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[Shaneus]

Would it be poor form to wear the F*** Ryan Davis shirt to CAX this year? Or would Ryan love that?

I don't claim to be the biggest fan of GB or Ryan, but he seems like the kind of dude who would've loved it. Nice avatar, BTW.



I'm hoping Jeff can still muster the strength to come to Australia for PAX. Maybe his panel of (now, sadly ) one could be a tribute/love-in for Ryan <3

PS. Not gonna lie, this is a great way to look at things (from his wife's Twitter):

Hope she can keep her spirits up.

 

[dream]

The name sounds very familiar...is this the former 1Up guy who had the "Gears is almost too good" quote?

 

[Courage]

Can someone put a ribbon on my avatar?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

it's like 8 hours later and it still feels so strange. Even though it was just a video game site/podcast, I think the videos and especially the podcast became so regular for people that it's strange knowing that a guy who's voice I listened to literally every single week for the last however many years is silenced. I can only offer condolences to his friends and family, and especially his wife, and hope that he is somehow in a better place now (with Bob Hoskins). Rest in piece, brother.

 

[Solid Samus]

Why? It's extremely relevant. The man has openly admitted he uses a breathing apparatus when he sleeps. How is it at all disrespectful to suggest that some people might be asking because they feel like might be in the same situation?

because common sense should dictate that that's not the actual reason as to why most people are curious as to how and why Davis passed

and due to your original post's unintended total irrelevance it comes off as a veiled jab rather than as a serious response

 

[Chezzymann]

Could the vultures please stop asking how he died. It is none of our business.

Some sensitivity and respect please.

Talks about respect

Calls people he disagrees with vultures

 

[Vire]

I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.

NOT CRYING.

NOPE.

Fuck, what a great post.

 

[Symphonic]

Someone should tweet this post to the crew. Beautiful stuff.

Could only send it to two of 'em because of the character limit, but hopefully they see it.

 

[KAP151]

One of my favorites:

http://youtu.be/kOI4XJecOc0

R.I.P Ryan.

 

[Drakeon]

The name sounds very familiar...is this the former 1Up guy who had the "Gears is almost too good" quote?

Nope. Previously gamespot before giantbomb.

 

[Syphon Filter]

The name sounds very familiar...is this the former 1Up guy who had the "Gears is almost too good" quote?

Formally from Gamespot and then joined giantbomb with Jeff back in 2008 when it started.

 

[Dylan]

The name sounds very familiar...is this the former 1Up guy who had the "Gears is almost too good" quote?

That's Ryan O'Donnell.

 

[Willkiller]

I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.

We should tweet this post to the crew. They'd appreciate it. Great post.

 

[def sim]

Ryan Davis is really dead.

Yeah, it's weird. I'm a fan of GB because of Jeff and Ryan. He seemingly did only one thing, but he was great at it. Not having a solid host is going to be odd.

Anyway, I'm glad his wife is approaching this well. At least that's what I've gather from her tweets posted here.

 

[Burnzoire]

I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.

Quoting in the hope that it gets through to someone at GB. Respect.

 

[Dragon]

I never even used the word most in my post. That's why I specifically said a lot. The lack of reading comprehension is more evidently beyond you apparently.

Regardless of me not reading it correctly, you're still an asshole. At least I have that on you!

 

[Officerrob]

Thank you very much

 

[MattKeil]

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

It wasn't stupid. As someone who did game journalism for many, many years, any indication that what I was doing meant something to anyone was a very important thing to me. Anyone who feels this way about anyone in the gaming press or game development, I urge you to go ahead and send that email, send that tweet, say what you want to say. It's a small industry, and the odds of someone actually reading it and making sure the right person sees it are actually pretty high.

Sometimes doing game writing and press can feel pretty silly and frivolous. You're not exactly curing cancer, here, after all. But every once in a while you get a story like yours that makes you think "Hey, maybe some good did come out of this after all," and there's nothing stupid about that.

