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AKA VoidBurger. Originally brought in to produce ''Hot Takeouts'', a video essay series, she gradually started producing and appearing on more content until she was finally announced as a member of staff proper in October '21. Jess was unfortunately laid off alongside Jason in January 2023.
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AKA VoidBurger.[=VoidBurger=]. Originally brought in to produce ''Hot Takeouts'', a video essay series, she gradually started producing and appearing on more content until she was finally announced as a member of staff proper in October '21. Jess was unfortunately laid off alongside Jason in January 2023.
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!!Jan Ochoa
Hired in November 2017, now a Senior Video Producer and the host of the Giant Bombcast as of 2022.
* AscendedFanboy: Like a lot of Giant Bomb hires, has professed to being a fan of the site before being hired on.
* TheQuietOne: For his first few months as a new hire, Jan mostly concentrated on his productions duties. Other than a few comments in Bombcasts and making a Top 10 list for 2017, most of his work for the site has been behind the scenes.
!!Jan Ochoa
Hired in November 2017, now a Senior Video Producer and the host of the Giant Bombcast as of 2022.
* AscendedFanboy: Like a lot of Giant Bomb hires, has professed to being a fan of the site before being hired on.
* TheQuietOne: For his first few months as a new hire, Jan mostly concentrated on his productions duties. Other than a few comments in Bombcasts and making a Top 10 list for 2017, most of his work for the site has been behind the scenes.
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!!Jan Ochoa
Hired in November 2017, now a Senior Video Producer and the host of the Giant Bombcast as of 2022.
* AscendedFanboy: Like a lot of Giant Bomb hires, has professed to being a fan of the site before being hired on.
* TheQuietOne: For his first few months as a new hire, Jan mostly concentrated on his productions duties. Other than a few comments in Bombcasts and making a Top 10 list for 2017, most of his work for the site has been behind the scenes.
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[[folder: Other Employees]]
!!Jeff Bakalar
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Formerly [=CNET=] Senior Gaming Editor and rotating chair on the Giant Beastcast. Moved over to Red Ventures' gaming division in April 2021, working with Giant Bomb and [=GameSpot=] on content strategy/partnerships.
* AscendedExtra: The Beastcast guest from another website is now the most prominent member of Giant Bomb.
* AuthorAppeal: Jeff is a big fan of hockey.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Jeff claims to have never liked his first name, to the point that while he was in school his friends would call him "G" (a reference to ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', despite the character in question being named "Geoffrey"). However, ever since, he never came up with a satisfying alternative.
* FakeGuestStar: Despite Vinny and Alex initially claiming that there would be "rotating guests" for the Beastcast with Jeff as a fallback option, Jeff has been the guest for the vast majority of the episodes. In at least one episode, (Episode 12) Jeff was there ''alongside'' the special guest (Samantha Kalman). Even in episodes in which someone sits in Jeff's place, the others will often state that Jeff had another prior arrangement, giving the idea that the ''guest'' is the fallback for Jeff rather than the other way around.
** Jeff has also appeared on a number of [=GBeast=] Quick Looks. It's gotten to the point that he has to regularly remind people, online and off, that he doesn't actually work for Giant Bomb.
** Finally averted once Austin left and he "officially" inherited the "non-rotating chair".
* RunningGag: Vinny coming up with incredibly bad puns for Jeff's last name.
** As the Beastcast progressed, he would increasingly get jokes suggesting that his CNET job was predominantly about reviewing refrigerators.
!!Jeff Bakalar
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Formerly [=CNET=] Senior Gaming Editor and rotating chair on the Giant Beastcast. Moved over to Red Ventures' gaming division in April 2021, working with Giant Bomb and [=GameSpot=] on content strategy/partnerships.
* AscendedExtra: The Beastcast guest from another website is now the most prominent member of Giant Bomb.
* AuthorAppeal: Jeff is a big fan of hockey.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Jeff claims to have never liked his first name, to the point that while he was in school his friends would call him "G" (a reference to ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', despite the character in question being named "Geoffrey"). However, ever since, he never came up with a satisfying alternative.
