Gerstmann's next thing: Giant Bomb

50 Comments by Justin McElroy Mar 7th 2008 9:30AM
Filed under: Culture

He's been teasing it for a while now, but Jeff Gerstmann has revealed where he's rebuilding his house after the Gamespot Quake of '07: GiantBomb.com, a collabo between Jeff G. and fellow former Gamespotters Alex Navarro and Ryan Davis. As you probably could have guessed, it's a site all about knitting, knitting supplies, knitting culture and (of course) knitting humor in the monthly feature "What A Stitch!" (also, video games).

This week, Gerstmann takes you behind the scenes on an exclusive, backstage tour of the new Giant Bomb offices. Who knew a start-up could be this glamorous?

Tags: alex-navarro, gamespot, gerstmann-gate, giant-bom, jeff-gerstmann, ryan-davis

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Jeremy: Mar 7th 2008; 9:42AM

I will support him. I hope he does a good job with this website.

xFenixKnightx: Mar 7th 2008; 9:44AM

Ill check it out. I always found myself agreeing with Jeffs review anyways. Congrats!

milestailsprowe: Mar 7th 2008; 9:45AM

OK now I say we support this site Gerstmann and Rick Gallop were the only reason I went to gamespot besides for forums now that he has his own SITE HELL YEAH

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force): Mar 7th 2008; 9:46AM

Vim Varrey as Veh Viddler....

Nigeria: Mar 7th 2008; 9:48AM

Navarror is there which is a plus, but Gerstmann is well too jaded to take his reviews seriously.

He's forgotten how to have fun. Or he's eaten all the fun. Either way, you can't spell "fun" with Jeff Gerstmann.

Sora267: Mar 7th 2008; 6:21PM

You could if his middle name had a U in it.

What IS is middle name anyways?

ToastyBuffoon: Mar 7th 2008; 9:49AM

Not sure if it is because the site is in it's early stages, but notice that there is no Wii tab.

Tiptup300: Mar 7th 2008; 10:54AM

The tabs are different tags for his posts. He has no wii posts yet.

Fernando Rocker: Mar 7th 2008; 9:49AM

I hope that Joystiq promotes fernandorocker.com in launch day =p

marcandrer: Mar 7th 2008; 10:22AM

aren't you already running wiifanboy.com ?

Justin McElroy: Mar 7th 2008; 10:28AM

It's been a while since I've done this, but I'm giving the Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award to marcandrer. You did it!

Jerk Face: Mar 7th 2008; 10:32AM

Yeah, you have to admit Fernando that WAS a really good burn! : )

Incidentally, I would visit fernandorocker.com

I mean, if you'd visit www.jerk-face.net

Which is real. For the record. I write some stuff. It's not very good.

Nigeria: Mar 7th 2008; 10:51AM

I can confirm Jerk-face.net is indeed real.

There is a post about an octopus on the first page. He goes into elaborate detail about this octopus. Its size. Its razor-sharp chitinous beak.

There are also floaty shots of the octopus' tentacles.

Jerkface knows his audience: I salute him.

xFenixKnightx: Mar 7th 2008; 11:02AM

Oh its a deep burn!

-Ron Burgandy

Jerk Face: Mar 7th 2008; 11:05AM

It is a terrifying cephalopod!

xFenixKnightx: Mar 7th 2008; 11:09AM

I saw the site Jerface, good shyte =)

Jerk Face: Mar 7th 2008; 11:20AM

Thanks, pal. : )

Maverick Saturn: Mar 7th 2008; 12:10PM

Lol, whos going there? People with positively biased opinions about Wii?

BananaBoat: Mar 8th 2008; 8:11AM

Haha, oh man, he got you good. He got you real good.

dantebk: Mar 7th 2008; 9:57AM

They were the reason I used to

dantebk: Mar 7th 2008; 9:59AM

-- go to Gamespot all the time. Guess I'll go to their new site now.
(why did my first comment get cut off?)

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force): Mar 7th 2008; 10:01AM

So the whole promotional video was about showing nothing?

Got scumbutted again.

D_Average: Mar 7th 2008; 10:05AM

This site will EAT gamespot alive.......no pun intended

Obie: Mar 7th 2008; 10:14AM

Awesome...glad he is back on his feet with his ex Gamespot posse.

Jerk Face: Mar 7th 2008; 10:33AM

It seems like it could be a pretty cool site. I'll bookmark that bitch.

SonicRift: Mar 7th 2008; 11:09AM

That 30 second intro was hilarious. So predictable, but in that good way! Could have been better if he'd stopped along the way to pet a puppy or sniff some flowers.

I fully intend to follow/support this site based on the kickass team behind it. It's about time! :P

Fernando Rocker: Mar 7th 2008; 11:13AM

But he is not good looking... he doesn't have a chance...

Oh, wait... that's on television.

aaron_k7: Mar 7th 2008; 11:23AM

That's an awesome collaboration. I will definitely support that; Alex Navarro was my favorite reviewer from Gamespot.

jerry micheals: Mar 7th 2008; 11:29AM

Man, Gerstmann looks really unhealthy. The "Giant Bomb" may end up being his heart when it explodes from his unhealthy eating habits and lifestyle. Seriously, someone close to him needs to drag him to the doctor for a wake up call.

fawazr: Mar 7th 2008; 11:49AM

Gerstman is one good looking man! The giant bomb is his sex appeal!

