Giant Bomb hires Dan Ryckert and Jason Oestreicher

Paul Ryckert is my new forever hero.

hi guys glad to have you are the new guys going to be on the podcast full time I hope so having just the 3 feels off.

I hope he doesn't hate every one of us now. Cause I would love it if he appeared sometimes in one or two videos.

Welcome.

Never heard of either of these two gents. Will be giving this weeks bombcast a very serious listen to to see how they do. I really hope they turn out to be a good fit. I don't like it when people mess with GB, and these last few years have been nothing but bad change after bad change. So I would like to see some good for a change of pace.

Congrats and welcome to both Dan and Jason!! Looking forward to seeing what you both bring to the site.

Welcome to Giant Bomb you two!

Can't wait for what shenanigans you guys will all come up with.

Welcome Dan and jason! You both fit perfectly on the podcast so can't wait to see more content with them.

Also been a big fan of Dan since he first appeared on the E3 podcast a few years ago so super excited to see him onboard at GB.

Welcome!

These guys seem like alright folks. I can't wait to see them in a quicklook or on a live stream.

Hang on, I need to finish last week's bombcast. Just 40 more minutes and I'm gonna listen to this week's podcast. Can't wait!!

It's a good one this week! Just the right mix of talk about games and talk about nonsense.

Dan Ryckert is a Legend. I'm not sure who Jason Oestreicher is, but he seemed pretty chill on the bombcast. Overall I'm already loving that they don't shut up and actually continue a conversation unlike, well, most guests (on any podcast really).

I'm also really, really hoping that Dan brings his dad around to play more video games. Truly the best feature for Game Informer.

I see a lot of people asking if I'll continue the videos with my dad. The answer is absolutely yes, and I plan on trying out some weird new things involving him, as well.

Welcome!

I've been watching a fair amount of Game Informer's Replay/Super Replay archives lately. They seem to be the closest thing out there to what Giant Bomb does. It will still take a while to distinguish these new voices, but at least I've got a primer. I think this will be a good fit.

@danryckert: <3

That is awesome news.

Yay danryckert + dadryckert always make me laugh.

dont know jason but i like dan. should be a good fit.

congrats guys!

@danryckert's user icon still brings a smile to my face, him and Ric Flair.

Happy to welcome the new duders to the GB family. Sounds like we should get a new feature called "Jason's Dojo" where he teaches Brad how to beat Jeff at Street Fighter.

@rorie Thanks for your honest replies on some weird business stuff in this thread and elsewhere.

This is the best thing that could have happened, and all the sexist, racist butt-hurt is hilarious. DAN RYCKERT 2014

This is a amazing news! Dan and Jason fit right in on the bombcast!

Welcome to the team. I look forward to what you will bring to Giant Bomb dot com.

Just listened to the podcast, glad to have you guys on board. Seems like you'll fit in well.

Ryckert is hilarious and I can't wait to see him on the liveshows

".. where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Congrats and I'm sure you guys will deliver some good content. I'm particularly looking forward to discussions about MGS without the piss being completely taken.

@danryckert: Hope you introduce super replays to Jeff since we're not getting an endurance run any time soon. :)

Congratulations, Butt Tumblr! You made it!

dan should play a different wrestling game every week.

im ready for dans wcw wrestling for the nes speed run.

@danryckert: YES

@danryckert Welcome! you do know that every new GB hire are required to do an endurance run, right?

Luchadeer x Air Force Gator.

MAKE IT HAPPEN!

(Also, Congratulations to both of you!)

@rorie You're a Dan Ryckert and Jason Oestreicher.

Welcome aboard, guys!

The esteemed author of Air Force Gator? Here?

Welcome, guys!

Thank goodness! I can't wait to see what you'll be putting together. :)

I already said hello in the bombcast comments before but I'll do it again here.

Welcome to the site! I'm excited to see some new blood here at Giant Bomb and all the crazy ass shit that comes with it!

WELCOME TO THE SHITSTORM GUYS.

But seriously, hey.

Woohoo!

I miss Ryan so much.

I used to listen to Dan Ryckert on GameInformer from time to time.

@danryckert said:

YEEEEES

Glad to have you around Dan and Jason. I'm looking forward to see what kind of professional, as well as unprofessional, stuff you can bring these murky parts of the Net.

Welcome to the two new duders. You two have big shoes to fill. No pressure! I'm sure Dan will be fine. I'm not very familiar with Jason though.

I wonder if and when Jeff will sit down with the new guys and just be like "ok guys, some of the community are just straight up assholes..."

Glad there's a full team on the site again.