RIP Ryan, I'm sure Baron_Calamity's not the only one with a story like that about you.

 

[MikeE21286]

One of my favorites:

http://youtu.be/kOI4XJecOc0

R.I.P Ryan.

 

[yami4ct]

Can someone put a ribbon on my avatar?

Here

 

[vgamer1]

I think ryan needs to be in Divekick now.

 

[DarkChronic]

I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.

This is so great. Thanks for writing that. Tearing up pretty hard.

 

[Row]

Where are all these people who are up in arms at people asking about the cause in the various celebrity death threads, where not only are the same questions asked and tolerated, but tasteless jokes and puns are the norm?

 

[830920]

I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.

Fuck, I cried... I'm glad it worked out for you!

 

[TheNamelessOne]

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.

We often feel telling people how we feel about them feels corny, silly, scary or whatnot. It's sad it has to take people passing away before we get around to it.

 

[Virtua Ben]

I was listening to Ryan's Summerjam list on spotify and totally realized we have the same music taste.

Le sigh

 

[SpectreFire]

Regardless of me not reading it correctly, you're still an asshole. At least I have that on you!

How am I an asshole?

Seriously, please explain this to me.

Am I an asshole for suggesting that there are fat people amongst Giantbomb fans?

Am I an asshole for theorizing that some people might've saw something of their future with Ryan's death?

You're the one who came out of the gate acting like a douchebag while I was legitimately trying to explain something people were asking. But no, I'm the asshole because apparently I said something you misread and didn't like?

Please grow up.

 

[Syph Medwes]

Hey everybody it's Tuuuuuuuesday.
Would love to buy that on a shirt with the proceeds going to his family or something. Or even just donating.

 

[MetalGuardian]

I'm in the same boat as a lot of you here... I've never met the guy, but Giant Bombcast is the only podcast I ever listen to, and I've been tuning in off and on for quite a few years. I never am affected by high-profile deaths, but I've been quietly weeping off and on all day. Ryan Davis was truly one of us... albeit an exemplified, near-perfected version. The way he connected with the gaming community and could give such unique and engaging takes on the industry all while exuding his larger-than-life charisma was completely unreal. He was one of the best, and at the very least it seems that the Internet isn't going to ever forget that.

While it is so goddam unfair and sad that he died with so many decades of greatness still ahead of him, 100 years from now he'll still have accomplished more for the industry than most GAF-members combined.

It's exceedingly rare to be a celebrated figure in GAMES JOURNALISM of all professions, but Ryan Davis led the pack as a shining example of what the field is capable of providing.

Rest In Peace brother. Your loss will be felt in far more ways than these empty words could ever capture.

 

[strem]

Wow this is brutal. He seemed like such a great dude. R.I.P. big man. You will be missed

 

[iamcenok]

Man, the last thing I expected to see logging in to gaf would be this. This new makes me incredibly sad. I can only hope for the best for his friends and family. RIP Mr. Ryan Davis. you shall be missed.

 

[beelzebozo]

tasteful thread for bickering.

 

[Lombax]

I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.

You are awesome!

It makes me really happy that when I had the chance years back at PAX I told Ryan "The world is a better place because Bombcast exists." and I got to shake his hand.

 

[Drain You]

I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.

This post brought me close to tears. Beautiful, and RIP Ryan. Hope his friends and family are doing ok. It is never easy losing someone close and I can only hope they are doing the best they can.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

GAME COP

 

[Velkyn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaZo81-wuS0

Old one, but a good one.

 

[xxracerxx]

http://www.twitch.tv/thanksryan/

The stream everyone should be watching.

 

[kai3345]

Anyone else still seeing the headlines and articles and not being able to really "get" that he's actually gone?

I don't think it will happen until they start back up their content again and he's just not there

 

[GodParticle]

That's awful. And just married, too? Such a huge loss =(

 

[Dylan]

How am I an asshole?

Seriously, please explain this to me.

Am I an asshole for suggesting that there are fat people amongst Giantbomb fans?

