Something went wrong. Try again later
    Follow

    Jeff Gerstmann

    Person » credited in 4 games

    Jeff Gerstmann is the co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Giant Bomb as well as a professional video game scientist and anime expert.

    What is up with Jeff's Roommate?

    • 82 results
    • 1
    • 2
    Avatar image for doomed
    doomed

    313

    Forum Posts

    1340

    Wiki Points

    7

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 20

    Edited By doomed

    Poll What is up with Jeff's Roommate? (955 votes)

    CIA Agent 21%
    Dirtbag 37%
    Guy who just needs space for his stuff 28%
    Doesn't actually exist 35%
    Working for the FBI to nab Rick "The Ricker" Petersen 26%

    I think it's somewhere between "guy who just needs space for his stuff" and "dirtbag".

     • 
    Avatar image for danteveli
    Danteveli

    1441

    Forum Posts

    735

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 7

    User Lists: 30

    CIA agent that does not exist.

    Avatar image for truthtellah
    TruthTellah

    9827

    Forum Posts

    423

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 2

    Jeff's roommate is just piece of the act. It's all an act, it's all a production set. That's not really Jeff's room. That's not really Jeff, but someone playing the role of Jeff. His real name is Magnus Svenson.

    I thought we've been through this already.

    !

    No Caption Provided

    Avatar image for pyrodactyl
    pyrodactyl

    4223

    Forum Posts

    4

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    #53  Edited By pyrodactyl

    Didn't Jeff mention his roomate was doing the animation on cruise lines or something?

    Avatar image for vuud
    Vuud

    2052

    Forum Posts

    74

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    "Room-mate" is just what he calls his latest victim.

    Avatar image for justin258
    Justin258

    16688

    Forum Posts

    26

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 11

    User Lists: 8

    They're checkboxes, not radio buttons, so "all of the above".

    Avatar image for ravenlight
    Ravenlight

    8057

    Forum Posts

    12306

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 2

    Avatar image for rejizzle
    Rejizzle

    1488

    Forum Posts

    10

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 3

    Avatar image for gaspower
    GaspoweR

    4904

    Forum Posts

    272

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 1

    User Lists: 2

    @vuud said:

    "Room-mate" is just what he calls his latest victim.

    The victim called "life", except in Jeff's mind it's another person.

    Avatar image for bigjeffrey
    bigjeffrey

    5282

    Forum Posts

    7872

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 1

    @zolroyce: op checked the "multiple choices" check box. So everyone can vote on multiple options

    Avatar image for dtat
    dtat

    1750

    Forum Posts

    546

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 1

    User Lists: 9

    #61  Edited By dtat

    I'm more and more convinced he is made up.

    Avatar image for mcghee
    McGhee

    6128

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 2

    because open wheel racing

    Avatar image for kiri90
    Kiri90

    301

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 1

    User Lists: 6

    Imaginary dirt bag who needs a place to keep his stuff.

    @freakin9 said:

    I always heard Jeff made some decent coin on the Whiskey sale, why does he still have a roommate at his age? Unless... unless Jeff is taking in male suitors. :o

    California is really expensive for one. He's probably saving a lot of money doing like he does. He has a nice car too. Not everyone needs a crazy pad, especially if your house is mainly videogame storage and a place to play video games.

    In particular, the Bay area. Obviously the closer you are to SF, the more expensive, but the Bay area in general is costly. What you pay for a studio/1 bedroom would net you an easily payable mortgage on a 4 bedroom house in other places.

    Seriously though, videogame storage house is pretty accurate.

    Avatar image for deadpancakes
    DeadpanCakes

    1138

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 6

    Well I voted for all of them, because it seemed fitting.

    Avatar image for dratter
    Dratter

    32

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    @hailinel said:

    @humanity said:

    @forcen said:
    @hailinel said:

    @naru_joe93 said:

    He's an assassin

    And Jeff is a Templar.

    And CBSi is Abstergo.

    And Giant Bomb is the animus?

    The website is actually powered by a piece of Eden.

    Hi-Jinks ensue.

    Avatar image for strife777
    Strife777

    2103

    Forum Posts

    347

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 2

    He's a figment of Jeff's imagination. Jeff is the dirtbag.

