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.
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.
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.
@Fattony12000 Dude, you knew exactly what I was talking about. You've played semantics and for what?
(The worst part is, I've gone to lengths talking about how games 'writing' is not necessarily games 'journalism'. You've shit all over someone who actually agrees with you for semantics.)
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.
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.
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.
He does interviews that would be hard to come by for most of the user blogs on the site, but that's mostly because he has some amount of rep from working at GB and other gaming sites previously.
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.
$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.
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.
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.
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!
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