Just about every week for the past eight or so years, I've listened, watched, and read Ryan's witty humor and expert critique in the world of video games and everything but. I never got the chance to meet him in person, though had I not gotten nervous I probably could have after this year's PAX East panel. I did, however, have the honor of talking to him for a few brief seconds on the old Happy Hour show, when I called in for the Roku giveaway, and he good-naturedly ribbed me for blurting out "Giant Bomb!" multiple times instead of Whiskey Media when he asked who was giving me the free Roku, and again a few months later during another call-in segment on the Happy Hour. He never knew me by name, but I felt closer to him than I do some of my close friends.
One for me, one for my fallen homie. May it always be Unprofessional Fridays, Loveable Mondays, and Bombcast Tuesdays where you are. Rest in peace, friend.
I've been listening since The HotSpot days, back when I was in high school. I think one of my first episodes was the infamous Korn "Gaming, to me, is a religion, and HAZE IS THE S#%^@!" incident. To think I've been listening to Ryan Davis on an almost perfect once a week basis for almost a third of my life is pretty crazy to fathom. I don't know how I'll get by without him.
Going with a group of my friends for Friday and Saturday. I believe we're driving out on Thursday, so hopefully we'll get into town early enough for the festival of debauchery that is the Giant Bomb Rock Band night.
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