* FakeGuestStar: Despite Vinny and Alex initially claiming that there would be "rotating guests" for the Beastcast with Jeff as a fallback option, Jeff has been the guest for the vast majority of the episodes. In at least one episode, (Episode 12) Jeff was there ''alongside'' the special guest (Samantha Kalman). Even in episodes in which someone sits in Jeff's place, the others will often state that Jeff had another prior arrangement, giving the idea that the ''guest'' is the fallback for Jeff rather than the other way around.
** Jeff has also appeared on a number of [=GBeast=] Quick Looks. It's gotten to the point that he has to regularly remind people, online and off, that he doesn't actually work for Giant Bomb.
** Finally averted once Austin left and he "officially" inherited the "non-rotating chair".
* RunningGag: Vinny coming up with incredibly bad puns for Jeff's last name.
** As the Beastcast progressed, he would increasingly get jokes suggesting that his CNET job was predominantly about reviewing refrigerators.
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!!Jeff Bakalar
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2864954_personabakalar.png]]
Formerly [=CNET=] Senior Gaming Editor and rotating chair on the Giant Beastcast. Moved over to Red Ventures' gaming division in April 2021, working with Giant Bomb and [=GameSpot=] on content strategy/partnerships.
* AscendedExtra: The Beastcast guest from another website is now the most prominent member of Giant Bomb.
* AuthorAppeal: Jeff is a big fan of hockey.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Jeff claims to have never liked his first name, to the point that while he was in school his friends would call him "G" (a reference to ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', despite the character in question being named "Geoffrey"). However, ever since, he never came up with a satisfying alternative.
* FakeGuestStar: Despite Vinny and Alex initially claiming that there would be "rotating guests" for the Beastcast with Jeff as a fallback option, Jeff has been the guest for the vast majority of the episodes. In at least one episode, (Episode 12) Jeff was there ''alongside'' the special guest (Samantha Kalman). Even in episodes in which someone sits in Jeff's place, the others will often state that Jeff had another prior arrangement, giving the idea that the ''guest'' is the fallback for Jeff rather than the other way around.
** Jeff has also appeared on a number of [=GBeast=] Quick Looks. It's gotten to the point that he has to regularly remind people, online and off, that he doesn't actually work for Giant Bomb.
** Finally averted once Austin left and he "officially" inherited the "non-rotating chair".
* RunningGag: Vinny coming up with incredibly bad puns for Jeff's last name.
** As the Beastcast progressed, he would increasingly get jokes suggesting that his CNET job was predominantly about reviewing refrigerators.
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!!Brett
The man in charge of gathering advertisements for the Bombcast and reading them during the podcast. Voiced by Jeff Gerstmann.
* AppropriatedAppelation: His name came from a Bombcast email where the sender repeatedly misnamed Jeff as "Brett" while simultaneously expressing his enjoyment of the "latter's" repeated rants about ''Videogame/FinalFantasyX2'', which Jeff immediately took in stride:
-->'''"Brett"''': ''[Deadpan]'' All right, Brett here: just wanted to let you know...
!!Small Business Man
A recurring character in the Bombcast ads, often told how the advertised product in question can help his small business. Voiced by Vinny Caravella.
* PhraseCatcher: "Hey Small Business Man!"
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: On the current Bombcast ads Brad plays a character that fills a similar role to the Small Business Man but has yet to be called by the title while Vinny has reprised the role when on the Bombcast.
!!Dr. Tracksuit
"The Prescriber of Pain" with a dubious doctorate, Dr. Tracksuit tends to only emerge from hiding during League of Heels events. The only one who can control him is his "manager" Jeff Gerstmann, to whom he bears a slight but entirely coincidental resemblance.
!!Brett
The man in charge of gathering advertisements for the Bombcast and reading them during the podcast. Voiced by Jeff Gerstmann.
