Even as someone who is not the greatest fan of Giant Bomb, this causes deep shock and upset to me. When I read the news yesterday, it seemed like I'd been watching him or hearing him in a Quick Look or podcast mere moments prior, so constant and stabilising was his presence across so much of their content. A funny guy with a great breadth of knowledge and an interesting take on games, regardless of whether or not it matched my own. Terrible to die so young, barely a week after getting wed.
Earlier I had a fruitless hunt for the video where Ryan was testing the Famicom he'd shelled out for at considerable expense. It was quite a boring live stream, but for some reason Ryan's stern, unenthusiastic face as he tried out one piece of shit game after another was hilarious to me.