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Garage Talk 4

We're on the outskirts of technology out here in the garage, which is 50% Wi-Fi deadzone and 50% a reminder that streaming on a MacBook Air is going to probably desync your audio and video. But between the Zaxxon iron-ons and Jeff's 1996 offer letter, there's a little something for everyone out in the garage.

Jeff Gerstmann's garage has a lot of things in it, and rather than clean it efficiently, he'd like to slow down and show you some.

Apr. 27 2021

Cast: Jeff

Posted by: Jeff

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I don’t know why but I love watching these.

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I that today years old when I learned that Romy and Michele's High School Reunion was based on character created for a play...n a theater. An earlier incarnation of the Romy and Michele characters appeared in a sitcom pilot entitled Just Temporary too. Both movie and show are thus based on the stage play Ladies Room, the TV pilot was written by the play's author, Robin Schiff.

This is information I didn't need and didn't ask for. I am poorer for knowing it.

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These have been great!

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"Sierra Kitchen and Bath" Quick Look! The world needs this right now.

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These are fascinating. Thanks for streaming from your garage!

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For a millisecond I thought: why the hell is Ben Shaprio on the front page of Giant Bomb.

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I remember when my daughter took a header into the corner of a wall...learned that day that head wounds bleed...A LOT! Glad the bebe is doing okay.

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When your first born falls, it's a traumatic experience. When your second born falls, you don't even look in their direction.

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what happened to garage talk 3?

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Absolutly fascinating

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Thanks for streaming from your garage!

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what happened to garage talk 3?

we don't talk about garage talk 3

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It would be cool to have like The Library of Bomb, a searchable site full of old press stuff scans and uploads.

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John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together is my family's goto xmas music source.

Legit brilliant.

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I love these videos so much, that is a fascinating garage.

Keep em’ comin Jeff! :)

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Aw man, where is my Myth: The Fallen Lords soundtrack CD? Need to go digging through some boxes.

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These garage streams are weirdly relaxing for me.

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shake weight, showstopper indeed.

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"Crysis 2 Shakeweight" brings to mind such a specific period of time.

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I love hearing his stories from the 90's and that hiring letter was golden.

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You should frame that letter. It's hard to say if you would have continued in the games industry if you didn't get that job. Where else would you have worked at that time?

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@eroq: A Crysis 2 shakeweight. And it doesn't even say "maximum strength." smh

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No joke after being a member for all this time and the constant stories (and the GOTY video) of Jeff's house/garage... this is like the ultimate payoff. Best new show.

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this is like Adam Savage's cave over on Tested but the gaming version

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I got say Jeff, your daughter is going to think you're a super hero once she gets old enough to understand and see all that cool stuff in your garage to play around with.

Good stuff, keep it coming.

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Garage Talk 4: With bonus Hooligan Jeff Story!

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For a millisecond I thought: why the hell is Ben Shaprio on the front page of Giant Bomb.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that had the same thought

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I gotta say, 480p with desynced audio is the perfect vibe for these videos. I really feel immersed in the grime.

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Love ya, Jeff

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petition to make 21 year old Jeff in that photo a new chat emote

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i was one of those kids shouting "Gweelay Gweelay"

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This is a trip down Jeff’s memory lane. Kinda makes me nostalgic to go through my old shit

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does watching these count as doing your own garage/junk room? .... im asking for a friend

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@mathey: Same here, that Christmas CD is really good!

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Jeff on podcasts over the years. "I was just holding a copy of <ENTER GAME HERE> in the garage last night"

Me: "Oh come on mate, no ones got that much stuff"

Oh how wrong I was. Great video series but I couldn't tell you what makes them so much fun to watch.

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@so1337 said:

@eroq: A Crysis 2 shakeweight. And it doesn't even say "maximum strength." smh

I wonder who comes up with these ideas and why they get paid. How could they miss such obvious thing to put on there!

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If video game historians don't jump at the Crysis 2 shakeweight, what is the point of history????

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I had an acoustic coupler, it had 300 baud. It was a bit bulkier than Jeff's and my phone looked more modern and more square-ish but it still worked.

The first thing I used it for was playing Doom 2 DM with a friend. It was amazing. Typing sucked though because if I typed too loud it disrupted the connection.

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Kamandi number 1 is worth some money. Apparently it’s aJack Kirby joint.

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You want to feel like shit? realize you make less now than Jeff did at GameSpot in 1996. I work full time at a global company. ...I need a new job.

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I grabbed a movie mylar for Bowfinger when I was a kid, even though I found it in the trash I was afraid I'd get in trouble for stealing it so I hid it in the back of my closet for years.