Am I an asshole for theorizing that some people might've saw something of their future with Ryan's death?

You're the one who came out of the gate acting like a douchebag while I was legitimately trying to explain something people were asking. But no, I'm the asshole because apparently I said something you misread and didn't like?

Please grow up.

Dude, I understand that you aren't technically in the wrong here, but nobody on this message board is in the mood for this right now. Maybe wait a few days or take it to a board that isn't full of people that felt extremely close to Ryan. I'm sure you understand.

 

[deadbeef]

Way too young. I suffered two losses of loved ones within a week of my wedding. That has nothing to do with this situation but the proximity between such a happy time and such sad times makes these things cut deeper it seems.

Ditto to what everyone else has said - like you guys I have been listening to this guy for years and years. It's a very strange sense of loss. I felt like I knew him but I didn't know him at all. I don't know the circumstances of his death, but I hope that he did not suffer.

Life is so short. Things like this just snap you out of your day-to-day grind and grab your attention. What a kick in the gut.

I feel terrible for his bride, his entire family and all of his friends. I will certainly keep them in my prayers in the days to come.

 

[RadixNegative2]

About 7 hours after hearing the news I finally broke down and started crying. I guess I was in denial or something and was still expecting this to be a joke.

I've been following the crew since I was 13 years old (since 2003) when they were back at Gamespot. I only had a few friends growing up, but I always had these guys and they've always felt like my closest friends.

I will never forget when I sent in a question to On The Spot expecting it to be ignored. But then Ryan read it, even though they were running out of time.

RIP Ryan, I will miss you deeply. Thanks for all the happiness you filled in my life.

 

[Dragon]

How am I an asshole?

Seriously, please explain this to me.

Am I an asshole for suggesting that there are fat people amongst Giantbomb fans?

Am I an asshole for theorizing that some people might've saw something of their future with Ryan's death?

You're the one who came out of the gate acting like a douchebag while I was legitimately trying to explain something people were asking. But no, I'm the asshole because apparently I said something you misread and didn't like?

Please grow up.

You're an asshole for using this thread as an avenue to make assumptions (oh there are a lot of fat GiantBomb fans, are you serious?). Why bother saying it? You want to worry about your own mortality? Go right ahead, it's a wake up call for everyone, but don't make blatantly stupid statements and then whine when people call you out on it.

 

[MattDoza]

I think ryan needs to be in Divekick now.

I started thinking about weird things like this too lol. I want Ryan in Saints Row IV. Cause he's going to be what I think about whenever I play it. Shit, I think I might just model my character after Ryan.

 

[brandonh83]

I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.

Holeeee shit.

Ryan probably read this already somewhere! Keep up the exercise!

 

[Fox Mulder]

How am I an asshole?

Seriously, please explain this to me.

Am I an asshole for suggesting that there are fat people amongst Giantbomb fans?

Am I an asshole for theorizing that some people might've saw something of their future with Ryan's death?

You're the one who came out of the gate acting like a douchebag while I was legitimately trying to explain something people were asking. But no, I'm the asshole because apparently I said something you misread and didn't like?

Please grow up.

It's literally the worst time to make these kinds of stands. Certainly you're not that new to the Internet.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

I was wondering if someone could ribbon up my avatar. I've been trying, but without photoshop, I am failing hard.

Please and thank you.

 

[SpectreFire]

because common sense should dictate that that's not the actual reason as to why most people are curious as to how and why Davis passed

and due to your original post's unintended total irrelevance it comes off as a veiled jab rather than as a serious response

But people are concerned about it, and that's why they're asking.

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1hvh48/ryan_davis_of_giant_bomb_has_died/caycuqc

And that's exactly why I brought it up.

 

[ASTROID2]

http://www.twitch.tv/thanksryan/

The stream everyone should be watching.

Great stream.

 

[Dragon]

I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.

It is corny and you should still do it. Dude had an effect on a ton of people, no need to be insecure, your story is incredible!