The Community Spotlight - In Honor of, and For, Ryan Davis

Here's to Thinking About You Ryan, Forever and Always. Hello everyone and welcome. As you most likely already know now Ryan has passed away earlier this week. Many of you and the staff are still struggling to deal with this news, and there's nothing that I can say or do to stop this grief. In light of this unfortunate news the Spotlight is going to be amended as a tribute to Ryan in order to sh...

Here's to Thinking About You Ryan, Forever and Always.

Hello everyone and welcome. As you most likely already know now Ryan has passed away earlier this week. Many of you and the staff are still struggling to deal with this news, and there's nothing that I can say or do to stop this grief. In light of this unfortunate news the Spotlight is going to be amended as a tribute to Ryan in order to showcase the words, videos, and works of art that you have all produced to honor and dedicate to Ryan. For those of you that wrote gaming related blogs, review, or lists; the Spotlight will be back next week in its original format. Also, a separate reporting/linking thread will be created next week for all of you to bring anything that you have written or made on the site to my attention for the next Spotlight.

Now I want to thank all of you. What you, as a community, have created in this short amount of time is nothing short of amazing. You talked about crying, laughing, and struggling in relation to Ryan's death These are all important things to feel. The sheer number of blogs further proves how we are and always will be a community. I wont speculate on what Ryan would want you to do, but I will say this. It was great to see so many of you write, draw, edit, and channel your abilities to honor someone that was truly important to you. It is that sort of creativity, humor, and dedication that will help make this a better world to live in. Find comfort in this, and as Matt Rorie pointed out hug your friends and family...and maybe pour a bottle of water on their head to show that you love them even more. With that here's the Ryan Davis Community Spotlight!

