Game Informer's opinions about Dan Ryckert's opinions

As we creep closer to the Game of the Year discussions, here's a fun tidbit from the letters section of Game Informer #228 to help keep everyone in check when it comes to Dan Ryckert:

Sorry for the less-than-stellar cell phone photo...

Dan will probably vote for Shadow of Mordor along with Jeff and Brad and it will win, sending us to a terrible hellfuture where Dan is king and we all eat Taco Bell and drink 40s.

They were trying to warn us but we didn't listen.

Hahaha, that's a funny line right there!

Oh dear god what have we done...

Is "hellfuture" code for paradise?

Obviously that was a joke. Dan did some incredible work for GI, specifically the piece on mobile games (can't recall the name though). His little persona where he acts dumb about everything outside his box has been foiled by both Ben Hanson and Drew in the past.

@corevi: I want to visit you're hellfuture.

His first decree is the worldwide enforcement of a one-per-year skydiving quota. Also salads are now banned.

Maybe this future won't be too bad?

@jeremyspittle: Skydiving is cool but I really like salads.

Remember in 2009 GOTY when Ryan had to record an afterwards voiceover describing that there were audio issues on some microphones, so Vinny ended up being hard to hear?

Jeff in 2014: "Uh, so you're not going to hear Dan in this discussion because we asked him to go pick up some tacos and 40s and we ended up just deciding the GOTY was Windjammers".

Well, how about you can only eat salads while skydiving.

Like Demolition Man?

I think Dan is going to swing them towards Bayonetta 2.

Dan For Prez, 2020

THEY KNEW.

Game Informer gave Skyward Sword a 10? lol

Randy from southpark: we didn't listen

I imagine Andy McNamara is in an ivory tower somewhere, sipping high priced wine in a black robe cackling. Cackling like a mad man and yelling "I'm free! I'm free! It's someone else s problem now!"

It's only a matter of time until the law of Dan Ryckert is enforced by muscle bound wrestling cops, power bombing people through tables and enforcing the glorious word of our new lord and savior, Big Boss.

A bad idea waiting to happen...or turned into a Giant Bomb video.

"Except for Dan, whose opinions don't count for anything."

haha.

Oh, Dan.

Bayonetta 2 for GotY. Make it happen Dan! Show that your vote counts!

@altairre: He wont be the only one voting for that game. I say either Mordor or Bayonetta will be GOTY and it wont be Dan who decides wich one it will be.

Is it just me, or does Dan seem to be the Karl Pilkington of video game journalism?

Literally, I've had that exact same thought.

Reminds me of something Jeff said after bringing Dan on board: "Andy will THANK me for what I have done."

He said on Twitter that Pilkington reminds him of his dad.

@corevi: Didn't they already record the GOTY deliberations..?

HELLFUTURE IS NOW

IF ANYONE NEEDS ME I'LL BE ON MY DUNE BUGGY

This is a thread of opinions about Game Informer's opinions about Dan Ryckert's opinions. Just thought I would put that out there.

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Only if you're cool with diabetes. Who wants the sugars?!

@mb: So what if Dan comes here and has an opinion on the opinions of the opinions of Game Informer ... what would that be? D:

I would say I agree with their opinion of his opinions as well as most of the opinions on GI's opinion of Dan's opinion that I've read here.

@corevi: and the bad part of this being...

That was my takeaway from the OP as well.

@corevi: I know people disagree with me, but I honestly expect to hear Brad fight for Destiny to not only be top 10 but in the top 5. If anything, Dan is going to fight for Nintendo stuff alongside Alex. Alex allowed others to push his stuff out in previous years but Dan hopefully won't back down so easily.

Let's also not forget how amazing Skyrim was for the PS3 when thinking about all those 10's it got. Scores are fairly meaningless as are GOTY awards - double so on Giant Bomb. Don't get me wrong, I love the discussions, but the categories can get so insane with a game like Forza being in the same category as Gone Home and Call of Duty that at one point you can't really take any of it very seriously.

Well that sounds about right. Dan is an industry treasure in my book.

@amyggen said:

That was the moment when I knew I was perfectly fine with Dan being a part of Giant Bomb.

@bisonhero said:

@amyggen said:

That was the moment when I knew I was perfectly fine with Dan being a part of Giant Bomb.

I missed this one. Where can I watch it?

@zevvion: It's in here:

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/unprofessional-fridays-11-21-2014/2300-9734/

Would Dan Ryckert pass the Turing Test?

Also 2011 GOTY was clearly Saints Row: The Third, but I guess there are monsters everywhere.

I was expecting to read that Dan's former employers had put out a burn notice on him voiding any statements made by him.

...This is surprisingly close.

Oh my god...

@hippie_genocide: Thank God I wasn't the only one.

What are the chances Andrew Reiner answered that question? I remember on some the Replay videos with Reiner and Dan. Reiner seemed to be mean towards Dan during his first year at Game Informer. My second guest would be Matt Helgeson.

If Mordor wins , we riot !

They still bring up Dan on occasion during Reply, just like Dan mentions Game Informer and his buddies from there. Wouldn't be friends if they didn't rib each other.