Remembering Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013

I can't imagine going to a friends wedding, and then going to his funeral only a few days later. I feel for all his friends and family.
 
Man... It's like a punch in the gut. I don't want to believe that he's gone.

R.I.P.

I'll listen to a few of your best tonight, Ryan. You brought a little happiness into this world and a little truth, and in my mind, that makes you a hero.
 
Can someone put the ribbon in my avatar please?

RIP Ryan. I sometimes got a little annoyed when I thought you were too bitter on the podcast, but then you'd always prove me wrong right afterwards and be just the most awesome dude ever.
 
Man, just got home from work to this horrible news.

I remember Ryan mainly from his Gamespot days, but you will be missed. :( RIP
 
Kard8p3 said:
Yeah..can someone please ribbon my avatar?
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Wait ? What? I just woke up to this news

I feel like someone is playing a really bad joke on us all right now. Have any more details come out ? 34 fuck....
 
This hasn't really hit me yet, but I'm sure it will the next time I see something on Giant Bomb that he isn't curating or hosting. RIP.
 
Thanks to whoever made the ribbon. It's definitely a great thing for the community to have access to.

Man, I still can't really process what happened. It sucks, to say the least. I wish the best to all his friends and family. To the GB crew, I want to say take your time. Don't feel the need to push yourself to create content, have a podcast or whatever. The community will be here whenever you're ready to come back. The important thing is that everyone gets whatever time they need to come to terms.

Even though he isn't here to see it, I want to thank Ryan for all the years of great entertainment and commentary he's given me throughout the years. I'm realizing now, I grew up listening to him and all the other GameSpot crew do their thing. Ryan, Jeff, Brad, Alex, Rich and all the other crew shaped my tastes in video games. I wouldn't consume content in the same way, and variety, had it not been for them. Maybe it doesn't mean much, but in a way they shaped the person I am today and I really am grateful to all of them. Ryan could be a hardheaded, abrasiveness, semi-rude dude, but it never came from a place of malice. He had a big heart and you could really tell he cared for all his colleagues, industry friends. and fans. He had opinions and wasn't afraid to share and explain them. There's a lack of that in Video Game criticism. He will be missed.

I never got to meet the duder, and I'm now extremely saddened that I now will never had the chance. I guess I just want to end this by saying, Fuck Ryan Davis............for leaving us so soon ;(. RIP dude. You really do deserve to.
 
Been refreshing this thread since I woke up (about 10 minutes after it broke). I'm not sure why. Maybe partially hoping it was some huge prank? But the ending to that video with Patrick almost made me cry and I think I'm done here.

Terrible loss.
 
Croyles said:
Can someone put the ribbon in my avatar please?

RIP Ryan. I sometimes got a little annoyed when I thought you were too bitter on the podcast, but then you'd always prove me wrong right afterwards and be just the most awesome dude ever.
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I saw this and I thought, "Matthew Rorie, god damn you, admit this is a joke. Admit you are the worst person in the world and this is all a terrible mistake."

I wanted this to be fake so badly. Everything on the internet is fake, damn it.
 
So word on the cause yet, I assume? How in the world did they keep this a secret for almost a week? I can't even imagine how devastated the crew has been...and some were still working?? Geez.
 
Id like to be ribboned as well if you have time. I understand that you are getting alot of requests. I understand if it cant be done.

Thanks
 
Hat Boss.

I don't even remember what episode of the bombcast it was on but when he was doing his Hat Boss routine and judging hats given by the Street Pass games and then just hats in general.

Man...he had me on the floor.
 
I'm really surprised at how much this news affected me. This is so incredibly sad. I normally don't care much for gaming media in general but I couldn't help but love how entertaining he was. This is a true loss and I can't imagine what is friends and family are going through.
 
Symphonic said:
So word on the cause yet, I assume? How in the world did they keep this a secret for almost a week? I can't even imagine how devastated the crew has been...and some were still working?? Geez.
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Grief can be a crazy thing. Working probably helped them through some of the tougher moments to be honest.
 
i'd like to request a ribbon please

it's a dumb little thing, but I don't care

damn

see you on the flip side, ryan davis

fuck
 
I'm not one that often feels emotional about a personality passing, but Giant Bomb had a way of making you feel like you knew each of the guys. Almost like they were your buddies.

This is a damn shame, and he will be greatly missed. This is no ordinary person, this guy had an impact on many lives. That's something that his family should be extremely proud of.
 
TxdoHawk said:
A terrible loss.

I'm not going to pretend Ryan was perfect; far from it, and he'd probably scoff at some of the drippy sugarcoated eulogies about him posted around.

I remember the dude once ripped me a good one on Twitter over my purple "fedora", because you know, fedoras. I didn't take it personally, but it reinforced the feeling that as cool as Ryan was, perhaps the mindset was that he was just a little bit cooler than everyone else, or a lot cooler, depending on where you were in the food chain. There were definitely points where it felt like the guy was a little too "high on his own shit", so to speak, but I think every rock star suffers from this to some degree, and no doubt about it, Ryan was a rock star of the gaming journalism industry. We'll never see another Van Halen or another Ozzy Osbourne, and similarly, we'll never have another Ryan Davis.

He was hilarious, he was entertaining as fuck, I could listen to the dude banter with the Giant Bomb staff for hours...and just like that, he's gone. He touched the lives of people who never even met him, mine included, so I can only imagine how his close personal friends and the staff feel.

Adios, Ryan. You'll be missed, as if that wasn't blindingly obvious.
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This is why Ryan Davis was awesome. Dude kept it 100 at all times.
 
Ive watched a couple Quick Looks with him on it. Im not an active Giant Bomb viewer but Its sad to see somebody go who was incredibly loved and young. Heart goes out to the family, friends, and Giant Bomb staff.

I wasn't too familiar with Ryan's work but I will definitely show support with an Avi Ribbon if someone would be so kind? Thanks
 
Can someone ribbon me up as well....or though im not sure how well it will show up on my avatar....but its the thought that counts!!
 
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