Jeff Gerstmann Biography

Jeffrey Gerstmann is an American video game journalist and a former editorial director of the well-known gaming website GameSpot and the co-founder/editor of the gaming website Giant Bomb. During his times in GameSpot, he worked around the launch of VideoGameSpot when GameSpot split PC and console games into different areas.

Gerstmann gave his ideas on some of the other subjects every Monday on his GameSpot blog before his controversial dismissal from GameSpot in 2007 following a review of Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. Being a member of Spike Video Game Awards’ advisory council until its cancellation, Gerstmann was 1 of 25 journalists responsible for voting the nominees and winners of the event. Complex magazine named Gerstmann in its top 25 biggest celebrities in the video game industry.

Jeff Gerstmann Career

Speaking of his career, Gerstmann’s work in video game journalism started in the early 90s, since the age of 17, having been involved with the game industry doing freelance work as well as working for a print magazine for not more than a year. In the year 1996 GameSpot hired him as an intern, and finally, after spending some time there, he was promoted to be an editorial director.

Jeff Gerstmann Giant Bomb

Giant Bomb propelled in July 2008, is a video gaming site which is where Gerstmann and other game writers, including Brad Shoemaker, Vinny Caravella, Alex Navarro, and some time ago Ryan Davis (all previous GameSpot staff) live.

The staff delivers numerous video series including the Persona 4 and Deadly Premonition Endurance Runs, and the “This Ain’t No Game” fragment, alongside a digital broadcast, the “BombCast” and “Fast Looks” for the site. They likewise compose computer game surveys and spread computer game news for the site.

Gerstmann additionally by and by produces and transfers a standard premium-content video portion called “Container Time with Jeff” to the site, hour-long communicates regularly themed around container-related plays on words, in which Gerstmann drinks from a container while responding to questions submitted by means of email from Giantbomb clients, after some time the fragment has started to incorporate different off point considerations, for example, flaunting his computer game and reassure gathering, and talking about his very own feelings on different noncomputer game-related subjects. Monster Bomb was cast a ballot by Time Magazine as one of the Top 50 sites of 2011.

On March 15, 2012, it was declared that CBS Interactive, the parent organization of GameSpot administrator CNET, had gained the Giant Bomb and Comic Vine sites from Whiskey Media. As a major aspect of the series, the non-slander understanding among Gerstmann and CNET was invalidated, enabling him to at last talk freely about his end more than four years earlier.

Later that night on GameSpot’s On the Spot web appear, GameSpot VP John Davison showed up on camera with Gerstmann, denoting Gerstmann’s first appearance on the GameSpot site since November 2007.

In the section, Gerstmann uncovered that his terminating was in certainty identified with the low survey score he had given to Kane and Lynch, however, his clarification referred to other comparable occasions that hinted at the end, including a 7.5 (decent) appraising given to Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction by Aaron Thomas, at that point a worker under Gerstmann.

Occasions, for example, prompted him being “called into a room” a few times to talk about surveys posted on the site. Gerstmann went on to lay the fault on another supervisory group that was not able appropriately to handle pressure between the promoting and article staff, laying extra fault on the showcasing office, which he asserted was ill-equipped in how to deal with distributer grievances and dangers to pull back publicizing cash over low audit scores.

During the show, Gerstmann asserted he kept running into a couple of individuals from [Kane and Lynch] engineer IO Interactive at a show a couple of months after his terminating. He asserts one of the individuals he kept running into stated, “Better believe it, Kane and Lynch was anything but a generally excellent game.” Gerstmann reacted, “You ought to thoroughly call up my old supervisors and reveal to them that.”

On March 15, 2012, Giant Bomb declared that they were obtained by CBS Interactive, proprietors of CNET, implying that Gerstmann will work nearby his previous boss, GameSpot.

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Jeff Gerstmann Age | Birthday

Gerstmann was born on August 1, 1975, in Oklahoma, United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on August 1st every year.

Jeff Gerstmann Family

After doing our research, details about his parents are not available and it is also not known if he has any siblings.

Jeff Gerstmann Wife

Speaking of his personal life seems like the good looking Gerstmann is already taken. He got engaged to his longtime girlfriend, whom it’s suspected to be Jessica Elliot, a joiner who makes beautiful and exquisite pieces of jewelry and accessories on February 16, 2016, on the Giant Bombcast.

Children

The couple recently on July 22 this year, 2019, announced the birth of their first child. Otherwise, the family lives happily and there is no possibility of Gerstmann and his wife divorcing any time soon.

Jeff Gerstmann Body Measurements

Height: 5 feet 7 inches / 60.3 – 73.9 kg



5 feet 7 inches / 60.3 – 73.9 kg Weight: 133 – 163 lbs

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Brown Eye Color: Black

Jeff Gerstmann Salary

Details about Gerstmann’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much he makes will be updated as soon as it is available.

Jeff Gerstmann Net Worth

According to our reliable sources, Gerstmann has a net worth of $800,000, though his company, Giant Bomb is said to have a value of $76 million dollars.

Jeff Gerstmann Good Morning America

Good Morning America is an American show which Gerstmann once appeared in one of its segments with Diane Sawyer and Sega product analyst Dennis Lee in September 1999.

He talked about the release of the Sega Dreamcast, playing NFL 2K and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, notable for the Dreamcast crashing while life on national television in one of its first TV demonstrations.

Gerstmann by and by notes in a scene of the Giant Bombcast that he accepts his appearance on the show wearing a FUBU Jersey added to the attire organization’s tumble from fame.

The segment was also notable for the Sega product analyst’s many falsehoods, stating “You can actually see the snow slowly blanketing the ground, as the game goes on, the snow will blanket the field” features which were not present in the product.

Frequently Asked Questions About Jeff Gerstmann

Who is Jeff Gerstmann?

Gerstmann is an American video game journalist and a former editorial director of the well-known gaming website GameSpot and the co-founder/editor of the gaming website Giant Bomb.

How old is Gerstmann?

He is 44 years old as of 2019.

How tall is Gerstmann?

He stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches / 60.3 – 73.9 kg.

Is Gerstmann married?

He got engaged to his longtime girlfriend, whom it’s suspected to be Jessica Elliot

How much is Gerstmann worth?

According to our reliable sources, Gerstmann has a net worth of $800,000.

How much does Gerstmann make?

Details about Gerstmann’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much he makes will be updated as soon as it is available.

Where does Gerstmann live?

He resides in California.

Is Gerstmann dead or alive?

He is alive and in good health.

Where is Gerstmann now?

Currently, he works in the entertainment industry as a video game journalist.

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