* AppropriatedAppelation: His name came from a Bombcast email where the sender repeatedly misnamed Jeff as "Brett" while simultaneously expressing his enjoyment of the "latter's" repeated rants about ''Videogame/FinalFantasyX2'', which Jeff immediately took in stride:
-->'''"Brett"''': ''[Deadpan]'' All right, Brett here: just wanted to let you know...
!!Small Business Man
A recurring character in the Bombcast ads, often told how the advertised product in question can help his small business. Voiced by Vinny Caravella.
* PhraseCatcher: "Hey Small Business Man!"
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: On the current Bombcast ads Brad plays a character that fills a similar role to the Small Business Man but has yet to be called by the title while Vinny has reprised the role when on the Bombcast.
!!Dr. Tracksuit
"The Prescriber of Pain" with a dubious doctorate, Dr. Tracksuit tends to only emerge from hiding during League of Heels events. The only one who can control him is his "manager" Jeff Gerstmann, to whom he bears a slight but entirely coincidental resemblance.
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!!Brett
The man in charge of gathering advertisements for the Bombcast and reading them during the podcast. Voiced by Jeff Gerstmann.
* AppropriatedAppelation: His name came from a Bombcast email where the sender repeatedly misnamed Jeff as "Brett" while simultaneously expressing his enjoyment of the "latter's" repeated rants about ''Videogame/FinalFantasyX2'', which Jeff immediately took in stride:
-->'''"Brett"''': ''[Deadpan]'' All right, Brett here: just wanted to let you know...
!!Small Business Man
A recurring character in the Bombcast ads, often told how the advertised product in question can help his small business. Voiced by Vinny Caravella.
* PhraseCatcher: "Hey Small Business Man!"
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: On the current Bombcast ads Brad plays a character that fills a similar role to the Small Business Man but has yet to be called by the title while Vinny has reprised the role when on the Bombcast.
!!Dr. Tracksuit
"The Prescriber of Pain" with a dubious doctorate, Dr. Tracksuit tends to only emerge from hiding during League of Heels events. The only one who can control him is his "manager" Jeff Gerstmann, to whom he bears a slight but entirely coincidental resemblance.
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[[folder:Jan Ochoa]]
Hired in November 2017, now a Senior Video Producer and the host of the Giant Bombcast as of 2022.
* AscendedFanboy: Like a lot of Giant Bomb hires, has professed to being a fan of the site before being hired on.
* TheQuietOne: For his first few months as a new hire, Jan mostly concentrated on his productions duties. Other than a few comments in Bombcasts and making a Top 10 list for 2017, most of his work for the site has been behind the scenes.
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!!Other Employees
[[folder:Jeff Bakalar]]
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Formerly [=CNET=] Senior Gaming Editor and rotating chair on the Giant Beastcast. Moved over to Red Ventures' gaming division in April 2021, working with Giant Bomb and [=GameSpot=] on content strategy/partnerships.
* AscendedExtra: The Beastcast guest from another website is now the most prominent member of Giant Bomb.
* AuthorAppeal: Jeff is a big fan of hockey.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Jeff claims to have never liked his first name, to the point that while he was in school his friends would call him "G" (a reference to ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', despite the character in question being named "Geoffrey"). However, ever since, he never came up with a satisfying alternative.
* FakeGuestStar: Despite Vinny and Alex initially claiming that there would be "rotating guests" for the Beastcast with Jeff as a fallback option, Jeff has been the guest for the vast majority of the episodes. In at least one episode, (Episode 12) Jeff was there ''alongside'' the special guest (Samantha Kalman). Even in episodes in which someone sits in Jeff's place, the others will often state that Jeff had another prior arrangement, giving the idea that the ''guest'' is the fallback for Jeff rather than the other way around.
** Jeff has also appeared on a number of [=GBeast=] Quick Looks. It's gotten to the point that he has to regularly remind people, online and off, that he doesn't actually work for Giant Bomb.
** Finally averted once Austin left and he "officially" inherited the "non-rotating chair".
* RunningGag: Vinny coming up with incredibly bad puns for Jeff's last name.
