I managed to find some terrible vodka in the fridge, and I've got a pack of smokes I fully expect will be gone by the time this podcast is done.
I'm a little more prepared tonight. Last night my wife came home to find me red-eyed drinking scotch out of a flask that had been sitting in a backpack for three months. Godammit man.
I used to be a huge ska kid when I was younger. Like, going to shows in a suit and tie and checkerboard suspenders. I can't count how many terrible ska-punk bands I tried out for. I always wanted to ask Ryan and Jeff about their band at a pax or something when I could finally make it out to one and swap terrible stories about ska shows.
This is really too perfect. I'm feeling....like maybe a slight weight is lifting just hearing these guys hold so tight to those fond memories. That stuff will carry them the rest of their lives, and I love that they're letting us be a part of that.
@pollysmps: it's really cathartic hearing them laugh it out. I'm so thankful for this community. Yesterday I spent a lot of the morning feeling weird for greaving for a man I never met. You guys are all awesome. I love all of you.
@max_mischi3f: Should grab yourself a script for some more happy memories. Luckily they're all for free and there's plenty right here on the site for you to dig through. :)
took five shots of smirnoff melon and am drinking a warm heineken because that's what i have at work. (I'm a big guy w/ a high tolerance).
Broke down listening twice about 12 and 38 seconds before figuring i needed a drink, but now it's paused at 1 minute and there's laughter, so i'm excited to get back into it as soon as my co-worker (I'm not on shift, just want to listen with him so I'm here) gets done helping a customer.
I've hardly ever posted on these forums and only occasionally read them but you guys have been so supportive of each other and the GB crew that it makes my heart melt.
The internet is a cruel and fucked up place but the love and compassion everyone has shown in this situation has been phenomenal. The only asshole I've seen was a guy on Anna's twitter that sent me into such a rage I almost flipped my desk and almost sent him a death threat that consisted of a combo of fire, bullet and crazy "router: ants, a funnel inserted into the second most uncomfortable orifice and a tube jammed into the most uncomfortable orifice but decided against it.
Keep up the good work. And i hope it's always tuesday in heaven... execpt when it's TNThursday, UPfirday, I<3Monday... Ummm... Wednesday i guess... Just. Thanks.
I never would have expected it, but I think this might be one of my favorite Bombcasts ever. Just great/hilarious stories the whole way through. I thought I'd be bummed out, but I've just been chilling out and constantly smiling the whole time. Just a pure celebration of Ryan.
This bombcast, more than anything, assures me that Giant Bomb will go on. The bond these dudes have with each other shown through more brightly in this episode than we usually see. I mean, we know it's there, but we rarely see them be so real about old stories and how close of friends they all are, as well as co workers.
@breadfan: me too. Between that and the description of the house in the mission... Just guys doing fundamentally dumb shit. It reminds me of so much stupid shit my friends and I used to (and continue to) do. I guess that's why the Bombcast has always been such a special thing for me.
I have to go to bed and get to work in 5 hours. I guess I'll finish the podcast in the morning. Goodnight duders. I love all you guys in just a profoundly stupid, irrational way. Giant bomb is an amazing thing. Don't ever change.
Man. What a group of guys. They are so lucky to have each other, and we are lucky to know who there are. All the talk about how video games are are bad. Just listen to this bombcast. compassionate people remembering a friend. Ryan davis and the giant bomb crew make me pround to call myself a gamer.
The way Jeff talked about spiralling down a rabbit hole, and having to get pulled back... It sounded like he was contemplating shutting the entire site down. I mean it makes some since, Ryan cofounded GB, and Jeff seems convinced that he was a far bigger part in getting it off the ground. I don't know if I could handle it if they stopped doing the site, so glad they decided to continue on, but at the same time it really drives home how hard Jeff is taking this. Damn.
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