RyanDavis1 10 Jul

Giant Bomb released a statement yesterday saying that founder Ryan Davis had passed away last week.

“Obviously we’re all stunned over here. Ryan was a good friend to all of us. It’s odd to remember that, for someone who could be so acerbic at times, and despite knowing him for almost a decade, I honestly don’t recall ever actually being mad at him”, The statement reads, in part. “Many of you know that Ryan was recently married. In the face of this awfulness, many of us will at least always remember him as we last saw him: outrageously, uproariously happy, looking forward to his next adventure with the biggest grin his face could hold.”

“The consolation we can feel from that is miniscule compared to the hole that Ryan’s absence will leave in our lives. That’s not a hole that is possible to fill; it’s just something that we’ll just have to get used to walking around with, and that will not happen for a long, long time.”

Ryan Davis founded Giant Bomb in 2008 with Jeff Gerstmann, after the pair departed Gamespot.

(via Joystiq)