** As the Beastcast progressed, he would increasingly get jokes suggesting that his CNET job was predominantly about reviewing refrigerators.
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!!Fictional Characters
[[folder:Brett]]
The man in charge of gathering advertisements for the Bombcast and reading them during the podcast. Voiced by Jeff Gerstmann.
* AppropriatedAppelation: His name came from a Bombcast email where the sender repeatedly misnamed Jeff as "Brett" while simultaneously expressing his enjoyment of the "latter's" repeated rants about ''Videogame/FinalFantasyX2'', which Jeff immediately took in stride:
-->'''"Brett"''': ''[Deadpan]'' All right, Brett here: just wanted to let you know...
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[[folder:Small Business Man]]
A recurring character in the Bombcast ads, often told how the advertised product in question can help his small business. Voiced by Vinny Caravella.
* PhraseCatcher: "Hey Small Business Man!"
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: On the current Bombcast ads Brad plays a character that fills a similar role to the Small Business Man but has yet to be called by the title while Vinny has reprised the role when on the Bombcast.
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[[folder:Dr. Tracksuit]]
"The Prescriber of Pain" with a dubious doctorate, Dr. Tracksuit tends to only emerge from hiding during League of Heels events. The only one who can control him is his "manager" Jeff Gerstmann, to whom he bears a slight but entirely coincidental resemblance.
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[[folder:Xavier Woods]]
Wrestling/XavierWoods, WWE professional wrestler and star of the WebVideo/UpUpDownDown gaming series on [=YouTube=].
* SitcomArchnemesis: He and Dan have built up this relationship between several VideoGame/SoulCalibur matches (usually ending with Xavier having to eat something gross) and their League of Heels appearances.
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CEO at Creator/IronGalaxyStudios, formerly of UsefulNotes/PlayStation and Creator/MidwayGames with Lang and Johnny V
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* MemeticMutation: Not one, but two pictures of him have reached meme status: [[http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/off-topic-31/the-unofficially-official-will-smith-cum-face-meme-513963/ the "happy" face image]] and [[http://files.tested.com/photos/2014/03/26/59430-47171-oculus_test.jpg his reaction to]] the UsefulNotes/OculusRift.
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* MemeticMutation: Not one, but two pictures of him have reached meme status: [[http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/off-topic-31/the-unofficially-official-will-smith-cum-face-meme-513963/ the "happy" face image]] and [[http://files.tested.com/photos/2014/03/26/59430-47171-oculus_test.jpg his reaction to]] the UsefulNotes/OculusRift.Platform/OculusRift.
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Formerly [=CNET=] Senior Gaming Editor and rotating chair on the Giant Beastcast. Moved over to Red Ventures' gaming division in April 2021, working with Giant Bomb and GameSpot on content strategy/partnerships.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Alex is a drummer, and played in Jeff's band for a time- which is the connection that eventually got him his job at Gamespot and later Giant Bomb. He also worked for Harmonix for a time, promoting Rock Band.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Alex is a drummer, and played in Jeff's band for a time- which is the connection that eventually got him his job at Gamespot [=GameSpot=] and later Giant Bomb. He also worked for Harmonix for a time, promoting Rock Band.
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* ButtMonkey: Alex has been forced to review terrible games since his Gamespot days, from Big Rigs to Rambo. For the longest time, his only contribution to the Game of the Year deliberations was as a call-in for an award for the worst games of the year, because he played more of those than actual good games.
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* ButtMonkey: Alex has been forced to review terrible games since his Gamespot [=GameSpot=] days, from Big Rigs to Rambo. For the longest time, his only contribution to the Game of the Year deliberations was as a call-in for an award for the worst games of the year, because he played more of those than actual good games.
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!!Jason Oestreicher
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/persona_jason.png]]
Formerly of Game Informer, Jason joined as the site's new video guy alongside Dan in July 2014. He was an infrequent guest on the Giant Bombcast before becoming a regular after Drew left.
