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My condolences.
My condolences.
Remembering Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013
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JasonUresti
Member
Very unfortunate. I don't know much about Giant Bomb or Ryan Davis, but I heard him on Idle Thumbs a few weeks ago, and it struck me how easily he and his humor and point of view fit in with the rest of the regular Thumbs. It would have been easy to think he was a regular cast member, how smooth and seemingly easily he fit in. Seemed like a fine and happy fellow.
Best wishes to his friends and family.
Best wishes to his friends and family.
VibratingDonkey
Member
All of these posts echo my own feelings. It didn't hit me until now, but despite never having met the man, he really was a significant part of our lives. I will miss him. And I feel for those who were close to him.
I did the cliche thing when I woke up today; "It was just a dream right?" and you know it's not true as you're thinking it.
I did the cliche thing when I woke up today; "It was just a dream right?" and you know it's not true as you're thinking it.
TheContact
Member
Woke up today hoping this was just a nightmare..still hurts
InaudibleWhispa
Member
I am still shocked and surprised by how hard this hit me, as it seems many others here are. It's a completely unexpected death that blurs the line between friend and celebrity. When you spend so long immersed in a bunch of guys lives on a weekly basis you can't help but get attached, and it's only now apparent just how strong that attachment was.
The work he and the rest of Giant Bomb created is virtually unrivalled on the internet outside of the golden days of 1up and some close-knit YouTube communities. It's not just informative, it's entertaining and personal and it will never be forgotten by his fans. And I'm sure Jeff and the rest of the team will do a great job continuing on as Ryan would have wanted. I can't even imagine what his friends and family are going through and I wish them all of my sympathies.
The work he and the rest of Giant Bomb created is virtually unrivalled on the internet outside of the golden days of 1up and some close-knit YouTube communities. It's not just informative, it's entertaining and personal and it will never be forgotten by his fans. And I'm sure Jeff and the rest of the team will do a great job continuing on as Ryan would have wanted. I can't even imagine what his friends and family are going through and I wish them all of my sympathies.
"Hey everyone, it's tuesday.."
Tomorrow will hit me hard, usual time when I listen to the bombcast.
I went back and watched Patrick's Encyclopedia Bombastica of Michael Jordan in the Windy City which was posted on July 5th. The poor guy just breaks down at the end, says he's real sad, and just turns off the stream...
He's a trooper for trying to entertain us jerks while keeping that all bottled inside.
I know they'll need time, and I'm not expecting anything this week, but I listening to the Bombcast duders will help bring some closure to all this.
He's a trooper for trying to entertain us jerks while keeping that all bottled inside.
I know they'll need time, and I'm not expecting anything this week, but I listening to the Bombcast duders will help bring some closure to all this.
TheLegendary
Member
"Hey everyone, it's tuesday.."
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shiftplusone
Member
Me and my wife were going to go to pax next year specifically to meet the crew since they've brought so much joy to our home
I never got to meet the dude who taught me that's it's okay to not take everything so God damn seriously
I never got to meet the dude who taught me that's it's okay to not take everything so God damn seriously
Same. Here in the UK, I'd usually listen to the Bombcast on the Wednesday. Regardless, I'd drop the missus a text during the day asking if she knew what day it was, and the answer always came back "Hey everybody, it's Tueeesdaaaaaaay!".
Not so tomorrow
Opus Angelorum
Member
That card on the table couldn't be more apt.
VibratingDonkey
Member
My alarm clock started playing a Quoted For Truth episode I had put on my ipod too.
"Hii! I'm back!"
:')
"Hii! I'm back!"
:')
MikeE21286
Member
Same here.
Same
Wednesdays 1-4pm has become my giantbomb slot. Hell even my coworkers usually complain if I don't put it on
toddhunter
Member
Never met him, but I still feel like I have lost a part of my life somehow.
Just awful. Heart goes out to his friends and family.
Just awful. Heart goes out to his friends and family.
