[MartinCron]

I've been listening to Ryan Davis on the Giant Bomb podcast every week for the last several years. It's often a long podcast, so this is literally hundreds and hundreds of hours of having this guy's voice in my head.

I once noticed how intimate a medium podcasting can be when one of the Giant Bomb guys visited Seattle and I was deeply offended that someone who felt like a very close friend came to town and didn't even bother to visit me.

This morning, when I got the news that he died, I felt it in a way that I haven't felt for years.

[jacquesc]

Ditto. He died young, but what an amazing life he lived. In just a few years, he pioneered a new entertainment format, where many thousands of people who he's never met truly feel like they've lost a close friend today (myself included).

It was awesome to watch a truly charismatic, great person share his personality unfiltered to the world.

[geetee]

Plus all the videos and live streaming. This is a horrible day. Ryan Davis left us all too soon.

[sbarre]

Same here.. With the podcasts and quick looks and all the video content (I'm a premium GB subscriber), these guys have been a constant part of my life for a few years now, and I was affected much more deeply than I expected when I saw the news today..

http://thanksryan.com/ was put up by a friend of his, and I think it sums up Ryan Davis quite well.. He would have laughed..