One of the Giant Bomb guys died. RIP Giant Bomb Guy.

[Rokal]

I've been bummed out all week by this. It's weird to mourn an internet celebrity that I've only met once in passing at PAX, but I spent 1-2 hours most weeks for the last 4 years listening to this man talk about his life and videogames on the Bombcast. He was a really funny/energetic person and I'll miss hearing him.

Sometimes on the podcasts he mentioned health problems related to his weight: sore back, legs, Sleep Apnea, etc. I've seen enough relatives and relatives of friends go downhill pretty quickly when they didn't take care of their weight, but 34 still seems impossibly early to die from health issues related to weight. He should have had at least another 10 years to fix his problems but now he'll never get the chance.  

I do wish they'd release the information about how he died. Not to satisfy my curiosity, but as a wake up call to any gamers that are in a similar boat and think they can put off physical health until they're older.

[sickrubik]

They probably could do an awareness thing without explicitly mentioning how he died. I just don't know if we need to know.

[lamaros]

Unhealthy people dying young isn't common, but it's not exactly shocking either. And the older you get the harder things are to fix.

[Velorath]

Just listening to the Ryan Davis collection This Year just put out. The song they open it up with (after the long intro from the guy who puts these compilations together) had my dying laughing.

[Venkman]

Holy shit! I've been traveling with my extended fam for the week, so the first I heard of this was this thread. I've been listening to the Bombcast and the offshoots like dumptruck religiously almost since inception. As someone else mentioned, he was about to get married too. Shit, I think they had hall and DJ and all the other shit lined up. edit: it's been that long: he was married by this point! Last show I listened to was just prior.

He had mentioned being on a CPAP machine, and yea he was a pretty big guy. Having watched other people of this weight category go through this, I am still surprised he was hit this early in this life. I mean, just from pics alone, I've known guys in his weight class go decades longer. I'm mildly curious if there's a family history of something else, but I respect this ain't my business.

This sucks on general principal. I don't know the guys at all but they seemed like a really tight crew in how they balance each other. Patrick leaving recently for Chicago felt like something of a blow to their weekly feng sheu, though I know dickall about podcasts and personalities. They seem to be doing very well since their purchase by CBS, but Ryan was something of the MC for the weekly podcast. I'm curious who will step up.