InternHertz
Member
From elsewhere on the internet
Damn, that one got me. Now I have tears running down my cheeks.
H.Cornerstone
Member
The Big Rig
Member
It doesn't seem like Patrick knew then. He was upset over how bad the game was.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I kept thinking about this at random times all through the evening yesterday, and it was the first thing I thought of this morning. It's still just too surreal.
Samurai_Heart
Member
From what I've read it's because it was the 1 year anniversary of his father's passing around the time he recorded...and his dad passed away he same day as Ryan Davis...
Keep in mind the video was made near the first anniversary of Patrick's dad passing away so it would have been a very emotional time for him anyway.
It's been a long day since my wife woke me up 16 hours ago with the news. Not a lot of work got done and I took tonight off to just play stupid video games.
Some random thoughts:
I was lucky enough to meet and talk to him a few times at various industry things. The first time I met him I congratulated him on starting his own site and talked about some games we were working on. Was floored when he wrote about it on Arrow the next week, dude was at a Will Wright talk and he writes about my stupid shit? Crazy. Last time I saw him in person was at E3 2010 and we talked about the game web were showing, he laughed about how every time I saw him I yelled at him to play some game of mine. God damn it. I'm a jerk.
PAX Australia is next week. When they first announced PAX Australia I bought a pass the first hour they went on sale on the hope that the GB guys would be coming. Ryan and I exchanged some emails to try and organise a post show drinks session just a few weeks ago...god damn. Nobody knows if there'll be anyone from GB at the show now (it was going to be Jeff and Ryan) but there will be a crapload of drinks in his honour there anyway.
More than anything I just feel sad for my friends who worked and hung out with him and are hurting. It makes me angry I can't be there.
The outpouring of love for the guy here and on Twitter and GB and Facebook and everywhere else is incredible. Its really made me think. How many people do you know of that could engender the same kind of goodwill from so many people? Fuck, if that's not something to spend the rest of my life aspiring to, I honestly don't know what is. I can't imagine it would ever be possible, after all the years I've spent being a complete ass to people before I turned things around a few years ago, but it has to be worth trying for.
Some random thoughts:
I was lucky enough to meet and talk to him a few times at various industry things. The first time I met him I congratulated him on starting his own site and talked about some games we were working on. Was floored when he wrote about it on Arrow the next week, dude was at a Will Wright talk and he writes about my stupid shit? Crazy. Last time I saw him in person was at E3 2010 and we talked about the game web were showing, he laughed about how every time I saw him I yelled at him to play some game of mine. God damn it. I'm a jerk.
PAX Australia is next week. When they first announced PAX Australia I bought a pass the first hour they went on sale on the hope that the GB guys would be coming. Ryan and I exchanged some emails to try and organise a post show drinks session just a few weeks ago...god damn. Nobody knows if there'll be anyone from GB at the show now (it was going to be Jeff and Ryan) but there will be a crapload of drinks in his honour there anyway.
More than anything I just feel sad for my friends who worked and hung out with him and are hurting. It makes me angry I can't be there.
The outpouring of love for the guy here and on Twitter and GB and Facebook and everywhere else is incredible. Its really made me think. How many people do you know of that could engender the same kind of goodwill from so many people? Fuck, if that's not something to spend the rest of my life aspiring to, I honestly don't know what is. I can't imagine it would ever be possible, after all the years I've spent being a complete ass to people before I turned things around a few years ago, but it has to be worth trying for.
FieryBalrog
Member
Truly sad.
I'm listening to the episode he did on Idle Thumbs again and he was just such a funny, personable, and charismatic guy. Listening to the bombcast will of course never be the same. His distinctive voice was etched into the foundation of it.
I'm listening to the episode he did on Idle Thumbs again and he was just such a funny, personable, and charismatic guy. Listening to the bombcast will of course never be the same. His distinctive voice was etched into the foundation of it.
ThePointyEnd
Banned
Sigh.
It's all very real and has truly sunk in now that I've had a night to sleep on it.
