Today, both Giant Bomb employees and co-founders Jeff Gerstmann talks about leaving the site he helped create 14 years ago. While he doesn’t appear on the latest podcast from Giant Bomb To say goodbye, Gerstmann launched his own Patreon-powered video game podcast and project project. He explained that he still enjoys doing this job and is excited about the future. Meanwhile, the staff thanked him for his contributions and made it clear that they have big plans for the future, saying that the site isn’t just for one person.
Yesterday, Gerstmann announces that after almost 15 years he will be leaving Giant Bomb, a website he helped co-found with the late Ryan Davis. Both remaining GameSpot after a very public argument between Gerstmann and GameSpot management over a negative review of the shooter Kane and Lynch.
In today’s episode of the week, broadcast live Giant Bomb podcast, the site’s team talked about the future of the gaming site after Jeff Gerstmann. Staff member Jan Ochoa read out a prepared statement about the exit – which he called a “fundamental shift” – at the start of the broadcast.
“Leaving companies is incredibly complicated,” explains Ochoa, adding that “respecting people’s privacy is paramount in this.”
He talks more about how Giant Bomb as a website that is not about “one person or two people or just one office” and is instead powered by a team that works hard to “always keep the lights on”.
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He ended the opening statement with a message that the site and its team will “continue to change and adapt” and shared that the site is not just about video games but also about “family.”
Giant Bomb’s new creative director, Dan Ryckert, was also there for the broadcast and admitted that “There’s been a lot of change since I left” but that he was excited to work with this team on this new era of the site as he had already worked with many of the people already and knew they were great.
“I really can’t wait to hit the ground running with you guys,” said Ryckert.
Not present for the new podcast was Jeff Gerstmann, which many fans found odd considering how exits have been handled in the past at the site. Instead, Jeff spent a large chunk of today streaming via his own Twitch channel and promoting his newly created Patreon.
While plans are still being worked out for what this will all be called and how all of this will work — with Gerstmann admitting at one point in the stream that he might need a website. — many people flocked to support Giant Bomb leader. As of 4:25 p.m. ET on June 7, Gerstmann’s Patreon page has reached 3,990 subscribers.
According to him and his Patreon page, the current plan is to create a weekly podcast, monthly shows dedicated to specific old games he loves, and regular Twitch streams. As for why Gerstmann is doing this and not just retiring or something other than the game, he closed his first live stream today and explained that he just loves doing it. this.
He further explains on his Patreon page that working in a corporation is starting to become a drag:
The point is that doing a lot of this for other people means that part of your behind-the-scenes time is spent in meetings and staring at the amount of traffic and the many types of handshakes. This side of the business only seems to get worse as the years go by. So it’s time for me to do something about it and reclaim that time for more productive endeavors.
During a live stream today, Gerstmann looked back on this time at GameSpot, Giant Bomb, and now his new solo project, and added that “it was a really weird ride in the game.” the past three decades.
“I’m doing this because I love doing it. And I hope you have a good time with me. It was a very interesting time. It was a very crazy time.”
He also took a moment to thank everyone who had helped him, including his former co-workers, stopping to admit that it was “crazy” to realize that he no longer works. work with them again. For the new version of Giant BombGerstman hopes for the best.
“I wish them all the best. They left the race,” explains Gerstmann.
