I actually live about 30 miles north of Sausalito, so it's actually a shorter commute than the San Francisco drive was. So once I had decided writing about games, from there, it was really just down to a couple of pretty serious offers to start new things. It's like, 'Okay, I don't think I want to move to the development side or the PR side, or anything like that.' I don't really think that would be the best use of what I can do. Then I started narrowing that stuff down. And they were one of the first groups that I actually talked to, and then I kind of went out and explored a bit to see what else was out there - how crazy the job offers could get. This was just me with a team of engineers and business types that had a thing going here in Sausalito.

JG: No, Ryan wasn't really involved in any of that stuff - he still had a job at that time. GR: Did the idea just sort of form in conversations with your friends - Ryan Davis particularly? It was a group of guys that I knew that I could trust, that I knew we would have a great time doing it, and so far it's really been fun. JG: Well, the guys here that I'm working with are people that I have worked with before and I kind of know what they're capable of in terms of building a site, and getting that sort of stuff off the ground, and that just sounded really appealing. GR: So what made you decide to start from the ground up with Giant Bomb? Above: Jeff at the office of Giant Bomb, next to 'the most useful item in entire office.'

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