#jeff gerstmann

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What are your thoughts on Jeff Gerstmann hating Nights Into Dreams?

I mean, listen, Jeff's been around for a long time, and I think he probably got set in his view of the game back when it first came out and the internet being what it is hasn't really given him much room to fairly reevaluate it.

He might also just not like it. That's fair too. Jeff has his tastes and there just might not be much overlap, even though I think it might scratch parts of his Tony Hawk itch if he really got into it.

It's also a funny bit that he gets really angry at games like Yoshi's Island, Shenmue and NiGHTS, so he has a vested interest in continuing to maintain the bit at all costs. And with how, uh, "passionate" Sega fans can be, I imagine being that angry comes pretty easily.

But I will say this: Jeff being angry about certain games has inspired at least two videos I have in the pipe. I never mention him by name or the fact he inspired those videos, but him talking about what he hated about those games got me to talk about what I love about them.

One I've been talking about for literal years at this point, what I've called "The NiGHTS Documentary." I held off on doing it because it's going to be a very long, intricate video.

The script is basically done, and has been done for some time. I started writing it back in 2016, but a lot of what I say in it dates back even further, to a time before Jeff even helped launch Giantbomb, to one of the very first videos I ever conceptualized for Youtube. Jeff's thoughts simply spurred me to write this version of it. I keep saying, "the next video I do will be NiGHTS," and then something else gets in the way.

The second one is a much more in-depth do-over of my old, old Shenmue video. I never liked my first Shenmue video in retrospect, because it was mostly just me describing the gameplay with an empty "I just think it's neat" tacked on in the last 30 seconds. This new video goes much more into why Shenmue was interesting, and while the script itself looks complete, it needs more research for some of the claims I make. I also wrote it in the shadow of Shenmue 3, hoping to get it out before that game came out, so I should probably play Shenmue 3 and see if I need to further revise my thoughts.

Jeff is allowed to think whatever he wants to think. I think he's proven that he is well spoken, has interesting things to say about a lot of topics, and is generally pretty intelligent and thoughtful, so if I don't agree with him on a few, whatever. That kind of "comfortably agree to disagree" position is a rare one these days.

And if nothing else, writing that NiGHTS documentary script has made me come to the conclusion that NiGHTS isn't a game for everyone. So if Jeff (or anyone else) can't vibe with it, I understand that, and it doesn't take away from how much I enjoy it.

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Enjoying my morning coffee with some Pokémon Emerald and watching Jeff Gerstmann play through Dragon Warrior.

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Haseo says @jeffgerstmann's firing by @gamespot in 2007 over his review of Kane & Lynch was a missed opportunity for the games press to take ethics seriously. Plus GameJournoPros, gaming journalism reforms he wanted & if GamerGate should have tackled game publisher ethics.

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I accidentally stumbled upon something that was on Jeff Gerstamann's soundboard at some point.

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Edge all day goon all night

I will never edge, I will never goon.

That's The Jeff Gerstmann Promise™.

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Who’s the most electable video game pervert

Jeff Gerstmann

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Jeff Gerstmann is a secret Gooner and now his reinvention is complete

I will never edge, I will never goon. This is my solemn promise to you as a professional.

[jeffgerstmann]

My names Jeff Gerstmann I love Diet Pepsi and video games and wacking it

Oh, I love your podcast!

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Jeff Gerstmann Teams Up with Dr. Squatch to Release a Bar of Soap Made From His Bathwater — and the Internet Is Divided

I don’t take baths—this bath water is straight piss, baby!!!!!!

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My names Jeff Gerstmann I love coca cola and video games and wacking it

More of a Diet Pepsi guy, really

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How to eat bussy and influence people

: The Jeff Gerstmann Story

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Jeff Gerstmann has not publicly shared his opinions on actor Owen Wilson. There is no available information indicating his views on Wilson's work or persona.

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