Hello and welcome to an incredibly GOTY-centric edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and as always I, @zombiepie, am honored to be your host! There's really no good way to get around it. 2020 is already off to a bummer of a start. As most of you already know, Dan is leaving the site to pursue a new employment opportunity producing podcasts for WWE. He's moving as a result and will be starting their new job on January 5th, 2020. I know the man has developed the reputation of being the "goofball" at Giant Bomb, but Dan certainly deserves credit where credit is deserved. He is a wildly creative mind and used each video feature he created as an opportunity to try out new ideas and concepts. He rarely, if ever, let his enthusiasm disappear on streams, especially if he was allowed to talk about the state of wrestling. Therefore, I wish him all the best in his future endeavors and hope you can join the rest of the community in expressing gratitude for everything he has done on and for Giant Bomb.
- First, if you wish to follow Dan's work in WWE, subscribe to After the Bell and The New Day: Feel the Power podcasts on your podcast streaming platform of choice.
- If you haven't read Vinny's tribute article to Dan, then do that right now. It's both touching and sweet and well worth your time. Additionally, here's a link to the community thread wishing Dan the best.
- To return to the subject of GOTY, here's a summary of everything that won. If you wish to review guest lists well after the fact, check out the "Article" section underneath the "Word" tab.
- Congratulations to Giant Bomb user @drfidget for winning the Giant Bomb GotY 2019 Fantasy League!
- Moderator @marino did his usual "Data Dump" and used SCIENCE to determine Giant Bomb's Game of the Year! Also, do not forget to check out the community-run "Giant Bomb Game of the Year Database!" It has every Giant Bomb GOTY category and winner since 2008!
Tweets Of The Week (Tributes To Dan)
also, congrats Dan on making Giant Bomb trend at the absolute worst fucking time. just astounding timing.
— Hideo Kojima's Death Comedy Strand (@alex_navarro) January 3, 2020
Well Dan, you shot those guys in their dicks.
— Giant Bomb Out of Context (@giantbomb_ooc) January 3, 2020
- Jeff Gerstmann, 2015
I am going to miss taking absurd photographs of @DanRyckert every six months.
— Brad Lynch (@MarinoV1) January 3, 2020
Good luck with the next thing, duder. pic.twitter.com/2lrxi3uir6
@Giantbomb @jeffgerstmann @DanRyckert Goodbye, Dan! Best of luck with all that wrestling nonsense.... You'll be missed! #jeffhachi #giantbomb pic.twitter.com/8q38evTtbT
— Daniel Fu (@Odd_Particle) January 3, 2020
Thinking today about the many goofs we’ve had with @DanRyckert. Back in 2015 @johntdrake @JosephJBroni @patbaer and I hijacked a giant bomb panel to do an intervention for Dan in the only way we knew how...https://t.co/jA3fNlKXxZ (52:35 in if time stamp breaks)
— Eric Pope (@MrPope) January 3, 2020
My favorite @DanRyckert contributions to @giantbomb.
— Lik Chan (@LikChan) January 3, 2020
Metal Gear Scanlon
Mario Party Party@PaulRyckert
Food stories pic.twitter.com/3m1GOKvhgE
When I was trying to break into the more professional side of games writing, @DanRyckert was happy to give advice. His was the first unsolicited and still appreciated DM I got after the GI layoffs. The game industry isn't just losing a talent, it's losing a mentor.
— Imran Khan (@imranzomg) January 3, 2020