Fernando Rocker: Mar 7th 2008; 11:49AM

Yeah, you are right...

Maybe he needs to review WiiFit =p

Jacksons: Mar 7th 2008; 11:37AM

"buildin' a website!"

DungeonK: Mar 7th 2008; 11:55AM

I think he should have called it FatGuyGames.com

Maverick Saturn: Mar 7th 2008; 12:11PM

This should be called...

www.fiddlewiththekeys.com

-d.: Mar 7th 2008; 12:11PM

Holy hardcore, Batman! Which of these new "enthusiast" sites will run out of money and crash and burn first? Giant Bomb? Crispy Gamer? I'd love to see the business plan that convinced backers to put money into a site that can't possibly generate enough traffic/revenue.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with a hardcore gaming site, I'm just saying the non-mainstream audience may not be enough to pay the bills...

D_Average: Mar 7th 2008; 12:23PM

I don't know about CrispyGamer but GiantBomb will be just fine. At minimum, all the former/current Gamespot subscribers will migrate over there considering Gerstmann was Gamespot.

By the way, has any seen "On The Spot" lately?? Its TERRIBLE.....Watching it makes me incredibly uncomfortable as the new host is definately not "host material".

Shadowcast: Mar 7th 2008; 8:40PM

I haven't seen On The Spot lately; it's been suffering ever since Rich Gallup left... him, Jeff, Ryan & Alex were the only reasons to watch that. I was ok with 2 of the leaving but when Ryan and Alex left I just gave up. The new host, whose name I can't even remember, is really awkward... there's pretty much only Brian left with any sort of personality. The HotSpot seems to be doing ok though, but Arrow Pointing Down destroys it... although Joystiq still has the best podcast.

CharleyTony: Mar 7th 2008; 12:16PM

if you take the time to look at the 2 reviews they have on the beta of the site,, they are pretty good...

I will enjoy reading reviews on a site that isnt completly sold out and doesnt whore out its front page with ads AND payed feature articles !!!

Jerk Face: Mar 7th 2008; 12:19PM

Those knitting jokes had me in STITCHES!

Mr.ESC: Mar 7th 2008; 12:20PM

That was sad.

Good luck anyway, you’ll need it.

Oh yeah.

Is dangerous to go outside, take these keys.

Silly Sauce: Mar 7th 2008; 1:40PM

Gerstmann really needs to go on the Peter Jackson diet and do something about that god awful pasty white look. Anyways, I think it's quite funny that Gerstmann has become somewhat of a celebrity among gamers for really no reason at all. Wow, he got axed from Gamespot allegedly for a negative review of Kane & Lynch and perhaps a whole mess of other corporate political blah blah. Who bloody cares? These are videogame reviewers. I have about as much respect for game reviews as I do movie reviewers, that is none. The fact is, these kind of things happen in the real world all the time. I'm happy Gerstmann didn't cave into corporate demands (about his review of Kane & Lynch) and stuck by his opinions but it seems like everyone is making this out to be some sort of new age conspiracy (Gerstmann-gate, I mean c'mon). Gerstmann's just using his new found popularity and sympathy towards him in his next business venture and everyone and there mom has been stroking his Bah-Kawk for the past few months. Get of his nuts already, he reviews videogames, reading some of these comments it sounds like people think he's a bloody messiah or something.

Flame on!!

xFenixKnightx: Mar 7th 2008; 1:58PM

Large...wall...of text...hurting my eyes!

GRANTED: Mar 7th 2008; 2:15PM

i read your first two sentences and i agree, though i can't be bothered to finish sorry. i dont care enough to fi

D_Average: Mar 7th 2008; 2:51PM

Well Silly Sauce, one things for sure, he's a better with words than you are!

Shadowcast: Mar 7th 2008; 8:55PM

The main problem with that is Gerstmann was much more than a reviewer... he was the Editorial Director, he was pretty much responsible for the entire focus of GameSpot's media content... you can see how much the content is suffering without him, especially On The Spot and the HotSpot. Him, Ryan & Alex were the only people there with any personality; to limit his input to simply reviews is to miss the point entirely. I wish him the best of luck with the new site and look forward watching it grow.

quickshade: Mar 7th 2008; 1:44PM

Thats not even the real site. It's a wordpress blog about the site. If you read the top it clearly says launching this summer and he has made it clear that this is a look behind the scenes at what it takes to build a great website.

Caleb: Mar 7th 2008; 4:27PM

Was that in San Diego? It sure looked like a whale's vagina... Nah but I think the office is in san diego.

John Morgan: Mar 7th 2008; 6:32PM

The video is down, it's a GameSpot CONSPIRACY I tell you!

totof31: Mar 7th 2008; 7:21PM

Navarro is not working on giantbomb he stated on his blog "To those wondering if I’m involved in this project in any way, the answer at this time is no"
source: http://www.theheadofalfredogarcia.com/
He'll probably join in when it gets bigger