I can remember when Dan first joined the GB crew and not being a huge fan of him. Now I'm sitting here wondering who could ever fill the hole he is leaving. GBeast is definitely getting a solid addition to their team.
Dan is an engine for making interesting things happen. He's an ideas man and his ideas are generally pretty good. He's also not afraid of going in and getting his hands dirty and attempting things, rather than endlessly planning them out. I think that's the biggest hole he will leave in GBwest.
Now don't get me wrong. Jeff has good ideas too (ranking of fighters, old games show) but he likes to plan things out and think things through, which means it can take awhile for those ideas to be implemented, both generally and for new episodes to come out. Dan pushes forward ceaselessly and is more willing to do things imperfectly, it seems, which has lead to a lot of cool content.
I hope whoever goes to SF to replace Dan will bring that same creativity in format and desire to try new things and keep shaking things up. I love quick looks as much as anybody (unprofessional Fridays is very hit or miss for me) but Giant Bomb benefits a lot from different formats and a variety of series. That's the best thing that Dan brought, and that's the biggest hole that needs to be filled.
Because let's face it, they're never going to find someone else who is as much of a lunatic as Dan is anyway. He fried a bunch of eggshells. As like an adult person. That's something a four-year-old does!
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