Love you, Ryan.
It's all very real and has truly sunk in now that I've had a night to sleep on it.
Love you, Ryan.
joeygreco1985
Member
When I was listening to last week's bombcast I couldn't help but think about how odd the show sounded without Ryan there. Now every episode will be like that :-(
Best duder.
Such an awesome picture.
GringoLOCOo
Member
does anybody feel a little bit weird today ?
it's a strange feeling to describe i didn't even know Ryan but yet i'm feeling a sense of loss an emptiness.
Its so weird to actually feel this way about a person you have never met but yet you were still close to in some way
it's a strange feeling to describe i didn't even know Ryan but yet i'm feeling a sense of loss an emptiness.
Its so weird to actually feel this way about a person you have never met but yet you were still close to in some way
I can't believe how much this news has affected me. I was tossing and turning in my sleep last night, maybe because when I first heard the news yesterday that I thought it was some sort of joke. But when I saw the NeoGAF thread first, then heading directly to Giant Bomb to confirm, I was aghast. Of course, like many here, I awaited for Tuesday to come to confirm and sadly, it's all true.
I couldn't write anything about Ryan's passing yesterday on our site due to it being too emotional to write about, but I plan on doing so today. I never met the guy, but many of the things he talked about were things that inspired me and our site to push forward to try and do. Add another one for public show of support when my post goes live, but the world seems such a lonelier place knowing that I won't be hearing his voice and seeing him on the site on Giant Bomb anymore...
I couldn't write anything about Ryan's passing yesterday on our site due to it being too emotional to write about, but I plan on doing so today. I never met the guy, but many of the things he talked about were things that inspired me and our site to push forward to try and do. Add another one for public show of support when my post goes live, but the world seems such a lonelier place knowing that I won't be hearing his voice and seeing him on the site on Giant Bomb anymore...
does anybody feel a little bit weird today ?
it's a strange feeling to describe i didn't even know Ryan but yet i'm feeling a sense of loss an emptiness.
Its so weird to actually feel this way about a person you have never met but yet you were still close to in some way
It's going to hit me when he doesn't open the show with "Tuuuuuuesday".
From elsewhere on the internet
I don't know why but that picture crushed me when I saw it. Being Tuesday knowing that I won't hear him open up the Bombcast again has me watery-eyed.
does anybody feel a little bit weird today ?
it's a strange feeling to describe i didn't even know Ryan but yet i'm feeling a sense of loss an emptiness.
Its so weird to actually feel this way about a person you have never met but yet you were still close to in some way
I never met him either, but over the course of years listening to him multiple times per week, I do feel like I knew him somewhat. I listened to the guy drive home from work many times FFS; An hour long stream of just Jeff and Ryan shooting the shit and listening to bad hip-hop. I would never listen to anyone else drive home, but I did for them because the combination of the two of them was just that good.
I was stunned yesterday, but if there's a bombcast today, and when it doesn't begin with "it's tueeeessssdayyyy", I'll probably be pretty gutted again.
Imagining Jeff having to make the solo drive to and from Petaluma without Ryan is probably the hardest image in my head right now, next to the thought of what his new wife must be going through
does anybody feel a little bit weird today ?
it's a strange feeling to describe i didn't even know Ryan but yet i'm feeling a sense of loss an emptiness.
Its so weird to actually feel this way about a person you have never met but yet you were still close to in some way
I do. It's that weird feeling of never hearing him on a podcast anymore, never seeing him on a QL or hosting a live show. You may not have ever met him but you knew him, you saw him every week. Sometimes for hours at a time. And it was all good times. I wanted that for many more years to come.
GringoLOCOo
Member
It's going to hit me when he doesn't open the show with "Tuuuuuuesday".
I know what you mean
yesterday before i found out, i was looking forward to having Ryan back on the Podcast and hearing him talk about how his wedding went but now even though the show well carry on for me its not going to be the same, he was truly one of a kind and irreplaceable.
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