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listening to his last podcast (6/25) and he talks about escaping death (moving arcade machines). The Grim Reaper don't play.
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just so sad...seemed like a lovable guy who had his whole life ahead of him. Had a great job, good life and tons of friends. It will be a shame if it is heart/weight related. If it was its kind of a freak thing...people normally don't just drop dead suddenly at the age of 34.
either way it doesnt matter much...he is gone nonetheless and will be missed. I cant imagine how the next bombcast will be.Last edited by jms493; 07-08-2013, 02:58 PM.Comment
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Especially after just getting married.
I said it reminded me of Sam Kinison , I thought he died on his wedding day but that must be someone else. Could have been the guitar player for Slaughter
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Ryan was the host of the Bombcast. Ryan and Jeff were the 2 that founded GB. Vinny and Brad left Gamestop when Jeff was fired as well to help with the creation of Giantbomb. I think Jeff and Ryan are the owners of the site and operations. Now that leads Jeff as the main guy left.Comment
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It is just going to be strange...listening to the Bombcast every Tuesday was about the only media that I have been consistent with over the past 3 years now. You feel like you start to know the guys. You feel like if you saw them at the bar you could approach them and get a warm hello. Same thing with the CAG cast. I find them both to be very entertaining and they help me with my commute every week.Comment
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This news is crazy. Fucking dude was two years younger than I am. And just DAYS after getting married? Fuck.
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I just wanted to share a few thoughts on my time with Dark Souls so far. This game is the hardest most rewarding game I've played so far. The fact that you cannot pause the game makes me always aware of my surroundings and the risk/reward for sitting at the bonfires(which are basically checkpoints) are so thought worthy because of the respawning enemies. At first I hated that but now I don't mind because I know to fight pretty much anything. The swordplay is amazing. Learning how to attack and approach each type of enemy is there and you will struggle even vs the lower peons if you don't fight them the right way. I've played the game for almost 8 hours and I am pretty sure I haven't even done 1 mission yet. They told me to ring two bells to escape the land of the undead but I haven't rang even one thing yet. I have faced two demons so far and both killed me multiple times and I went apeshit every time I died, but when I finally beat them, I jumped for joy. Flicked off the TV and basically told it to suck my dick. This game is great, but time for a break. I think I'll give ti a day or two before I pop it back in.Comment
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So yeah...a super what the fuck!? to the news of Ryan's death. I was poking around on my shitty Windows phone GB app and noticed an abundance of old Ryan content and thought it was just the GB guys being the GB guys and poking fun at Ryan being married. Notice the podcast in remembrance today and think "they're really leaning into this joke" and then google the news and...yeah. It's weird to try and process and I could have never guessed that I would he legit emotionally affected by the passing of a video game personality but I totally am. Maybe it's his age, or maybe it's his newly widowed wife...or maybe it's just that I have listened to every Bombcast (some more than once) and I am having trouble processing that he wont be hosting anymore. I don't know what it is, but I definitely feel extremely sad and like something is just empty right now. Ryan always seemed like he would be an awesome dude to meet, and now that that's never going to happen, it feels very weird.
Life it too fucking short. Oh and the remembrance podcast was great.Comment
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A thought on his death....(don't get me wrong here, and also my understanding of how he died is listed there, I've not read anything new about it and could be mistaken)
I find it bizarre how we are react to this, considering it appears (tweet was deleted) he died from (or helped out) by severe sleep deprivation. Something like 10 hours in 3 days was his tweet on the day he died.
We, as a society, will basically shit on others around the world (Japs, Koreans) who seem to have this happen weekly in their starcraft 2 net cafe's. We criticize them, insult them and give no fucks. But for this guy, we act entirely different.
I just find that odd.
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Yeah that's what I was referring to. I listened to it this morning and it had some really sad moments, but also somenreally funny ones that felt like something Ryan would be proud of. Jeff in particular was so funny at times that it definitely became apparent that humor was his coping mechanism. Particularly knowing how close they were.Comment
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Well I mean...I can only speak for myself, but I think that the fact that that stuff goes on is just as depressing. I don't have quite the same relationship obviously, but any young death is always sad to me (generalizing but I think you know what I mean). I know the tweet you're talking about and I do know he mentioned sleep issues due to apnea before. I assume due to his weight. I am sort of rambling here...I guess my end thought is that it's sad when death comes too early, be it in bed on your honeymoon or as the victim of addiction in a Korean Internet cate.Comment
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