* TheAllegedExpert: He's legitimately the best at fighting games on the crew; but Dan's lack of knowledge making him impossible to read results in Jason losing every time he plays on a livestream.
* {{Angrish}}: Usually after losing to Dan in a fighting game.
* AscendedExtra: He started out as a strictly behind the scenes guy to let Vinny spend more time as an on-camera personality. Then Vinny moved to New York and Giant Beast was founded, and Jason had to start rotating in guest appearances with Drew. Now Jason is a frequent part of the Bombcast, a mainstay of Unprofessional Fridays and cohosts Ranking of Fighters with Jeff.
* AuthorAppeal: Likes Franchise/StreetFighter and other fighting games, monster hunting games, and anime. If he's guesting on the Bombcast, chances are there's some news relating to fighting games to discuss.
* HappilyMarried: His wife and newborn son have appeared with him on multiple livestreams.
* LoserLeavesTown: The rivalry between himself and Dan eventually culminates in the two playing a Loser Leaves Town match, which Jason decisively won- sending Dan packing to join the Giant Beast team in New York.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Has been married twice, and has a son that's old enough to live on his own, but looks younger than most of the crew other than Drew.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Dan:
-->'''Jason''': Dan is an idiotic manchild. Annoying as shit. And I love him as much as I hate him.
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Formerly of Game Informer, Jason joined as the site's new video guy alongside Dan in July 2014. He was an infrequent guest on the Giant Bombcast before becoming a regular after Drew left.
* TheAllegedExpert: He's legitimately the best at fighting games on the crew; but Dan's lack of knowledge making him impossible to read results in Jason losing every time he plays on a livestream.
* {{Angrish}}: Usually after losing to Dan in a fighting game.
* AscendedExtra: He started out as a strictly behind the scenes guy to let Vinny spend more time as an on-camera personality. Then Vinny moved to New York and Giant Beast was founded, and Jason had to start rotating in guest appearances with Drew. Now Jason is a frequent part of the Bombcast, a mainstay of Unprofessional Fridays and cohosts Ranking of Fighters with Jeff.
* AuthorAppeal: Likes Franchise/StreetFighter and other fighting games, monster hunting games, and anime. If he's guesting on the Bombcast, chances are there's some news relating to fighting games to discuss.
* HappilyMarried: His wife and newborn son have appeared with him on multiple livestreams.
* LoserLeavesTown: The rivalry between himself and Dan eventually culminates in the two playing a Loser Leaves Town match, which Jason decisively won- sending Dan packing to join the Giant Beast team in New York.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Has been married twice, and has a son that's old enough to live on his own, but looks younger than most of the crew other than Drew.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Dan:
-->'''Jason''': Dan is an idiotic manchild. Annoying as shit. And I love him as much as I hate him.
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!!Jess O'Brien
AKA VoidBurger. Originally brought in to produce ''Hot Takeouts'', a video essay series, she gradually started producing and appearing on more content until she was finally announced as a member of staff proper in October '21.
* AscendedFangirl
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Went by "VoidBurger" for her entire public life on the internet up until the Giant Bomb hire and still uses it for her non-GB content.
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!!Matt Rorie
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2473283_personarorie.png]]
A site engineer and community manager, usually the one who monitors the chat during livestreams. Co-hosted Box Office Bomb with Alex.
* AuthorAppeal: Still plays ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Also a huge dog lover.
* CatchPhrase: [[NoYou "You're a(n) X"]], where X is any random noun or phrase used by someone else.
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A site engineer and community manager, usually the one who monitors the chat during livestreams. Co-hosted Box Office Bomb with Alex.
* AuthorAppeal: Still plays ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Also a huge dog lover.
* CatchPhrase: [[NoYou "You're a(n) X"]], where X is any random noun or phrase used by someone else.
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A site engineer and community manager, usually the one who monitored the chat during livestreams. Co-hosted Box Office Bomb with Alex. Rorie left the site in March 2023.