Tributes and Dedications From Friends of the Site

The Ryan Davis Memorial Galleria of Art

Words Tributes from the Community

Godspeed, Ryan Davis (By: @buzz_clik)
Sending Ryan Davis Into Space... (By: @d_mac)
Ryan Davis Was a Hero (By: @marino)
Be Like Ryan Davis (By: @slag)
Ryan's Words of Support (By: @dannyodwyer)
Waiting for the Twist That's Never Going to Come (By: @beforet)
Thanks, Mr. Davis (By: @sparklykiss)
My Two Cents (By: @metalgearsunny)
What Ryan Davis Meant to Me (By: @fallen189)
Goodbye Ryan Davis for You Will Be Missed (By: @bobafettjm)
Jumbled Thoughts Without Answers (By: @pseg)
Ryan Davis, I Will Miss You. <> (By: @jjor64)
Thank You Ryan Davis (By: @turboman)
A Long Overdue Thanks to Giant Bomb (By: @finaldasa)
"You are all assholes, I don't want to work with you anymore." (By: @aurahack)
Thanks For Everything, Ryan. I'll Miss You. (By: @joeyf)
Goodbye, Friend (By: @biffmcblumpkin)
Farewell, Ryan Davis (By: @hailinel)
Thanks for the Laughs, Ryan (By: @dalai)
We Love You Ryan Davis (By: @shadowvirus)
Here's to Never Forgetting (By: @pollysmps)
Ryan Davis, You Will Be Missed (By: @sweep)
A Toast to the Host of Hosts (By: @recspec)
Requiescat In Pace (By: @dankempster)
Ryan Davis... (By: @monopolized)
Ryan Davis: How Words Are Not Enough (By: @noobsauceg7)
My Thanks to Ryan Davis (By: @moth_pope)
Thanks, Ryan... (By: @mrplaid)
Blogging: It's How the Coooool Kids Cope With Tragedy (By: @undeadpool)
Ryan Davis and My Father (By: @amorbis)
Ryan Davis is My Princess Diana (By: @citizencoffeecake)
A Farewell to Ryan (By: @gamer_152)
Be a Ryan Davis to Others in Your Life (By: @sickrubik)
A Summerjam Scholar and a Gentleman (By: @freek)
Fuck, Ryan Davis (By: @thetravis)
Goodbye Good Sir, You Added to My Life (By: @iconclastman)
I Miss Ryan Davis (By: @fobwashed)
Ryan Davis (By: @sharpshotapollo)
Ryan Davis. (By: @mooseymcman)
A Thank You to Ryan Davis and the Whole GB Crew (By: @doctorwelch)
To Ryan Davis: Thanks for Everything, Kevin Makie (By: @xxizzypop)
More Than Just a Bombcast (By: @zrais)
Thank You. (By: @johndudebro)
FIRST (A Blog Post) (By: @apruncelle)
My Realization (By: @terradelu)
This Monday Was a Bit Harder to Love (By: @plasmafrag)
Ryan Davis: King Of The Driveway (By: @alwaysbeclothing)
Hey Everybody Its Tuueeesday! (By: @kylekrane)
Ryan Davis: Titan and Teddy Bear (By: @heavyduty32)
A Tribute to Ryan David (By: @metal_mills)
Goodbye Ryan, You Were a True Friend (By: @mattf2312)
Ryan Davis: Life Saver (By: @murderslingshot)
RIP Ryan Davis (By: @sharkman)
In Memoriam: Ryan Davis (By: @jensonb)
Fragments of Time: Remembering Ryan (By: @milkman)
In Memory of Ryan Davis (By: @torben)
Thank You Ryan (By: @reisz)
Today is a Day of Mourning (By: @hampe)
Hey Everyone, it's Tuesday... (By: @shorthair)
Ryan Davis, An Inspirational Man That I'll Never Get to Meet Face to Face (By: @axlefgk)
He Was A Man We Barely Knew, But That Never Stopped Us (By: @shakeyhands)
The Friend I Never Got to Meet (By: @olqavtoras)
Ryan Davis and the Power of Passion (By: @truthtellah)
We are Giant Bomb, and We are Proud (By: @demoskinos)
This is the Only Serious Post I Will Ever Make (By: @example1013)
Mourning a Man I Never Met (By: @thelastgunslinger)
RIP Ryan and Some Thoughts on Being Sad About Someone I've Never Met (By: @thesoutherndandy)
Be Like Ryan Davis (By: @slag)
Fuck! Ryan Davis... D: (By: @devoureroftime)
A Wonderful Person (By: @landmine)
Remembering Ryan as a Secluded Fan (By: @alien715)
Ryan, you Great and Wonderful... (By: @dantey)
The End of Ryan Davis A New Start For Me (By: @jnal)
It's Tuesday (By: @lordandrew)
Thank Your Ryan Davis (By: @bsmitty1986)
To Ryan. I Never Met You, but I Loved You. (By: @musou)
I'll Miss You (By: @subcon)
I'll Admit, I Had to Look Up What it Meant... (By: @littleg)
Memory, Motel (By: @gbrading)
It Was So Much More Than Just the Laughs (By: @snail)
A Constant No Longer (By: @mracoon)
Ryan Davis was my Friend and I Will Miss Him (By: @phoenix654)
Ryan Davis... "It's Tuesday" (By: @jbg4)
Hey Ryan, Just Let Me Know Where to Ship Your Beer (By: @brewmaster_andy)
All Energy Flows According to the Whims of the Great Magnet aka Ryan Davis. (By: @pezen)
I Miss Ryan Davis (By: @wafflestomp)
Thank You Ryan Davis (By: @natetodamax)
"Aw C'mon! Your Shit Is Weak! Where's Your Grouping?" (By: @bacongames)
On Ryan Davis' Passing (By: @c_rakestraw)
My Band Played a Tribute to Ryan on the Radio (By: @coldphone)
Mourning a Man I Never Met (By: @thatpinguino)
Fatbomb: Follow Your Bliss (By: @fattony12000)
A Friend I Never Got to Meet (By: @wifipirate)
'Baller Time' Art Thing. Thanks, Ryan (By: @sanj)
A Strange Coincidence (By: @oraknabo)
Ryan's Passing Hit Me Hard: I'll Hit My Future Harder (By: @dixavd)
Just Need to Let it Out (By: @bakumatsu)
"You Say Good Pie, I say Jello" (By: @isomeri)

Community Memorial Efforts

In Memorium: Your Favorite Ryan Davis Moments (By: @arbitrarywater)
Post your Favorite Ryan Davis Pics, So We Can All Reminisce (By: @jeust)
Let's Make a Toast to Ryan. Raise Your Glasses! (By: @epicsteve)
Ryan Davis In Memoriam: Photoshop Edition (By: @b0nd07)
Let's Honor Ryan Davis by Growing a Beard! (By: @poisonjam7)
The GBCP Needs your help to Make a Ryan Davis Tribute (By: @phatmac)

Community Memorial Meetups

Chicago Meetup (Led by: @clarkers)
Ohio/Cleveland Meetup (Led by: @lord_xp)
Virginia/Maryland/Washington DC Meet up (Led by: @cannonballbam)
San Francisco/Bay Area Meetup (Led by: @strangecargo)
Vancouver Meetup (Led by: @hazelnuttz)

Videos Tributes From the Web

Author's Note: It goes without saying that this Spotlight is not complete. With over 200 requests of blogs, images, and videos there is still more to come for this Spotlight. However, due to a bought of hunger and tiredness I elected to publish the Spotlight prematurely with the intention of adding more to it another time. If I missed you just drop a comment and I'll get you on here immediately. Oh God...I have all of the user Tumblrs to put on this........