero clue. If it is a joke, dude needs an acting career. And Jeff makes the same face when Kessler says something stupid, so he's not aware of any joke.
I think Geoff Keighley does it on purpose, but there's no way to tell what the hell that guy is thinking most of the time. It's like he lives his life in fast-forward, never pausing to let a running joke sink in or anything.
Adam Sessler I don't know.... He's like on the road to becoming the next Gary Busey.
Wow. I just watched a G4 "Gerstmann-gate" clip and even Kevin Pereira called him Gertzmann. This was well after Jeff co-hosted with him that week of TSS (or was it actually AOTS then). I also saw one with Sessler and he mispronounced it as well. I really thought they both knew better.
Somebody needs to make a montage.
How would you pronounce Geff Jerstmann? Because they spell Jeff "Geoff" sometimes, right? Jeff has one of those names wheer you can swap the first two letters around without a whole lot of difference.
Don't worry! Keighley is a moron, anyway." I've only ever heard Geoff Keighley pronounce it wrong on the bonus round a few times and because of that I think he's a moron, but I haven't heard too many other people getting it wrong. "
Dude is a fucking tool.
" @Allprox said:Grr please go elsewhere with that shit, dick. Geoff deserves better than that." I've only ever heard Geoff Keighley pronounce it wrong on the bonus round a few times and because of that I think he's a moron, but I haven't heard too many other people getting it wrong. "Don't worry, Keighley is a moron, anyway.Dude is a fucking tool."
@Zithe said:
" @Grissefar: What a hell indeed, George. "
Nice shot, right Zach?
I read that as shit-dick, but I'm happy you used the comma correctly."Grr please go elsewhere with that shit, dick. Geoff deserves better than that."
Geoff is an asshole, and only cemented that with his antics in the AngryJoe interview (not to say that AngryJoe isn't also an asshole).
I really didn't like the way he conducted himself then, or indeed, ever. Guy is smarmy, man.
" @Grissefar said:Yeah he's kinda an asshole but I like that about him, I've seen him ask some real hard hitting questions no one else would ask.I read that as shit-dick, but I'm happy you used the comma correctly."Grr please go elsewhere with that shit, dick. Geoff deserves better than that."
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Geoff is an asshole, and only cemented that with his antics in the AngryJoe interview (not to say that AngryJoe isn't also an asshole).
I really didn't like the way he conducted himself then, or indeed, ever. Guy is smarmy, man.
" @Grissefar said:Shitdicks and assholes everywhere. That's just gay. Literally.I read that as shit-dick, but I'm happy you used the comma correctly."Grr please go elsewhere with that shit, dick. Geoff deserves better than that."
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Geoff is an asshole, and only cemented that with his antics in the AngryJoe interview (not to say that AngryJoe isn't also an asshole).
I really didn't like the way he conducted himself then, or indeed, ever. Guy is smarmy, man.
" @Grissefar: As well as having nothing worthwhile to say, Grissefar is an admitted homophobe.Or maybe you're drawing conclusions.Good stuff, pal."
Anyways, I'm sorry for making the shitdick joke, I just couldn't resist and I didn't realize you would actually take the gay part personally.
No, pretty sure he's a journalist. He's written some really great, in-depth pieces too for a variety of print and online outlets. Look at his work with Valve behind the scenes on The Final Hours of Half-Life 2 or The Final Hours of Portal 2." @pbhawks45 said:
He's a presenter not a journalist. "" What's with the hate for Keighley? He's one of the better video game journalists around. "
I've always liked Keighley because of his writing and because he was one of the more vocal people when that whole "Mass Effect" sex scandal thing came about.
I've always liked Keighley because of his writing and because he was one of the more vocal people when that whole "Mass Effect" sex scandal thing came about. "Exactly. That's why I like him too. And yeah, he's definitely a journalist, and a good one too.
It seems like there's always a hate on for videogame personalities who are on more of the showbiz side than the website side, like Adam Sessler and Geoff Keighley. But they're both dedicated journalists who know their stuff and are passionate about videogames. I also thought that Part 1 of this last Bonus Round was pretty good. Jeff put forth some great answers.
I think it's just because the ways your mouth moves to make the 's' and 't' sounds are similar, so you're mind and mouth just do what's most comfortable which it putting the 't' first.
2 or 3 out of a lifetime of people have been able to get my name right. When I visited Whiskey Media, they didn't even try to pronounce my last name, so good on them. At least people get Jeff's name somewhere in the right ballpark. Interesting fact, I can't pronounce J sounds, so I call Jeff Seff instead, so maybe I'm not one to point out other's faults.
" I've always found Geoff's hosting to be a bit awkward, especially in the latest Bonus Round with Jeff. Something about the questions he's asking and the way he's asking them just made me feel a bit uncomfortable. "
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