Remembering Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013

I have no idea how to cope with this. I have never had anyone close to me die. And in a special way, all the GB guys are close to me. I've been following them since the Gamespot days, listening to every single podcast every week, watching most of their videos. Today is a sad day for me.

RIP
 
Finally broke down in the morning after getting over the shock. I will always remember ryan as a smart and funny man with a beautiful personality. RIP duder.
 
jparish, on point as usual:
http://telebunny.net/toastyblog/2013/07/passage/
Do you know how hard it is to convince publishers to let you run a podcast these days? Anyone who runs a business regards it as a losing venture, a waste of time and energy. Podcasts are hard to monetize, they only get so many downloads compared to video, they take too much time to create, etc. etc. The creators’ pushback has always been the same: No, they may not make money themselves, but they build an audience and create a real sense of connection between the “personalities” and the most dedicated readers/viewers/listeners. This logic — this appeal to generating an audience by letting them see your personalities and listen in on your conversations — always crumples in the face of hardened money men and their numbers, the fools who think gaming Reddit for fleeting one-time traffic spikes is a more effective path to sustainable business than creating good, desirable content. Thank god Ryan was able to find a place where he could run his own show his own way; he proved the suits wrong.
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It has probably been said before, but the fact that so many people are upset and sad about Ryan's passing without even knowing or having ever met him is a testament to that GB has accomplished exactly what they set out to do; to form a connection and a relation to the audience like no other game site (or for me personally, any site period) has before.
 
Like so many others, woke up today hoping yesterday was all a dream, or that everyone would come clean and announce it was all just an elaborate prank. No such luck. I guess that's denial for you.

Feeling a little better today, but still massively bummed. Gotta focus and get some actual work done today. Somehow. Tried listening to the last GB he was on from a couple weeks ago. Can't do it, not ready yet.
 
Still can't process it.

I had a dream last night that I was sitting in on their first podcast without Ryan. Filling in for the 4th chair was Wil Wheaton. They started off strong with tons of energy. Brad slowly draws a dotted lined rectangle on a sheet of paper and starts talking about Ryan. Tone shifts, but Wil Wheaton is just acting like nothing happened. Everyone tells him to shut up. I wake up.

The mere fact that I had a dream about it is crazy to me. He had such an impact on my daily life. Woke up every Wednesday to walk my dogs and to listen to hear the boisterous "Hey Everyone, it's Tuesday!"
 
Ghost said:
Just opened Ryans spotify profile:

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Genius till the end, miss you Ryan
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Oh god lol
 
That feeling today at work where you can't talk about it to anyone because they wouldn't understand :(

I still feel terrible all day
If GAF was not here I wouldn't know what to do with myself :'(
 
Tadale said:
From Parish:



I can agree with that. He had no equal.
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It's funny.

I knew that I was attached too him...never realized that so many were as well.

I mean I guess I should have realized it because GB is a smashing success...but it's one of those things that I thought and kept to myself: Ryan Davis: is one of my favorite people.

<sigh>
 
Everytime I hear about his death it feels like i'm hearing it for the first time.
Ugh. :(
 
I'm still having issues coming to grips with all of this. I only met Ryan a few times, had a few Twitter interactions, and emailed back and forth a couple of times, but I feel like I've lost a great person from my life. Ryan made everybody smile. The world could use far more people like him, and it's always a shame when we lose one of them.

As far as contributions to games coverage, Ryan and Jeff are two of the most influential people we've ever seen in the industry. Like the 1Up (during the 1up Yours/1up Show days) crew, Giant Bomb has proven that if you have a passion for what you cover and you are genuine with your audience, they will love and support you. I know that Giant Bomb will be okay going forward, but there is an irreplaceable void where Ryan sat.

Hey everybody, it's Tuesday.

Rest easy, Ryan.
 
fallagin said:
I think Ive been trying to repress this or something, because it hurt me seeing this thread again today. Damn this sucks.
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I think that's fairly common, one of the worst parts is waking up each morning and remembering that your friend is still gone. Gonna take a while. But the astounding outpouring of love from the community has helped make things easier for everyone for all involved, I think.
 
I never thought I would be the type of person to react so emotionally to a "celebrity" death.

Ryan was different. And the fact so many of us are having a hard time composing ourselves proves it. Such a profound loss.
 
Ultrarobotninja said:
I know it sounds stupid but when I woke up I really hoped to check gaf and find out it was all some sort of misunderstanding or even an elaborate (albeit cruel) prank. Not in an insensitive way, its just that my brain refuses to understand any logic in this tragedy. It just feels so surreal, so unnatural, so wrong...

anyone else feel like this too?
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Absolutely. Every time I refresh Gaf.
 
I still can't really believe he is dead.

I keep forgetting then remembering again.

Its so unreal, I have been watching that guy for years.

Do we know what actually killed him?
 
I had a dream last night that he showed up for the Bombcast and declared " Hey everyone ITS MOTHERFUCKING TUESDAY!" and everyone was happy again. :(
 
That Olly Moss sketch is lovely. Can anyone explain the the origin? I know Ryan requested the drawing but I'm unfamiliar with the content. Sorry.
 
Pyronite said:
It wasn't on their honeymoon. On his wife's Twitter, it was made clear that Ryan was napping at his place that day.
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Yeah, seems that he took a nap and never woke up. That sleep apnea probably caught up to him. It sucks that nobody got to say their goodbyes, but I don't think Ryan would have liked any sort of serious sendoff anyway.
 
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