A Good Man, Even If We Did Not Truly Know Him

Something I thought about when I first joined the Giantbomb community, is "What would become of Giantbomb twenty years later, without Ryan or Jeff or Everybody"? The conclusion I came up with is, and no offense to others, as long as Ryan and Jeff were still with Giantbomb, everything else is changeable. It's like if Roosterteeth got rid of Gus, Geoff and Burney. Up until five hours ago, I was patiently awaiting Ryan's tales of the honeymoon, flight jokes and perhaps a picture of the bride and groom (like what Patrick did). Instead, we all know what happened. It created a hole that few, if any, could fill. If Ryan's absence was a black hole, it would suck up the entirety of existence within a blink of an eye. His and everyone elses spot on the Giantbomb crew is so important to my everyday life, I often listen to podcasts twice, or watch old episodes of TANG, perhaps even watch old classic gaming marathons. The craziest part of all of this is I never even met the man.

We know he was a good man, that is good enough.