    Avatar image for nubikal
    Nubikal

    112

    Forum Posts

    3

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    He's the real Jeff, the Jeff we think we know is an impostor.

    Avatar image for rhombus_of_terror
    Rhombus_Of_Terror

    2544

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 3

    @erhard said:

    Jeff is him, Fight Club style.

    Oooooh shit.

    Avatar image for kerse
    kerse

    2496

    Forum Posts

    42

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 8

    He is everywhere and nowhere, and everything and nothing.

    Avatar image for aaox
    aaox

    1674

    Forum Posts

    5623

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 3

    User Lists: 5

    "People are always asking me if I know The Ricker."

    Avatar image for alexandersheen
    AlexanderSheen

    5150

    Forum Posts

    2

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    @hailinel said:

    @humanity said:

    @forcen said:
    @hailinel said:

    @naru_joe93 said:

    He's an assassin

    And Jeff is a Templar.

    And CBSi is Abstergo.

    And Giant Bomb is the animus?

    The website is actually powered by a piece of Eden.

    Jeff and crew are trying to make video games better by rating them on a 5 star scale, showing the video game industry where games need to be improved. I also heard there's a new guy working for them, who has a lot of potential and put out a great amount of reviews already. I think his name is Alec? Alex? For some odd reason I haven't seen his face yet, just his iPad thingy, from a first person view? It's weird.

    Avatar image for boatdrinks
    BoatDrinks

    478

    Forum Posts

    2

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 1

    I had a roommate similar to his once. We "lived" together for 2 years, but she only lived there day to day for about 4 months. Her boyfriend moved into an apartment in the same complex (different building in a very large complex), and I basically never saw her again unless they got in a huge argument. She paid half the rent every month and took care of the electricity that she barely used (I took care of cable/internet that she also didn't use). I would say it was pretty awesome, but pretty uneasy since I didn't know if at any moment she would just stop paying rent and electricity. I also got very used to living by myself, and it was very weird when she did decide to come back randomly. Truth be told, I'm glad its over, even though I don't have a place to myself anymore.

    Avatar image for basm321
    Basm321

    421

    Forum Posts

    30

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    @erhard: The pole needs to be amended to include your idea!

    Avatar image for mosespippy
    mosespippy

    4751

    Forum Posts

    2163

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 4

    User Lists: 8

    How is there not a Jeff's Roommate fake twitter account when we've got ones for Jeff's dryer, Patrick's Neo Geo and Hipster Norm plus a real account for Patrick's dog?

    Avatar image for majid
    majid

    239

    Forum Posts

    8

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    Man, I miss the Ricker.

    Avatar image for flstyle
    FLStyle

    6883

    Forum Posts

    40152

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 17

    #77  Edited By FLStyle

    Basically he's using Jeff's house as his backup hideout for whenever the nefarious things he's involved in go south.

    Avatar image for i_stay_puft
    I_Stay_Puft

    5581

    Forum Posts

    1879

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 5

    Dude seems cool, he pays rent and is hardly ever there. Sounds like the best roommate ever.

    Avatar image for claude
    Claude

    16672

    Forum Posts

    1047

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 2

    User Lists: 18

    I'm still living under Jeff's bed. The untold roommates are the best.

    Avatar image for belligerentengine
    BelligerentEngine

    354

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    Isn't it just Chris Henderson, which I guess would also put him in the dirtbag category. The loveable type of dirtbag though.

    Avatar image for fattony12000
    fattony12000

    8491

    Forum Posts

    22398

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 4

    No Caption Provided

    Avatar image for mrcraggle
    mrcraggle

    3104

    Forum Posts

    2873

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 5

    Jeff is just living in a shutter island scenario.

    Avatar image for crcruz3
    crcruz3

    332

    Forum Posts

    0

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 3

    @erhard said:

    Jeff is him, Fight Club style.

    This.

    Avatar image for extomar
    EXTomar

    5047

    Forum Posts

    4

    Wiki Points

    0

    Followers

    Reviews: 0

    User Lists: 0

    #84  Edited By EXTomar

    Actually a lot of the actions of "Jeff's Roommate" would make sense if it was a girl he was dating. I mean would a guy put up with that much stuff from another guy?

    This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:

    Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.

    Comment and Save

    Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.