It's been a long road...

I like you.

Well it is hard for me to sort out my feelings with Dave leaving but I could not think of a better replacement. Rorie, your presence has been greatly missed. I expect you to be holding hands with Ryan Davis on Friday when the camera starts and for their to be gratuitous puppy videos playing throughout the stream.

Here's to the return of the Puppy Review System!

@zombiepie: Really, if anyone has any doubt about Rorie or doesn't know who he is, that sums it up perfectly. I say make it a Video Thing and toss it on a new user intro page!

Welcome back, Matt. I was genuinely bummed at the relative collapse of Screened, but the best possible outcome has finally been realised.

Dave will be missed, but at least Rorie is back!

New xbox? p-shaaw!

This is great news Rorie. psh.. You'll do fine, GameSpot, Obisdian, Screened Captain's Chair, dancer, etc.

So great to hear you back.

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Man, that reminds me of how good that game is.

It's been a long road, but it's great to have you back with the rest of the guys. This feels right and I can't tell you how much I look forward to seeing you on camera with everyone else. So make an appearance as much as you can!

Welcome back, Rorie. It really has been a long road...

Welcome back man! Can't wait to see more of your sad puppy face!

Welcome back, Rorie. You were genuinely one of my favourite guys back in the Whiskey era. I hope there's going to more fantastic puppy-related content in future!

Welcome back Rorie!

This news makes me very happy.

I expect an UNCOMFORTABLE amount of talking about puppies and Emma Stone.

Good to have you back, Rorie.

I wouldn't have anybody else managing the product Rorie!

@rorie: DARK SOULs endurance run, or some sort of endurance run and a hard game, welcome back!

Welcome back Rorie, you're a cool dude!

Hey welcome! really like your blog! I still remember your dark knight review-ish piece: its pretty cool!

I fucking love Matt Rowie

So fucking pumped for you dude. Welcome home :)

Glad to see you again, Matt! This is your destiny.

Great to have you back Matt! Gonna miss Dave but sometimes you can't have your cake and eat it too.

So, is time for Matt Rorie to play Sleeping Dogs ? It has Emma Stone in it.

WB. Miss the shit out of Dave but damn happy you are back in it. Now.... GET TO WORK!

Dave and Rorie have never in the same room at the same time: think about it...

Naw, I'm just kidding. Welcome to the fold, Rorie!

Rorie, Giantbomb has always been your density. I mean your destiny.

@zombiepie: Wasn't there also a video about Rorie and Ryan's special relationship, with the hand-holding and so on?

I have actually been going through with that, but Emma seemed to have dropped out pretty quickly. I did the first mission with her, called her up for a date, and since then she's kinda disappeared. Maybe I broke the scripting for her; she referred to some stuff on the date that I didn't recall ever happening. We'll see!

Thanks for all the well-wishes, guys! Excited to be here and help out.

Welcome back to the team, Rorie. It's magical to have you on board once more - it's been too long.

Be sure to show up regularly on the livestreams!

Nope, that's it. She's just in that one mission. It's real weird considering that they probably paid a whole lot for her to be in the game and didn't really use her at all. The whole dating system in that game seems like it was something that the developers wanted to have in the game but ran out of time and/or money and just left in half finished.

We'll all miss Dave, but it's great to have you back Rorie. Welcome home, we've missed your puppy shenanigans!

The site was definitely lacking a certain amount of puppy.

For some reason this song pops into my head whenever I read the thread's title. You'd think it would be "The Long and Winding Road" or whatever but nope, it's this.

It's as if this was planned all along... I'm thrilled and saddened at the same time. Welcome back Rorie. We missed you. Now we will go on missing Dave.

All the dates in that game serve in lieu of tutorials so you never see them after 1 or 2 dates. It's a shame.. oh Emma..

It is great to see you back in the fold, Rorie :)

Its crummy that Dave is leaving, but I know i am really going to enjoy having Rorie around! :) Maybe a monthly or every couple of month Behind the Screened Door?