Giant Bomb comes together to remember our dear friend and colleague, Ryan Davis.
This week we join the masses in our endless love for the one, the only, Ryan Davis. Fred is joined by Trees and we discuss the career of Ryan Davis, including some off the wall discussions about Jeff Gerstmann’s looks, and the end of the console team at GameSpot that gave way to the Giant Bomb web site. After some kind farewells the boys talk about Ryan’s other passion than gaming: movies. Specifically retro games licensed from movies that they really enjoy and from there the banter takes the show off the rails.
VB - Like with the passing of Roger Ebert, all we can say is thank you.
Ever since this news broke out on July 8th, it has been a really rough last 10 days. Losing Ryan, Losing my grandfather, having difficulty sleeping at night, having different looks on life (which is why I can't sleep --> Over-thinking) and playing video games has lost it's edge with me for some strange reason.
All I can hope is that my luck changes soon and August will be a better month!
This week on Sessler's ...Something, Adam reports in from 2013 Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals and ponders the issue we face in discussing and typifying games.
Adam is much more eloquent with his own channel than he ever was able to be at G4. We really need to start looking at the bigger picture again.
I love listening to Sessler intellectualise and analyse the industry. I don't always a agree with him but I can't help admiring his confidence and eloquence when confronted with the bigger picture.
After hearing this, I watched a ton of old Giant Bomb videos with Ryan Davis including That Ain't No Game. It was one of my favorite series on Giant Bomb, and Ryan contributed thoroughly to its excellence.
He was so funny and so intelligent. Hearing the guys' memories of Ryan..it was just as heart-wrenching as it was respectful.
Ryan Davis...RIP
still cant believe it
I can honestly say it was the first BombCast that I listened from start to finish and, within all the laughter and stories being told by every single person, I couldn't help but to have a little bit of a breakdown. Here's someone I've watched and listened to for the past 9 years of my gaming life, and he's no longer apart of it anymore. And I just can't imagine what the rest of the GiantBomb crew are going through...
R.I.P. Mr. Ryan Davis - Hope you've got unlimited cloud streaming/computing capabilities now :D