* AuthorAppeal: Still plays ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Also a huge dog lover.
* CatchPhrase: [[NoYou "You're a(n) X"]], where X is any random noun or phrase used by someone else.
!!Jason Oestreicher
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Formerly of Game Informer, Jason joined as the site's new video guy alongside Dan in July 2014. He was an infrequent guest on the Giant Bombcast before becoming a regular after Drew left. Jason was unfortunately laid off alongside Jess in January 2023.
* TheAllegedExpert: He's legitimately the best at fighting games on the crew; but Dan's lack of knowledge making him impossible to read results in Jason losing every time he plays on a livestream.
* {{Angrish}}: Usually after losing to Dan in a fighting game.
* AscendedExtra: He started out as a strictly behind the scenes guy to let Vinny spend more time as an on-camera personality. Then Vinny moved to New York and Giant Beast was founded, and Jason had to start rotating in guest appearances with Drew. Now Jason is a frequent part of the Bombcast, a mainstay of Unprofessional Fridays and cohosts Ranking of Fighters with Jeff.
* AuthorAppeal: Likes Franchise/StreetFighter and other fighting games, monster hunting games, and anime. If he's guesting on the Bombcast, chances are there's some news relating to fighting games to discuss.
* HappilyMarried: His wife and newborn son have appeared with him on multiple livestreams.
* LoserLeavesTown: The rivalry between himself and Dan eventually culminates in the two playing a Loser Leaves Town match, which Jason decisively won- sending Dan packing to join the Giant Beast team in New York.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Has been married twice, and has a son that's old enough to live on his own, but looks younger than most of the crew other than Drew.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Dan:
-->'''Jason''': Dan is an idiotic manchild. Annoying as shit. And I love him as much as I hate him.
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A site engineer and community manager, usually the one who monitored the chat during livestreams. Co-hosted Box Office Bomb with Alex. Rorie left the site in March 2023.
* AuthorAppeal: Still plays ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Also a huge dog lover.
* CatchPhrase: [[NoYou "You're a(n) X"]], where X is any random noun or phrase used by someone else.
!!Jason Oestreicher
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Formerly of Game Informer, Jason joined as the site's new video guy alongside Dan in July 2014. He was an infrequent guest on the Giant Bombcast before becoming a regular after Drew left. Jason was unfortunately laid off alongside Jess in January 2023.
* TheAllegedExpert: He's legitimately the best at fighting games on the crew; but Dan's lack of knowledge making him impossible to read results in Jason losing every time he plays on a livestream.
* {{Angrish}}: Usually after losing to Dan in a fighting game.
* AscendedExtra: He started out as a strictly behind the scenes guy to let Vinny spend more time as an on-camera personality. Then Vinny moved to New York and Giant Beast was founded, and Jason had to start rotating in guest appearances with Drew. Now Jason is a frequent part of the Bombcast, a mainstay of Unprofessional Fridays and cohosts Ranking of Fighters with Jeff.
* AuthorAppeal: Likes Franchise/StreetFighter and other fighting games, monster hunting games, and anime. If he's guesting on the Bombcast, chances are there's some news relating to fighting games to discuss.
* HappilyMarried: His wife and newborn son have appeared with him on multiple livestreams.
* LoserLeavesTown: The rivalry between himself and Dan eventually culminates in the two playing a Loser Leaves Town match, which Jason decisively won- sending Dan packing to join the Giant Beast team in New York.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Has been married twice, and has a son that's old enough to live on his own, but looks younger than most of the crew other than Drew.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Dan:
-->'''Jason''': Dan is an idiotic manchild. Annoying as shit. And I love him as much as I hate him.
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!!Jess O'Brien
AKA VoidBurger. Originally brought in to produce ''Hot Takeouts'', a video essay series, she gradually started producing and appearing on more content until she was finally announced as a member of staff proper in October '21. Jess was unfortunately laid off alongside Jason in January 2023.
