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Jeff Bakalar
Bakalar in 2023
Born	Jeffrey Ian Bakalar (1982-03-24) March 24, 1982 (age 42) Brooklyn, New York
Alma mater	Towson University (B.A.)
Years active	2004-present
Known for	podcaster, celebrity interviewer, videogames journalist, internet personality
Notable work	The 404 Show Mest: Seven Deadly Sins Pre-Game Giant Beastcast Giant Bombcast CBSN
Spouse	Stacie Blair Bakalar (2010-present)
Children	1

Jeffrey Ian Bakalar (born (1982-03-24)March 24, 1982) is a professional podcaster, video game journalist, and formerly the host of CNET's longest-running podcast, The 404 Show. He is the General manager at Fandom-owned Giant Bomb, focusing on the site's operations while also hosting podcasts and content for the brand as well. He is a former employee of CNET Video and during his time there was a recurring personality on various podcasts on Giant Bomb.

Personal

Bakalar was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1982 and was raised in Briarwood, Queens before his family relocated to Marlboro Township, New Jersey where he attended Marlboro High School. He graduated from Towson University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Electronic Media and Film, where he won an award for a mockumentary he directed called Adult Swim.

In 2010, he married his longtime girlfriend, Stacie Davis.

He currently lives in New Jersey.

Career

During his college years, Bakalar worked as a production office intern for actor and producer Bob Balaban in New York City at his production company Chicagofilms while Balaban completed work on Gosford Park.

In 2004, he signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records subsidiary Maverick Records to direct and produce a documentary for the pop punk band Mest. The documentary, entitled Seven Deadly Sins was released as a pack-in bonus with copies of the band's 2005 album Photographs.

In 2007, Bakalar joined CNET as a home theater and gaming editor, eventually starting a technology and pop culture podcast called The 404 Show with Randall Bennett and Wilson Tang. In hosting the podcast, Bakalar has interviewed Tony Hawk, Marc Maron, John Hodgman, Shaun White, Wayne Brady, Scott Aukerman, Michael Showalter, Andrew W.K. and others. Each year the podcast is performed live at the Consumer Electronics Show, where it has featured Danny DeVito, Eliza Dushku, Felicia Day and others.

In 2012, Bakalar started CNET's first-ever weekly tech parody comic called Low Latency, which he writes and is illustrated by Blake Stevenson.

Bakalar briefly co-hosted another CNET project, Pre-Game, but stopped production after a year of programming to focus more on The 404 Show.

Bakalar is a member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle, an advocacy group for game writers in and around the New York City area.

He regularly appears on TV and radio as a technology, pop culture, and video game expert. Bakalar has been featured on G4's Attack of the Show, NPR's All Things Considered, and CNBC's Power Lunch.

In late 2014, Bakalar joined CBSN as a regularly appearing tech and pop culture pundit representing CNET.

On May 22, 2015, he joined the cast of Giant Bomb's Giant Beastcast, where he remained a regular member until its conclusion in May 2021. He later joined the cast of its sister podcast, the Giant Bombcast.

On September 29, 2017, the final episode of The 404 Show podcast was published.

References

1. "The 404: Talking to Stacie Bakalar (VIDEO)". HuffPost. 2013-07-29. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
2. ^ The 404 Show: This is the end - Video, retrieved 2017-12-30
3. "Interview: CNETís The 404 podcast - Reckoner". www.reckoner.com.au. 2014-07-30. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
4. "Senior Editor / Reviews - Gaming, Video". CNET. 2007-04-23. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
5. "Jeff Bakalar - IMDb". IMDb. 2005-03-22. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
6. "2005 Winners". 2005-09-20. Archived from the original on April 12, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
7. "The 404 699: Where it's one down, two to go (podcast)". 2010-11-01. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
8. "Linkedin: Jeff Bakalar". 2009-11-11. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
9. "The 404 Yuletide Mini-sode 2013: Steve Guttenberg takes over (podcast)". 2013-12-27. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
10. "Mest | Awards". allmusic. 2014-05-30. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
11. "Mest: Seven Deadly Sins (2005 Video)". IMDb. 2005-10-18. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
12. ^ "Interview: CNETís The 404 podcast - Reckoner". reckoner. 2014-07-30. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
13. "The 404 634: Where Michael Showalter... (podcast)". CNET. 2010-07-30. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
14. "The 404 1,479: Where we don't give credit on the grab (podcast)". CNET. 2014-05-06. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
15. "The 404 at CES 2013: Where we pay tribute to Danny DeVito (podcast)". CNET. 2013-01-09. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
16. "Meet Crave's new cartoonist, Blake Stevenson". CNET. 2011-12-15. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
17. "Members". New York Videogame Critics Circle. 2013-07-22. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
18. "The Loop: Week In Review Videos". G4. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original on 2013-03-10. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
19. "Concerns Of Racism In Multiplayer Video Games: NPR". npr.org. 2010-02-22. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
20. "Get in the Game". video.cnbc.com. 2010-03-11. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
21. "Google expected to unveil its next big thing". CBS News. 2015-05-22. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
22. "Stephen Colbert and The Giant Bombcast launch new 'casts". The A.V. Club. 2015-06-08. Retrieved June 29, 2015.

External links

• The 404 Show
• CNET profile
• Jeff Bakalar on Twitter
• Jeff Bakalar at IMDb

• CNET
• 1982 births
• American video game podcasters
• Writers from Hoboken, New Jersey
• Living people
• Marlboro High School alumni
• Towson University alumni
• People from Briarwood, Queens
• People from Marlboro Township, New Jersey