Remembering Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013

Parakeetman said:
2O6Stx5.png
Click to expand...

Thank you, good man.
 
Never watched any of his stuff, and do not visit Giant Bomb, but was this the dude sitting at the end of the table in the E3 video with Evilore?

Either way, R.I.P dude, and condolences to his family and friends. That is young to die.
 
So sad and tragic. I pray it was a quick and painless death, if not I hope you were surrounded by your loved ones. Still it was far too early to lose such an insightful person. I wasn't a big Giant Bomb follower, but I occasionally listened to bits, read articlesd on ther site, and watched and thoroughly enjoyed their livestreams of the Kinect and Wii U first day-a-thons. RIP Ryan. My thoughts and prayers go out to your family and wife.
 
Wow this is hitting me harder than I thought.

My aunt passed away exactly the same day, and though that was more sad in a way I definitely had more contact with Ryan in the form of a Bombcast on the way to work every week since the launch of Giant Bomb, plus seeing him frequently back on Gamespot as well.

I'm still sort of in shock. I feel awful for his wife and family.
 
When I first read up on the headline, I figured it was some joke. I really wish it was. Ryan is great guy, something evident even if you haven't met him in person. I can't imagine Tuesdays anymore.

I repped Team Ryan back then during the Uncharted TNT, and I'll forever keep pumping my fist for him. Rest in peace.

If anyone could add the memoriam ribbon to my avatar, I'd be grateful. Seeing all this love for him everywhere just proves how great Ryan was.
 
Oh my fucking god. His dad died, he just got married and now he's dead? What the fucking fuck. What actually happened, I don't see it anywhere.
 
I didn't expect to feel so bad right now. When I first read the news it was like, whoa this sucks. But it's really sunk in, and I've never even met Ryan. I think it's a testament to how much I really love and respect the work from all the guys at Giant Bomb.
 
It's been several hours and I'm still stunned. The fact that he just got married is just heartbreaking...RIP.

If anyone could add the ribbon onto my avatar, it would be much appreciated...
 
I'm 31 and I can only remember one other "celebrity" death that actually made me sad. While I'm sure my 14 year old self felt a deep connection to tupac's passing this is different. Ryan was different, Giant Bomb is different.

Since I can remember I wanted to be a games journalist, from the earliest of the early days of Nintendo Power and EGM to the internet boom and N64.com to 1-UP. I was admittedly late to the Giant Bombcast, and I never listened or really visited Gamespot when Jeff and Ryan worked there.

The gaming press typically shy away from the word journalist because they are enthusiast press. This has never been more true then with Ryan. You could tell in every bombcast, every quicklook, and in every long live show that this was Ryan's passion, gaming and more specifically covering and talking about gaming was what he loved.

Giantbomb was built around the premise that the person and the personalty were as much of a content driver as the content itself. We have lost one of the best of those. Thank you Ryan for every minute of content and every hour that went behind it. Thank you for doing it better then I ever could have.
 
Arlecchino said:
Oh my fucking god. His dad died, he just got married and now he's dead? What the fucking fuck. What actually happened, I don't see it anywhere.
Click to expand...

Jeez, that's horrible. Maybe it's because I woke up or the fact that this seems to be so sudden, I still can't wrap my head around this. Where was he, what happened?
 
Listened to the podcast on the way home from work this afternoon.

Nothing is going to feel the same now that hes gone.

Quicklooks, podcasts, tnt's... They will all have a giant elephant in the room no matter what.

That elephant is Ryan.

Fuck.
 
I really wonder what happened :/
Listening to the Podcast when he moved the primal rage cabinet from Patrick's house. Bombcast is going to be weird now. Wonder if they'll keep it up tbh. Without Patrick & Ryan, it's going to be damn weird :/
 
Feel very bad for his friends and family, especially his wife.

He was one of the most likable guys in the games media it seemed... listened to their podcast every single week since 2007 or so.

I know it's a little early to be talking about Giant Bomb's future. But I wonder if this will cause some of the guys to flatout lose interest in the site, and want to move onto something else... it probably would do that to me.
 
Posted in the GB thread, but it's cool that the last film he saw was Once Upon a Time in the West. Too bad he was sorta hating it. Whitta defending good taste.

Also sweet while at the same time soulcrushing that he got to share such a great time with loved ones at his wedding as an impromptu sendoff. I just feel bad for the wife.
 
I never really watched or read much from Giant Bomb, but i knew who Ryan Davis was (i didnt knew his name actually, but i knew who he was when i saw him). That is very sad indeed :( Especially when he just got married and everything. Rest in peace.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Ryan Reynolds Over-Reacts to Marvel’s Deadpool VR - Video (stealth trailer)
2
125
Wonko_C replied
LTTP: Tomb Raider (2013)
16
541
Gamerguy84 replied
  • Poll
Let's settle this once and for all. The Jim Ryan controller picture...
2
57
2K
Heimdall_Xtreme replied
  • Poll
Remembering consoles that flopped, Saturn and Dreamcast, is this positive for the image of modern Sega ?
33
468
Geometric-Crusher replied
  • Poll
Remembering 2005 - an incredible year in gaming
Opinion Poll Retro 
37
2K
DaciaJC replied
Top Bottom