Can they just hire Jeff Bakalar already? seriously the dudes a gem and he meshes in perfectly I find. I think he would be an incredible match with Giant Bomb. Like imagine him in GOTY discussions with the whole team.
Loved that it was supposed to be a rotating chair, and the one time he was rotated he seemed really bummed about it. Never heard of him before the Beastcast but I'm a fan, he gets a long great with Vinny, Alex and Austin.
Jeff is rad. He fits in super well with the crew, I love how fast the Beastcast coalesced, seemed like there was zero time spent getting used to each other. Also, I can't explain why, but I love it every time he calls Vinny an asshole or something. Nobody else really does that (cause he's Vinny, obv.) but Jeff, and it's the best.
The guy's been working for CNET for ages. I was listening to him on the 404 podcast back in...2008, and I think it's their longest running podcast now. I think it's really funny that people would even assume he wants a job at GB.
He's already on here at least as much as Danny, if not more. I kind of prefer the idea that Giant Bomb is siphoning resources out of CBSi in the form of sister companies' employees. Kind of like a parasite.... one of those awesome beneficial MGS parasites though...
I think it's great with him coming into the Beastcast for outside perspective and I love him on it. Not sure why but it just makes me happy hearing him there. I actually like how he has a separate view from the rest of GB, like when he can talk about reviewing the same games as GB.
Just came in here to say that Jeff is a cool guy. He has that same laid back, every man approach that the rest of the crew do. As much as I appreciate Austin, just like Patrick he has this tendency to try and peel back the layers of anything they talk about, even when those layers aren't really there. I guess it comes with the territory, but sometimes you just have to turn your brain off, kick back, and shoot some faces without over analyzing the deeper socio-economic repercussions of everything.
@hypnotoadbrwowrowrow: I love that he brings interesting facets of the conversation to light as well. I just don't love it when it's done too often because it begins to feel forced. Thats just me though, I've always been an advocate of "they're just games" which I know is not a super popular opinion in this day and age.
He's great, but he seems to love his job, he's already on lots of GB content, and GB probably don't have the budget to hire him. Current situation just seems like a win for everybody.
I think it's great with him coming into the Beastcast for outside perspective and I love him on it. Not sure why but it just makes me happy hearing him there. I actually like how he has a separate view from the rest of GB, like when he can talk about reviewing the same games as GB.
Yeah I am enjoying that as well. I like his perspective vs the other guys.
As long as he keeps showing up for Beastcasts im happy enough, he is already working for the parent company so im sure if he ever felt like moving over it would be a formality.
Why do they need to hire him? He already works for the same company.
I know this is a joke (ish) type of thread, but for those that are serious about this read these two posts. Dude works for the same company. That would be like living next door to your best friend in an apartment complex and then asking him/her to move in so you two can be closer to each other.
He basically works there as people have pointed out, but yeah the more Bakalar the better. Him and Vinny together almost reaches Vinny/Dave levels of funny.
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