Pound_lb003
Member
Yeah I think it's hit shockingly hard for what we might have just passed off as an internet personality
I guess I can only really speak for myself, but plenty have mirrored this sentiment.
Remembering Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013
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Yeah I think it's hit shockingly hard for what we might have just passed off as an internet personality
I guess I can only really speak for myself, but plenty have mirrored this sentiment.
TricksterLoki
Member
Its always Tuesday in Heaven
That's exactly how I felt when I woke up this morning. I checked Giant Bomb first thing in the morning feeling like it was just a bad dream and checking for confirmation that it wasn't.
StopMakingSense
Member
More than anyone, Ryan brought true enthusiasm to an enthusiast press. An energy and unsurpassed love for the silly shit that video games, and the people behind video games, are.
SloaneRisette
Member
This got me :')
Really hope he's enjoying Kirby U and everything else he would dream of playing.
And they do eShop releases on the podcast!
chun li's thighs
Member
wow...keep on gaming there in the afterlife Ryan. Hung out with him a few times for drinks and worked with him professionally a couple of times. Very likable person and great at what he did.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
We're talking about Ryan, not Jeff.
Thanks Anatoli. I feel the same, so it was nice to duck in for a bit and chat with Patrick and everyone else. Thanks.
What would be nice if the Bombcast found one of his best quotes, and played it at the end of every podcast.
We had a local morning show radio DJ die due to alcohol abuse, and they ended every Friday show with an old recorded quote of his begging people not to drink and drive. It always made me smile.
ThePointyEnd
Banned
I LOL'd at this. Ryan was the reason they stopped doing it and I applauded him for making the executive decision.
<giggles>
In case you missed. TotalBiscuit talks a little bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9PT_GKhjH8
Starts at 0.33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9PT_GKhjH8
Starts at 0.33
Bingo. How horrible. In addition...
I used to love how Ryan would get on Jeff's case whenever he would bring up his TrackMania love. Listening to the very last podcast, Jeff was talking about it again. This forced me into action.
Yesterday, I heard about Ryan's passing and about an hour later this showed up on my doorstep:
I will forever think of Ryan when I play this now
EDIT: Annnndddd....this was my favorite animation of Ryan ever
http://youtu.be/rLiMXOu_qtE?t=19s
chickdigger802
Banned
So with Ryan gone, I guess it's back to classic bombcast theme for a white. The newer one was growing on me
Hope the interlude theme lives on.
Hope the interlude theme lives on.
CambriaRising
Member
Woke up a little while ago and realized it wasn't a bad dream. It's like finding out all over again.
Ugh, that one got me choked up and teary-eyed again.
Ryan's Dad sharing photos on twitter is one of the most beautiful and honest things I've seen in a while. Celebrate his life as much as we mourn his passing.
yeehamuffins
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQEOOrgue38
One of my favorite eShop moments, and some of the best Ryan laughter. It's the kind of bit that probably wouldn't have gotten old after two minutes, if not for Ryan's infectious laugh making it funny all over again. I'm gonna miss that laugh.
(And now I'm depressed again because I'm seeing the word "morgue" in the URL)
One of my favorite eShop moments, and some of the best Ryan laughter. It's the kind of bit that probably wouldn't have gotten old after two minutes, if not for Ryan's infectious laugh making it funny all over again. I'm gonna miss that laugh.
(And now I'm depressed again because I'm seeing the word "morgue" in the URL)
It's like that scene from Crooklyn
You're right but no one is hurting anyone by guessing it's the Internet.
I think people care and want to know what happened to their friend.
But really people he is right just give it time.
RedRooster
Member
That right there shows how clever and witty he was ALL the time. Just a super super sharp mind, was a joy to listen to.
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
Such a great little image.
My feels
Looks amazing!Thanks for posting this. For those who haven't listened to it, he talks about Ryan for 7 minutes.
geekamania
Neo Member
I've been staring at it for 10 minutes but can't figure out what the last image is.
Microphone.
Empty mike and headphones.
The Grim Heaper
Member
Headset and a mic, what he used to record the Bombcast.
AngelsDontBurn
Banned
God. Such a powerful image.
chickdigger802
Banned
geekamania
Neo Member
Yeah, totally see it now. I was thinking the mic was on the ground, but now I see it's headphones. Thanks guys.
