I find myself genuinely upset and quiet torn up. To find out a man who has influence my life more than anyone and in more ways then one, a man I never met. Ryan Davis died on the 3rd of July, and I honestly can’t imagine life without him.

THIS AIN'T NO GAME!

For the people who are asking “how can anyone be this upset about some you don’t know?” Ryan Davis wasn’t just a disembodied voice on the screen or an opinion on some paper he was, and I find it silly that I’m writing this, a friend and a inspriation to many people. His style of writing, along with the rest of the Giant Bomb crew, was unique. He really put himself in his writing, you got a sense of who he was, what his taste where. You really connected with Ryan, and in this day and age, with social sites such as Facebook, etc... I'm lucky to connect with the people around me locally let alone hundred miles away.

I'm highly dyslexic and have been my entire life. When I was 15-years-old I could barely spell, honestly you should read some of the crap I wrote back then. Below is my closing paragraph on my review of 'Pokemon: Leaf Green' I was 15 when I wrote this.

"Is one of the pokemon game ever. Poeple how were not around when Red & blue were out this is a good place to start off on and if you like you might what to try pokemon Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald. Fanil say:
It is a fun game for all pokemon fans so go and buy it."

All of my blogs, reviews, and short stories were poorly formatted, poorly spelt, with piss poor grammar. I join Gamespot in June, 2007, and randomly watched 'On The Spot' one evening. I remember seeing Ryan Davis for the first time appearing on the show, I can't remember what his segment was but I remember watching a early demo of 'Battlefield: Bad Compy.' Anyway, I fell in love with listening to Ryan Davis, Jeff Gerstmann, and Rich Gallup. I started to read reviews written by them I remember reading a review of a game called ‘Spy Hunter’ by Ryan Davis, and I began copying it word for word. I started to mimic, along with Jeff’s, style of writing and started to learn the basics of formatting a review, and how to express myself. From there I went onto becoming who I am today.