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[captmcblack]

Wow, awful. I remember his writing, too.

RIP, Mr. Baran.

 

[Lé Blade Runner]

My condolences to Mr. Baran's family. May he rest in peace.

 

[TitaniumGroceries]

RIP and best wishes to his wife.

 

[Moobabe]

It's actually higher.

Thankfully, recent research breakthroughs with DCA have been doing miracles in terms of treating cancers and not hurting healthy cells.

Remain hopeful


Rip Mr Baran.

Here's to cancer research. If there's one thing I hope our generation achieves it's that all cancer's are curable if caught early enough and all are manageable. Here's to hoping.

RIP

 

[Classic_Gs]

I am sure I have read and enjoyed his work, my prayers go out to his family. RIP.

 

[four-two]

R.I.P.

 

[Black Rainbow]

Rest in peace. My heart goes out to his family.

 

[vitaminwateryum]

Used to read EGM all the time growing up.

RIP.

 

[Nizz]

RIP.

 

[revolverjgw]

RIP. I still read his material fairly regularly... I bring 80s/90s mags to the throne all the time.

 

[GDGF]

Damn that sucked. I always loved Cyber Boy and following his exploits in the old EGM. Sexidecimal for the win


RIP

 

[DaCocoBrova]

His death is sad. RIP. Even more sad was where his career ended up.

 

[test_account]

http://kotaku.com/5324249/egm-writer-passes-away

Andrew Baran, former writer at Electronic Gaming Monthly and EGM2/Expert Gamer, passed away on July 26 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

On Baran's own 1Up page, he wrote this about himself:



Condolences to all his family and friends

Sad to hear that he is dead Condolences to all his family and friends from me too. Rest in peace, Andrew Baran.

 

[Whimsical Phil]

Wow..what is the death rate for pancreatic cancer? Seems like relatively a lot of higher profile people have been dying of it the last while :|

Anyone know how old he was?

Andy was 35.

Having worked a couple cubicles over from the guy during the later Expert Gamer years, I can definitely say that Andy was an interesting character. He definitely left behind a plethora of funny stories.

It's a shame that he had to go out like this.

 

[WrikaWrek]

Rest in peace

 

[SuperPac]

Just wanted to throw this out here --

Myself, Phil and Greg are going to do an episode of the Player One Podcast this week where we share thoughts/memories/stories of working with Andy. And we'll be playing voicemails and audio from folks who worked with him over the years as well. I opened it up to some ex-Sendai/Ziffies on Facebook and via email but obviously I don't have everyone's contact info anymore. So if you are an ex-Ziffie or Sendai'er reading this it'd be great if you could share your thoughts/stories/anecdotes/memories via our voicemail line 713-893-8069.

Or even if you're just an avid EGM reader and want to say something about Andy, feel free to call as well. If you want to contribute something please do so by tomorrow (Saturday Aug. 1st) night so we can play it on the show. Thanks!

 

[Acosta]

RIP best wishes to family and friends.

 

[xemumanic]

RIP my friend.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Andy was 35.

Crap, that's young.

 

[Angelcurio]

RIP. I have been reading EGM since i was a kid.

 

[hampig]

Damn, I've been reading EGM ever since I could read. : ( No doubt this man has had an effect on my life through his writing. RIP...

 

[Barrett2]

EGM in the 90s was a big part of my month. So many good memories.

RIP

 

[Lothars]

I hope he rests in peace, my thoughts and prayers are with his family.

 

[Whimsical Phil]

This is an old thread, folks. Andy died nearly three months ago.

Well, it looks like Andy's wife has been auctioning off his game collection.

She's got some fairly interesting items up on the eBay block right now, including one of Andy's favorite cubicle decorations: his prototype New Kids on the Block NES box art.

 

[Safe Bet]

As usual I have no clue who this guy is (memory for names = fuxxored), but that still doesn't mean I can't pour me a drink and toast to him. RIP, and condolences to his family and friends.

Same...

Rest In Peace, Gamer.

Edit:

Didn't notice this was an old thread, but I still wish to offer my condolences.

 

[Slurmer]

Well, it looks like Andy's wife has been auctioning off his game collection.

She's got some fairly interesting items up on the eBay block right now, including one of Andy's favorite cubicle decorations: his prototype New Kids on the Block NES box art.

:'(

 

[QuadCore]

Well, it looks like Andy's wife has been auctioning off his game collection.

She's got some fairly interesting items up on the eBay block right now, including one of Andy's favorite cubicle decorations: his prototype New Kids on the Block NES box art.

What in the hell? Why would she sell off stuff that obviously meant something to him?

 

[V_Ben]

What in the hell? Why would she sell off stuff that obviously meant something to him?

maybe it reminded her of him too much? i dunno :-(

 

[Slurmer]

maybe it reminded her of him too much? i dunno :-(

yeah I didn't want to attach some sappy narrative to it, but it made me think it was her way of trying to move on...

 

[Safe Bet]

What in the hell? Why would she sell off stuff that obviously meant something to him?

1. She, or the family, might need money.

2. You have to let go of the past.

3. He doesn't care about his 'shit' anymore.

 

[ant1532]

:'(

 

[invisibleB]

RIP hope the money she makes goes to help her & family through this hard time.

 

[Ulairi]

Well, it looks like Andy's wife has been auctioning off his game collection.

She's got some fairly interesting items up on the eBay block right now, including one of Andy's favorite cubicle decorations: his prototype New Kids on the Block NES box art.

I'm going for Dragon Warrior IV. Lay off people!!!

 

[Whimsical Phil]

Edit:

Didn't notice this was an old thread, but I still wish to offer my condolences.

Yeah, I suppose I should have noted my bump in my previous post.

Fixed.

 

[DragoNZ DZ]

Rest in Peace.

Edit: Shoot.

My comment stands, late as it is.

 

[GDJustin]

What in the hell? Why would she sell off stuff that obviously meant something to him?

??

I don't think he'll be needing of it any more.

Fake edit: I'm not trying to be assy... I'm just wondering what the alternative is. Hold onto all of his things for life? Never move on?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Whoa, seller's location is in Naperville... that's like... where I am.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Whoa, seller's location is in Naperville... that's like... where I am.

You do realize that EGM used to be in Lombard, right?

 

[SuperPac]

??

I don't think he'll be needing of it any more.

Fake edit: I'm not trying to be assy... I'm just wondering what the alternative is. Hold onto all of his things for life? Never move on?

Surely this cannot be an easy thing to do for his wife. And we do not know the circumstances of the situation. But if I were to pass on I'd surely expect my loved ones to do what they thought best with my collection. If I left behind debt or medical bills and this would help out, I would absolutely be 100% behind auctioning it off.

 

[stewy]

What in the hell? Why would she sell off stuff that obviously meant something to him?

If anything ever happens to me I sure hope my wife doesn't cart around my game collection for the rest of her life. Better to get rid of it in a way that benefits her and our family.

 

[wondermega]

many of us have our things we like to collect because it's our hobby, things (like a New Kids NES box) might be a treasured item - but if we're not around, we'd probably like someone else with a similar enthusiasm (even if we didn't know them) to be able to have access to stuff like that, rather than consider it just sitting "unappreciated" in storage forever.

(and if your loved ones can get a little $$ off of the deal, then two birds with one stone, ya know?)

 

[Barrett2]

Man, I am tempted to bid on that R.O.B. and Gyromite cart. That robot would look awesome on the work desk.