Snkfanatic
Banned
A mic and headphones
You're not the only one. I woke up thinking of Ryan and trying to make sense of a world that didn't have him in it. I haven't been able to make "Ryan Davis" and "dead" fit together in my head properly, and he was just a guy whose podcasts I listened to. It just doesn't add up.
Except, y'know, it was Ryan.
McBradders
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SpicyKeychain
Neo Member
I've been in denial for the past 24 hours. Had a bout of gnarly food poisoning over the weekend and woke up to this news about Ryan yesterday. Felt like I was in a daze for the rest of the day, continued to do work from home while occasionally taking time to peer at gaming-related websites in some fruitless attempt to find some kind of confirmation that this terrible news was, in fact, a hoax. Didn't get it. Went on with the rest of my day.
Later that night, my wife saw me rewatching some of my favorite Quick Looks with Ryan and she asked me why I looked so sullen. I began to casually mention how one of the commentators, a personality I followed since college, passed away earlier in the day, but then I kind of stopped mid-sentence. Before I knew it, I was choking up and tears were streaming down my face.
After I calmed myself down and explained why Ryan's passing was such a loss, my wife simply nodded and squeezed my shoulder a few times in support. I think after all of my ramblings, she had some difficulty understanding why I was so broken up. However, in some way, I also think that there's some rare beauty to be found in why so many of us find it difficult to quantify the pain of Ryan's death in terms that can be understood by people who do not follow gaming media, and more specifically, the Bombcast.
Ryan was that rare charismatic, endearing, and inexplicably likable type of person who are all the richer for having in our lives. I may not have known him personally, but I can count the times where I looked forward to my 1.5 hour-long commute after a long day's work because I had a fresh Bombcast downloaded onto my phone.
RIP, Ryan. From one member of a community who never met you yet loved and cherished what you and your friends did, we already miss the hell out of you.
Later that night, my wife saw me rewatching some of my favorite Quick Looks with Ryan and she asked me why I looked so sullen. I began to casually mention how one of the commentators, a personality I followed since college, passed away earlier in the day, but then I kind of stopped mid-sentence. Before I knew it, I was choking up and tears were streaming down my face.
After I calmed myself down and explained why Ryan's passing was such a loss, my wife simply nodded and squeezed my shoulder a few times in support. I think after all of my ramblings, she had some difficulty understanding why I was so broken up. However, in some way, I also think that there's some rare beauty to be found in why so many of us find it difficult to quantify the pain of Ryan's death in terms that can be understood by people who do not follow gaming media, and more specifically, the Bombcast.
Ryan was that rare charismatic, endearing, and inexplicably likable type of person who are all the richer for having in our lives. I may not have known him personally, but I can count the times where I looked forward to my 1.5 hour-long commute after a long day's work because I had a fresh Bombcast downloaded onto my phone.
RIP, Ryan. From one member of a community who never met you yet loved and cherished what you and your friends did, we already miss the hell out of you.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I thought about it and decided against it. "It's Tuuuesday!" belongs to Ryan.
I did start with a moment of silence. It may be bad radio, but fuck anyone who complains.
Honestly,
Ryan Davis never had a child, but he did have Giant Bomb and treated as so.
If anything-- What Ryan would have wanted for people to support him was to have people Subscribed to GB and make it grow.
I am pretty sure that's what he would like.
... My heart trembles upon this words as I type this statement out.
I just can't fucking believe it man.
Ryan Davis never had a child, but he did have Giant Bomb and treated as so.
If anything-- What Ryan would have wanted for people to support him was to have people Subscribed to GB and make it grow.
I am pretty sure that's what he would like.
... My heart trembles upon this words as I type this statement out.
I just can't fucking believe it man.
MasterLeePhD
Member
I keep cracking up when thinking about the podcast when they were talking about spiders drinking from your peoples eyes... then get sad.
It's shocking and sobering to hear just silence at the start of a usually boisterous podcast. Maybe I'll go that route. Definitely want to pay some kind of tribute to him.
hahaha that was glorious
Holy shit, that was brilliant.
Mike and headset. Empty chair for bombcast
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