* AscendedFangirl
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Went by "VoidBurger" for her entire public life on the internet up until the Giant Bomb hire and still uses it for her non-GB content.
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!!Jeff Gerstmann
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The co-founder of the site alongside Ryan and Giant Bomb's head dude. He reviews games, hosts the Giant Bombcast, the site's weekly podcast, and co-hosted the Powerbombcast, the site's professional wrestling podcast, and All Systems Goku, a ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' recap podcast.
* AuthorAppeal: Cyberpunk, 90's Gangster Rap, things that are SoBadItsGood, dubstep and clicker games.
* BornUnlucky: It has long being theorized that there are cosmic forces in play that refuse to allow him to have any kind of luck in ''VideoGame/MarioParty'', as the little he does get [[YankTheDogsChain is immediately recalled.]]
* CatchPhrase: "I'm the best [insert game][[note]][=NFL=] Blitz, Top Gun, [[AnyoneRememberPogs Pogs]][[/note]] player in the world."
** "I was just holding [obscure game/console/peripheral] not 24 hours ago." and variations there of.
* ChewingTheScenery
* DirtyOldMan: Jeff often plays this up for comedy.
* KnightInSourArmor
* NervesOfSteel
* TheLeader
* TheLancer: Played this role to Ryan Davis. Plays it for Brad solely on the Bombcast.
* PaperThinDisguise: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2mLb2I1hlE spot on Brad imitation.]]
* PickyEater: Admits that he "eats like a child", although he's admitted to getting better about this recently (and even at his worst, was likely never as bad as Dan Ryckert).
* RebelliousSpirit
* SelfDeprecation: Jeff frequently mocks himself and the website.
--> "This is the worst fucking website in the world. They funded this and this is what we're doing with it!"
** During a Bombcast ad for Squarespace:
--> '''Vinny:''' "How's their video player?"
--> '''Jeff:''' "Probably better than ours."
* SirSwearsALot: Most of the site throws profanity around happily, but Jeff in particular punctuates almost every other sentence with "fuck" or "shit"
* SuicideAsComedy: Whenever he is trying out a VR shooter, he will almost always at some point try to shoot himself in the head. During the 2016 GOTY deliberations, he was giddy at the fact that ''[[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Superhot}} SUPERHOT VR]]]]'' ''requires you'' to do it at the end.
** During the PAX 2017 panel when an audience member compared them to [[LiveActionTV/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]:
-->'''Jeff''': I just want to be the Charles Rocket.
-->'''Dan''': No! He killed himself in a field!
-->'''Jeff''': ''Exactly.''
* TrashOfTheTitans: While not as bad as most, Jeff definitely has a lot of stuff piled up, enough to make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkrG8dU3vBQ fake Hoarder's episode.]]
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The co-founder of the site alongside Ryan and Giant Bomb's head dude. He reviews games, hosts the Giant Bombcast, the site's weekly podcast, and co-hosted the Powerbombcast, the site's professional wrestling podcast, and All Systems Goku, a ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' recap podcast.
* AuthorAppeal: Cyberpunk, 90's Gangster Rap, things that are SoBadItsGood, dubstep and clicker games.
* BornUnlucky: It has long being theorized that there are cosmic forces in play that refuse to allow him to have any kind of luck in ''VideoGame/MarioParty'', as the little he does get [[YankTheDogsChain is immediately recalled.]]
* CatchPhrase: "I'm the best [insert game][[note]][=NFL=] Blitz, Top Gun, [[AnyoneRememberPogs Pogs]][[/note]] player in the world."
** "I was just holding [obscure game/console/peripheral] not 24 hours ago." and variations there of.
* ChewingTheScenery
* DirtyOldMan: Jeff often plays this up for comedy.
* KnightInSourArmor
* NervesOfSteel
* TheLeader
* TheLancer: Played this role to Ryan Davis. Plays it for Brad solely on the Bombcast.
* PaperThinDisguise: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2mLb2I1hlE spot on Brad imitation.]]
