Remembering Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013

Truly terrible news. I was actually sitting here at work listening to old episodes of the Bombcast when I came upon this news. I can't imagine what his friends and family are going through, especially his wife.
 
Wow, what a terrible shock. I've watched Ryan since the Gamespot days, and have always loved his work, no matter what I thought of his opinion on certain games.

RIP Ryan
 
Mikey Jr. said:
So these GB guys knew that he was dead for the past few days. Kinda odd seeing normal tweets from them and everything.

RIP Ryan.
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Having lost a colleague of mine in December it's not uncommon to do things that help forget tragedy. Often times it doesn't even feel real, until you reach the formalities.
 
Devastating. My heart goes out to his family and friends. This really hurts. One of the few personalities in this industry that I felt a real connection with.
 
cartridge said:
I'm curious to know the brother-in-law's involvement, since he is the one that supposedly found him.
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After initially only being able to think of exclamations of how the world sucks i'll say something positive. Looking back Giantbomb has been my largest source of entertainment over the past 5 years. If you include The Hotspot and the rest of the Gamespot days it's much more. More than movies, games, other podcasts and I partake in a ton of that stuff. I'm one of those weirdos who has probably witnessed every single piece of video and audio content that they have produced, and a massive reason for that was Ryan. The bombcast was never the same when he wasn't there. He was always amazing at directing conversations without ever being too serious. The second I opened up my RSS reader I would check the Giantbomb feed. Trolling for some quick look goodness. "Here comes Ryan and friends to keep me company for an hour every day of the week!" His laugh was always infectious and his screaming never not funny (when my ears weren't bleeding of course). He always seemed like a really nice guy. I remember when he made a mistake and used an offensive slur in the heat of a game and immediately knew what he had done. It didn't take anyone telling him he had made a mistake before he made a public apology. As others have pointed out it's weird to have not met someone, but still "know" them this much. My parents probably have similar thoughts for public figures they grew up with, but the extremely intimate nature of Giantbomb has made this passing particularly emotional for me. I don't know if the Giantbomb crew think of themselves as public figures or realize how much of themselves we take in or how much a whole mess of us appreciate it. It made zero difference to me that he was a "internet celebrity". Whatever the hell use that label has.
 
Glix said:
I keep thinking about the recent bombcast where he was talking about how he was finally finished and set with his arcade machines. I don't know why but I keep going back to that. So freaking sad.
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Oh, man, you just reminded me of that whole discussion about the arcade machine falling on Ryan. Jeff saying something like, "So, when they take this thing off you and you die, I'm going to take it, is that okay?"

Man, I remember laughing pretty hard at that image. :(
 
RIP =( Take care of yourself and the ones you love, because they deserve to have you around for as long as possible.
 
Horrible news. My heart goes out to his family, friends, and everyone his life has touched.

A hard reminder of how quickly and unexpectedly death can take anyone.
 
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That's just awful. :(

This is unbelievable. I've been following Ryan's work since Gamespot. He was like everyone's friend, even if you did not know him personally. He had that kind of welcoming, friendly persona that is rare in a person. He seemed like the type of guy that would be as friendly to total strangers as to life-long friends.

A true loss for everyone.

R.I.P. Ryan Davis.
 
What???

Right after his wedding?

This is horrible, I've been watching Giant Bomb since the beginning... I can hardly come to terms with this...
 
I feel really weird, now, it's not every day someone you watch/listen to every day dies. I can barely believe it at all. I am just sitting here dumbfounded, I was just watching a video with him last night. wtf
 
First time I saw a video of Ryan Davis it was the "It Aint no Game" segment on GiantBomb. That was actually the first series I saw on the site and made me a fan of Quick Looks, trailers, podcasts and so on. This was probably three years ago and Ive been a subscriber since. He always seemed like a cool guy. RIP Ryan Davis.
 
Raxious said:
Rewatching the Freedom stream is so painful, u can see that they're not in the mood and somethings on their mind yet they still pulled it off.

I'm curious though if there's gonna be a Bombcast this week.
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Wait, they recorded that after finding out? If so, that's some rock solid composure.
 
Mikey Jr. said:
So these GB guys knew that he was dead for the past few days. Kinda odd seeing normal tweets from them and everything.

RIP Ryan.
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Eh, not that strange. When my father passed, for a few hours it was rough but it really didn't hit me until the wake/funeral that I had lost him. In between I was playing games, talking to friends, and the like.
 
What in the fuck...I'm shocked.

I loved Ryan, as much as I think I could love someone that I only knew from hosting a show.

I can't believe this.
 
This is a big shocker rip Ryan you were sucha nice guy and brought joy to the community. I don't think it will be the same with out you. :( my condolences to his family and giant bomb family.
 
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