Best of luck in all you do Dave, hope to see you around the site often. Hopefully in all Flight Club vids to come :)

Sorry to see you go, Dave. The relationship between the community and the design team and the transparency you were constantly promoting is a large part of what made Giant Bomb so unique and amazing. Never hearing "Dave, site's down" again makes me sad. At the same time you're doing it for the best of reasons so good luck to you and your family, and I wish you all the best.

And we get a silver lining too. Matt Rorie is back! Yay!

Off our hero goes. Snider-stomping through time.

@snide

Dave, it feels incredibly weird to personally address someone through the internet who I've never met but it says an awful lot about this little site you've helped to greatness that I'm feeling a bit choked up now.

Know that you have fans in every corner of the world who really appreciate the hard work you've put in and the fun times you've given us. Wherever you find yourself a cold beer and a friendly chat are just a tweet away.

All the best for you and your beautiful family, and the mountain of diapers it seems like you're going to be tasked with changing.

P.S.

Please make sure you finish Blade Runner with the guys sometime, I would resub 3 times over to see it happen!

Dave, you're my favourite GB guy. And I think it'll stay this way, so I hope you'll visit frequently! And hey, you'll be a great dad.

Sorry to see you go Dave, thanks for everything that you've brought to the site since the beginning. I wish you all the best for the future and hope these office visits are regular occurrences!

Holy fuck! The three thoughts going through my mind right now: Congrats on the baby, sucks that you're leaving, I hope you'll be a frequent visitor.

Good luck for whatever the future may hold, Dave. You will be missed. I look forward to you crashing podcasts/QLs etc.

You'll be greatly missed Dave! Very sad to see you leave. Good luck with the whole dad thing =)

You will be missed Dave!

Congratulations and best of luck, Dave. And thanks for everything! :')

Congratulations, Dave! You did real good by the site and community for years.

May your parental and other life endeavours be awesome.

Come back soon and often.

Please keep showing up and hanging out. You quickly became one of my favorite of the crew. You're a wonderful person, Dave.

Will, Norm, Alex and Sara moving to New York (granted they still work for GB/CV...its just not teh same not having them around), and now Dave. Whiskey Media is dropping like flies... :(

But we got Rorie back! And I am okay with that! :D

Good luck Dave!

Good luck with whatever it is you decide to do Dave! Thanks for doing what you did all these years too. Hope to see you in a Flight Club vid in the future. It's been rad, duder.

Thanks for making Giant Bomb the awesome website it is!

Good luck Dave! Bye! Please come back often for Random PC Games.

At least he left us with the gift of Rorie and puppies.

I don't even know what to say! But I feel like in some ways that you and Jeff are the "parents" of GiantBomb and it is like "Daddy and Mommy are taking a break" (don't ask me who's the dad and who's the mom) and I'm left repeatedly asking with puppy dog eyes "You'll come visit as often as you can, right?"

But you're more than that. You're also genuine and passionate in your craft and that's always inspiring to see. The candid Q&A's in the Radio Shows are always an eye opener when you go into your design philosophies. And the PC games! You are the duder that introduced Mount and Blade to me that, checking my steam games now... I have 198 hour and 43 minutes spent across the 3 M&B games.. mostly Warband... and mostly SinglePlayer... I really liked it... And I only even put 157 hours into Skyrim.

I could go on and on but I'll keep it (relatively) short and sweet. A Giant Thank You to you Mr. Snider, the internet will be lesser while you're gone. But if anyone is deserving of a break, you're one of them. So enjoy taking some time off to be a good father that you're being, because those early years are crucial to a child's development (or so I hear anyways). Veronica is a lucky kid to have you as a father just as GiantBomb was. Thank you again duder *salutes* and see you around!

you were without a doubt one of my favorites.

Thankyou for all you've done, We'll miss you!!

Dave, you're one of my favorite folks at Giant Bomb. I was actually just wondering yesterday why we hadn't seen you on camera lately. I was hoping once the new design was over that we'd see more of you. I hope that still happens, even if it's just showing up for Unprofessional Fridays.

Good luck Duder! Come back often!

Will and Norm moved to new york? Where can i find out about this?

I've never felt sadder. I remember when in one of the first giantbomb explores the office and you showed up. I thought "I want to know more about that guy who got a drink coozie" I was hooked. I will miss you. Any quick look that said Dave on it I was in instantly. Didn't care what time of day. I will take a long lunch break and let everyone else complain. You interrupting the podcast asking wtf everyone was yelling about is still a favorite highlight. Also your sister. I mean wow. The snider clan was a treasure trove of entertainment. I look forward to any contributions you can make and will miss you dearly. You made me wonder about a career I never even considered. Knowing that that "top men" are missing the most top hatted of men is distressing. Know that you won't be forgotten. Giantbomb couldn't have been anywhere close to this without you. I hope you have fun raising an awesome child. Duder.

have fun man, thanks for everything!

Good luck and godspeed Mr. Snider. I shall start up an old school PC game in your honor. Planescape perhaps? Anyway, have fun being a dad. See you space cowboy.

I was super sad when I first read this, but I am now really happy for you Dave! I bet you are an awesome Dad and Veronica has no choice but to grow up being a world class duder! I hope to see you back for the occasional Flight Club!

Bittersweet.

I don't know you personally, but I've always gotten the impression that you were a genuinely nice and humble guy. We need more nice and humble in this world.

Enjoy the baby, and please, please, please consider coming back around from time to time to keep "Random PC Game" going. I don't think I could bear the idea of that segment permanently dying.

Best of luck Sir Snide. Sucks to lose you but you gotta do whats best.

Don't be a stranger :)

Good luck in the future, Dave! Show up as often as possible. Who needs money when you've got the Bomb Crew, right? GLHB.

Mixed emotions, I'm gonna miss you dude:(

Quite an interesting decision.

Thank you for everything, Dave. Will be great to see you pop in for (extra) special appearances in the future!

this makes me a sad sad panda

Best of luck to you Dave & visit often for random videos/podcasts on Giantbomb. Giantbomb needs more pc games (new & old) love on the site so if you can't be there for that hammer that thought into the rest of the GB crew for it.

Glad you'll still be popping up on content, Dave, one of my fondest memories of GB is the Bombcast where Jeff is 'singing' Nintendo releases and you shout "I'm trying to build a website!".

"I'm trying to put content on your website!"

Thank you for being the nicest of men Dave! All the best to you and your family, you'll be sorely missed (if you don't make frequent un-paid appearances!)

Have kid, quit job, pay for baby how? Hope everything works out for you! Hopefully you still stop by for a random PC game!

You will be missed by many! Enjoy that kid while they are young, they grow up fast man. Good Luck in whatever is ahead for you.

You will be missed Dave! Thanks for everything!

See you around Dave, you are a true American hero.

*sniff*

Dammit! Dave, I'll miss you. I loved your quick looks and your obscure PC games.

GAHH I'm going to miss flight club with you. Best of luck to all you do!!

I believe he was a partner at Whiskey Media so I think he probably would have made a comfortable sum from the sale.

Damn I didn't realize that you were leaving or that Rorie was joining Giant Bomb. This is crazy. Best of luck, Dave. You better pop in on quick looks at least once a week.

Rorie hasn't been hired, and Dave hasn't left. Come on, guys. Think about it. Rorie never gets hired somewhere, and Dave leaving Giant Bomb is impossible.

It's just @snide wearing @rorie's skin. I mean, what's more hardcore than THAT?!

This last line was really beautiful. I'm not going to lie. There was a little moistness in my eyes as I read it.

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