Miss you Ryan Davis. Hoping you're in a better version of Game Room now
Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013
A year later still feels strange, I was wondering if the GB crew were doing anything today on the site in memory of ryan
As I stated on my Twitter:
Will Harrison @EyePawd 20m
One year ago we lost Ryan Davis, who I still think about every day. Here's to @taswell . Live on in who loved you, King of the Summer Jams.
It's Tuuueessday!!! At least, for me, July 3rd will always be Tuesday, a yearly reminder of all the laughs and sense of welcome Ryan gave to us all. I think he'd be incredibly proud of how the gang has carried on. I only wish I could hear him call someone a "piece of human garbage" once more.
Thanks to the community and the guys still holding it down at GB!
Rest in Peace. I'll try not to be sad today.. maybe queue up some old bombcasts. Tuesday will forever be a special day of the week.
Ryan's death was devastating. Even though I was never fortunate enough to meet him in real life, I felt (and still feel) like I lost a family member or close friend. It was all so sudden, unexpected, and unfair. My thoughts are with the GB Duders, his widow, and his family today. This world can be a truly shitty place, but I think Ryan made it just a bit better for all of us.
You are gone Ryan, but you are most definitely not forgotten! Wish you could see all the people here on Giant Bomb who feel the same way.
Kinda spent more time with Ryan than I did my actual family. Due to distances and a lack of them being internet people, but still. The GB crew has and still is a major part in my interactions with people (videos, podcasts, community, etc.).
Today is a bummer way to start the summer. Miss ya Ryan.
Now to watch him burn phat stax of cash and laugh along with him.
Remembering Ryan today by watching some of the old CT endurance run it's so nice to hear his voice again, miss you Ryan.
I still get emotional when Ryan comes up. It's amazing what a profound effect this wonderful man I never met in person has had on me. We miss you, Ryan.
Hey everybody, I don't really post here but I've been around a long time. I just wanted to stop in here to say something quick in honor of Ryan and maybe for my own personal peace of mind. I was pretty affected by the news last year, in a way which really surprised me because it felt like I lost a friend even though it was really just somebody I met once. It's a strange one-way relationship which is formed through podcasts and videos like that, feeling close to somebody who doesn't even know who you are. I don't give a shit about movie stars, I am not star-struck by seeing famous people, I'm a huge music fan but I don't idolize any artists to the point where I would lose my shit over seeing anybody in person. Lindsey Lohan could ring my doorbell and I really wouldn't be impressed. But when I saw (and eventually talked to) the Giant Bomb guys at PAX East it was the closest I ever got to Beatlemania. I didn't go crazy and scream or something, but I got very excited to see and meet some people who 'felt' like great friends to me, even they don't know WTF about me.
Anyways... I was hit in a hard way last year in a way which surprised me. I've pretty much avoided all videos and even thoughts about Ryan for a whole year because it was kind of painful and it made me angry for some reason. But this past week, I've started watching old videos and thinking about it a bit more... and I realized something: I'm smiling and laughing now because he was just a god damn awesome and hilarious guy. Seeing Ryan do his thing just puts a huge ass smile on my face every freaking time. So, I still get sad sometimes, but now mostly I'm happy and grateful for the good times Ryan has given me and thousands of people out there. That is a special gift.. and in a way, it's his immortality. Nobody can ever take that away, and it's a beautiful thing. My only sadness now is that I wish I could have known him in person, because I can only imagine he must have been an awesome dude to hang out with.
Rock on Giant Bomb! I love you bastards!
Miss you duder. Will be pumping out the summer jams for the next few days and enjoying the holiday in typical RTD fashion: fireworks, booze and bbq.
I still remember the exact feeling in the pit of my stomach last year on July 8th.
I will spend the rest of today thinking back on the joy Ryan brought to us.
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