Bombcast Watitng Room

Rorie name drops Susan Sontag?! GiantBomb getting all New Yorker up in here. Though their talk about cynicism/unironic enjoyment made me think of David Foster Wallace's stuff about irony and the fratricidal 60s postmodernists.

Wow. Jeff talking about the live comedy show that never happened. This is raw as fuck.

Ryan, the true anime editor, pulling the strings in the darkness...

The random bits of silence are rough. They'll be laughing and reminiscing and the laughter would sort of die down for a few moments until someone picked things up again.

Matt Rorie- "Your lucky I'm not burping my way through this". God damn I love you guys.

Stay strong guys.

Aw man, Jeff...

"Matt Rorie you are a human piece of shit"

Almost done with the podcast. I do not want this to end.

<3 GiantBomb

Oh god the last minute...

Vinny at the end literally broke me.

This....soooooo bad :"""""(

When Drew initially spoke about him coming into Giant Bomb and hearing his voice break and the end right before the 'Emails!' just absolutely tore me up. But getting to here all those great stories and laughing wholeheartedly, helped a lot. Thanks guys.

The last 90 seconds are brutal. It might be sometime before they get back going, but that is all right. When they feel it is time to get back to doing what they do, we will still all be right here.

I held it together these 2 days, but the final moments of the podcast is what finally got me. They can take as much time off as they need. I've never felt more connected to another group of guys I've never talked to before.

Thanks Ryan.

Vinny's crying at the end. I feel you, man. No shame in it. It's what a lot of duders are feeling and doing. They tried to make this natural, but it's just too difficult. It's going to take some time to heal.

I can really empathize with Jeff in terms of throwing out real dark humour during times like this. It's how I deal with tragedy. Don't know why I brought that up. Maybe because he sounded like he didn't really know what to say to that. In any event, it was great to hear all the boys come through relatively intact. I can't say I hoped for anything more than that considering there's a very large hole in their lives where Ryan used to be. That kind of sums it up. It was great to remember him, but there's still a hole.

Fuck man that was one of the hardest things to listen to at the end of that podcast. Can't say I made it through that without crying. Glad I was the only person still awake in my house. Never thought I'd be this upset over the death of someone I'd never met before.

It was a beautiful podcast, as transparent and honest as you could ask for. Words can't describe how thankful I am for them letting the community be a part of what has essentially been a virtual wake for someone dearly important to us all. They never owed this to us, but they gave of themselves anyway.

The tone shifts between moments of laughter followed by awkward pauses and silence reflects what I think we're all going through. We have all these wonderful memories to fill up that giant Ryan-sized hole we all feel, but the reality is also sobering...that hole's there.

I know Jeff says he doesn't buy that it can ever feel better, but that's okay. It's better to grieve than to hold it in, it's better to let the feelings happen. The happy memories Ryan gave everybody far outweigh the loss we feel from his passing, it just takes a while to understand that and learn how to move on in a way that would honor his memory.

To any of them that may see this message, however improbable that is, you've given us enough for now. You let us in and helped us begin the healing process. Take all the time you need. We'll all be here.

This podcast was healing in a way. Still going to take a while to finally accept all of this as fact but I felt this was as proper a celebration as the man deserved. And hey...take a while guys. We'll be awaiting new content whenever you guys are ready to give it to us.

Man, those last few minutes made me outright cry. I will fully admit that.

Thanks Ryan. Thanks Giant Bomb.

Thanks Ryan.

Same here. Hearing Vinny choke up at the end made me ball like a baby.

You are all human pieces of shit! I love you all.

Haven't had a good cry like that in a while. Thanks guys, and thanks ryan

Aw man, that ending.

All of you are a bunch of human pieces of shit...

@truthtellah: If you had glasses, I'd smack you in the face so hard they'd fly behind the bar. <3

I had cried at multiple times during this bombcast but the final 2 minutes broke me like none other.

I do in fact have glasses... that I am currently cleaning after some tears at the end. Dang guys...

Yep. Still regaining my composure after that moment.

It was a really great 2 hours. I just wish it didn't have to happen.

Thanks, Ryan. Listening to you and watching you over the years has been a blast and it's helped me out in some rough times and it kept me laughing at points where I didn't think I could. Thank you so much, Ryan Davis. I'm gonna miss you, man.

<3

This sounds weird to say, but this might be my favorite Bombcast. That sounds horribly wrong, but the honesty, raw emotion and camaraderie on display here was absolutely incredible to listen to. There were times where it got downright grueling... Jeff getting more and more emotional, Drew and Vinny starting to lose it, Brad talking about his hand shaking as he cropped that pic of Ryan... goddamn. And through all that, they were still funny as hell.

In a morbid way, this is a masterpiece of podcasting.

Edit: Oh, and it's awesome to hear what an avid AV Club reader Ryan was. That's my other main haunt (as Liberal Sex Dog), so that was a cool little tidbit.

Feel like hugging Vinny right now.

Thank you, Ryan. Crying so much right now.

I don't drink but, I would go with someone to a bar so that he/she may smack me so hard my glasses would fly behind the bar. I would then be his/her friend.

That moment Vinny mentioned because of Ryan his son would have a better life cut like a knife.

The last few minutes...absolutely heart wrenching. He's really gone isn't he? :-(

So fucking raw. Thanks guys...this helped in so many ways. Those Ryan shaped holes in the podcast are both expected and appreciated. We can keep this circus going, we just need a different ringleader. It won't be as good but damnit there will be a show. RIP RTD.

Amazing podcast guys!

Its truly the end of an era...

But I am certain the Giant Bomb crew will only continue to get better despite the loss of this magnificent man.

Thanks Ryan Davis! Tuesdays will never feel the same again man :'(

@rorie For you, man.

I can't help but feel guilty with how upset this is making me.

Ryan you made my life better. Thank you.

I feel a lot better after the bombcast. That doesn't mean I have have to live without Ryan. I'm gonna fire up a bombcast from 08 and enjoy.

@truthtellah said:

@rorie For you, man.

The empty chair image turns me into a man baby and then you go and post that stop toying with my emotions, but seriously thanks.

Yeah.

I never met the man, but I am sitting alone in my home crying like a man-baby.That podcast was a surreal journey of laughter and tears.Those last few minutes cut through me.

Thank you Ryan.

Vinny fucking slayed me. Jeff was doing a lot of the deflecting I did when my Dad died. It's obvious that he's just kind of numb and trying to bury all of this a bit. I hope he doesn't, it will just make it that much worse.

@zygoatsalami said:

I have been crying alot since monday, but at the end there i really broke down and was sobbing in my bed.

thank you Ryan Davis RIP

I wish Jeff would of said that important thing he wanted to and everyone else didn't tell him Ryan wouldn't of wanted him to.