Given the speed this thread is moving at, I don't know if anybody will see this, but it's hard to believe.
Giantbomb's mandate was to have the main guys put their personalities out there so that their audience would know where they were coming from with their game opinions, rather than just numbers in a vacuum. Because of that, from listening to their podcasts week after week, month after month, year after year, you really feel like you know these guys, even if they've never met you.
Ryan was such a vital and energetic guy and had a real presence, he always came across as kind of the dad in the room. It's shocking to lose a guy like that, because it reminds you that anybody can go at any time. That this came right after he was married, I can't even begin to understand how difficult that would be for his wife. Anybody who's experienced bereavement knows what a storm through your life that is, in ways you can never prepare for. Thoughts go out to her for having to deal with a tragedy nobody should ever have to. May she stay strong.
I know he and Jeff have been friends forever, and I hope for the best for him too. This is the kind of thing you can't walk away from unchanged, but I think we all appreciate his humour and wish him well while trying to deal with something like this.