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I like how people shit all over the other game to make their game of choice look better. It's okay to like one game more than another game, guys. There's nothing wrong with that.

I think Dark Souls and Mass Effect 2 are both wonderful games. I like Mass Effect 2 better though.

Wow, 2 games that I love to death. Very tough. I'm going with Mass Effect 2 because it has literally changed my life in a big way.

@guesty_01: You must lead a pretty balanced life.

Oof. Both games I love. Alas, Skyrim gets my vote.

@korwin: The false equivalences aside (movie vs game, length, amount of copying), yes. Reusing 2 elements (the animation for characters and camera) in that 20 second scene in Call of Duty does not constitute anything to get worked up about even remotely as much as you seem to be. Frankly, it's a smart move to re-use that animation stuff. Probably saved an animator about a week or 2 worth of work that is instead spent on more important things to animate.

@korwin: I guess I just don't see it. The only things re-used in the video are the animations for the characters and the camera. The context of story, the voice acting, the character and environment art are all not the same.

@korwin: Why is that specifically so low? It's efficient re-use. If we had to make a new piece of art/logic/camera work/rigging for every instance of a scene or level in a game we're essentially burning time, effort and budget that we could've used to do more interesting things.

I would not.

19, moved out for my first job, which was also in a different country. Pretty intense.

This just knocked the wind out of me.

I've never met Ryan, or any of the Giantbomb crew for that matter, but I've been listening to the bombcast and following all the crazy stuff they've been putting out on the web and I'm honestly close to tears after reading this news.

My condolences to Ryan's family, his newly wed wife, and everyone at GiantBomb. I'm going to miss you, Ryan.