Jeff Gerstmann (born August 1, 1975) is the former editorial director of the gaming website GameSpot. He began working at GameSpot in the fall of 1996, around the launch of VideoGameSpot when GameSpot separated PC and console games into separate areas. He shared his thoughts on a variety of other subjects every Monday on his GameSpot blog. He has also been quoted by the New York Times as a video game expert,^[1] and says that he owns over 2000 games.^[2] is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerial view of Petaluma, California. ... Namcos Pac-Man is one of the most popular video games ever made. ... GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. ...

Gerstmann also appeared on ABC's T.V. show, Good Morning America as a guest in September 1999 to discuss the launch of Sega's Dreamcast gaming console. Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. ... This article is about the video game company. ... The Dreamcast , code-named White Belt, Black Belt, Dural, Dricas, Vortex, Katana, Shark and Guppy during development) is Segas last video game console and the successor to the Sega Saturn. ...

The first game system Gerstmann owned was a Fairchild Channel F which his parents, who own an auto-repair and tire business, bought as there were some educational games available for it. After a flood ruined the system, he then purchased an Atari home computer.^[2] The Fairchild Channel F is the worlds second cartridge-based video game console, after the Magnavox Odyssey. ... This article is about the corporate game company. ... Children playing on a Amstrad CPC 464 in the 1980s. ...

Music

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Gerstmann is the founding member of the bands Headboard, The Suburban All-Stars, and Midnight Brown. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...

Gerstmann was largely part of the audio section of GameSpot. Most of the background music or intro music for shows is provided by instrumental tracks from Midnight Brown. In older video reviews at the end of the video the numerical score would be announced, Gerstmann also provided the voice for these scores. Additionally, Gerstmann's vocal stylings can be heard on the theme songs for Time Trotters (A single episode live-action series that was later revived in animated form), GameSpot's game show, Button Mashing, and Indievelopment: a video documentary following Echelon Software's progress on their game Black Powder Red Earth. GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. ...

Termination

Gerstmann was dismissed from his position at GameSpot as Editorial Director on November 28, 2007.^[3] Immediately after his termination, rumors circulated proclaiming his dismissal was a result of external pressure from Eidos Interactive, the studio behind Kane & Lynch: Dead Men which Gerstmann had previously given a Fair or undesirable rating along with critique.^{[3] [4]} Both Gamespot and parent company CNET stated that his dismissal was unrelated to the review.^{[3] [5]} GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. ... is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Eidos Interactive is a publisher of video and computer games with its parent company based in England. ... CNET Networks, Inc. ...

A month after Gerstmann's termination, freelance reviewer Frank Provo left GameSpot after 8 years stating that "I believe CNet management let Jeff go for all the wrong reasons. I believe CNet intends to soften the site's tone and push for higher scores to make advertisers happy."^[6]

Alex Navarro, an active and visible editor for Gamespot resigned in early 2008. "I felt like it was just time for me to go" he told Joystiq. Navarro said earlier in his blog that he felt like he was in a game of SimCity where "someone hit the disaster button for me." ^[7]

Ryan Davis, an active and well-known editor for Gamespot and a long-time employee since 2000, announced his departure in February 2008, listing one of his reasons for leaving as Gerstmann's firing. "Jeff's firing just destroyed me, and I think it shed a light on the other stuff that I had been kind of rolling along with," Davis told Joystiq. ^[8]

Future

Shortly after leaving Gamespot Gerstmann started an online blog to allow people to continue to hear from him. On it he says: “I’m mainly starting this site up to give people a centralized place to hear directly from me, as all these bits and pieces that have gotten out to game news sites via interviews and the blog on my MySpace account aren’t really the best way to communicate. So if you’re interested in what I plan to do from here, this is the place. I’ll also be sharing my thoughts on games and the business that surrounds them, perhaps with an occasional video or two.” ^[9]

On the first episode of IGN's "GameSages" podcast, Gerstmann stated that he was talking with "old friends" in regards to his future plans. ^[10] IGN - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers. ...

On February 25th 2008, Jeff Gerstmann announced on his blog that he would be participating in an online podcast (Arrow Pointing Down) with his former co-worker Ryan Davis. Another former co-worker, Alex Navarro, also participated, although it is uncertain whether he will return as a regular cast member.

On March 5th 2008, Jeff Gertsmann's future plans were revealed on his blog, and later in an interview on G4's X-Play. He revealed that along with his previous co-worker Ryan Davis, he would be starting a brand new gaming site named GiantBomb.com, which will fully launch this summer. ^[11]

References

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External links

• Jeff Gerstmann's blog
• Jeff Gerstmann at GameSpot
• Jeff Gerstmann at MySpace
• Jeff Gerstmann at TV.com
• The Suburban All-Stars
• Midnight Brown
• Giant Bomb