![]() When user-generated video content was introduced to GameSpot, Jeff created a semi-weekly video podcast titled "Points Report," wherein he would give an update on his Xbox 360 Gamerscore and talk about the games he had been playing, and whatever else was on his mind. During his eleven years at GameSpot, Jeff worked with many people who have gone on to work for high-profile developers including Joe Fielder ( Irrational Games), Erik Wolpaw ( Valve), Amer Ajami ( EA LA), Bob Colayco ( Blizzard), Carrie Gouskos ( EA Mythic), Greg Kasavin ( Supergiant Games), Rich Gallup ( Summer Camp Studios), and former Screened editors Matt Rorie and Alex Navarro. ![]() Jeff's first credited review at GameSpot was for Tempest X3 for the Playstation. In 1996 Jeff got his start at GameSpot as an intern. He has been on the outskirts of the game industry since he was 17. Jeff also did a few odd jobs before going to GameSpot, which included working as the guy who transported the film to movie theaters, and working at a movie theater. ![]() Jeff started working in video game journalism in the early 90s, doing freelance work as well as working for a print magazine for under a year. Prior to co-founding Giant Bomb, Jeff worked at GameSpot for eleven years before being terminated in a highly publicized and controversial event on November 28, 2007, often referred to informally as "Gerstmanngate", though Jeff himself dislikes this term, as he strongly dislikes the trope of referring to controversies with the suffix "-gate". He is one of the co-founders of the video game website Giant Bomb, along with Ryan Davis and Dave Snider. Jeff Gerstmann is a video game journalist from Petaluma, California.
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