* PickyEater: Admits that he "eats like a child", although he's admitted to getting better about this recently (and even at his worst, was likely never as bad as Dan Ryckert).
* RebelliousSpirit
* SelfDeprecation: Jeff frequently mocks himself and the website.
--> "This is the worst fucking website in the world. They funded this and this is what we're doing with it!"
** During a Bombcast ad for Squarespace:
--> '''Vinny:''' "How's their video player?"
--> '''Jeff:''' "Probably better than ours."
* SirSwearsALot: Most of the site throws profanity around happily, but Jeff in particular punctuates almost every other sentence with "fuck" or "shit"
* SuicideAsComedy: Whenever he is trying out a VR shooter, he will almost always at some point try to shoot himself in the head. During the 2016 GOTY deliberations, he was giddy at the fact that ''[[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Superhot}} SUPERHOT VR]]]]'' ''requires you'' to do it at the end.
** During the PAX 2017 panel when an audience member compared them to [[LiveActionTV/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]:
-->'''Jeff''': I just want to be the Charles Rocket.
-->'''Dan''': No! He killed himself in a field!
-->'''Jeff''': ''Exactly.''
* TrashOfTheTitans: While not as bad as most, Jeff definitely has a lot of stuff piled up, enough to make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkrG8dU3vBQ fake Hoarder's episode.]]
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The co-founder
Formerly of
Dan left the site in early 2020 to become a podcast producer for Wrestling/{{WWE}} before coming back in June 2022 as the site's creative director. He also currently co-hosts the "Fire Escape" podcast with friends of the site Mary Kish and Mike Mahardy.
* AuthorAppeal: Like Jeff and Alex, is a huge professional wrestling
* AuthorAppeal: Cyberpunk, 90's Gangster Rap, things
** Dan is also a huge fan of Waluigi, and
* BornUnlucky: It has long being theorized
* TheBusCameBack: Dan left in
* CaptainPatriotic
* TheDitz: After only a few weeks on the Giant Bomb staff, several comments made by Dan (including not knowing about Africa's involvement in World War II despite having a history minor, [[https://twitter.com/DanRyckert/status/491633088561029120 having to have
* CatchPhrase: "I'm
* DreadfulMusician
* {{Eagleland}}: 80's style!
* FriendlyRivalry:
** With Brad Shoemaker. The friendliness is up for debate, though, especially during the Mario Party videos.
** Even more pronounced with Patrick Klepek, since Dan has taken to creating fiendishly difficult ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' levels for Patrick to beat, culminating in a grueling 72-hour challenge known as The Ryckoning. While the two men were quite friendly, and Dan quite gracious, when Patrick Skyped Dan to accept Dan's defeat, mere minutes before Patrick had been cursing Dan's name and Dan had been lobbing grade-school-level insults at Patrick over Periscope. A rematch is scheduled, rules to be determined.
* GenkiGuy: He's a very upbeat and energetic fellow.
* {{Heel}}: [[InvokedTrope Very much intentionally]], being a wrestling fan. Nowhere is it better seen than in his Mario Maker rivalry with former Bomber Patrick Klepek, in which Dan will create a [[FakeDifficulty fiendishly difficult]] ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' level (sometimes with input from the audience), and Patrick will meticulously work his way through it during his Mario Maker Mornings livestream. It came to a head during The Ryckoning, in which Dan challenged Patrick to complete the eponymous level in 72 hours with no outside help, and then proceeded to break the spirit of the challenge himself by accepting outside help in the
** "I was just holding [obscure game/console/peripheral]
* ChewingTheScenery
* DirtyOldMan: Jeff often plays
** He later took this
* KnightInSourArmor
* NervesOfSteel
* TheLeader
* TheLancer: Played this role
* PaperThinDisguise: His
* PickyEater: Admits that he "eats like a child", although he's admitted to getting better about this recently (and even at his worst, was likely never as bad as
*
* SelfDeprecation: Jeff frequently mocks himself
--> "This is
* ManChild
* NobodyCallsMeChicken
* OddFriendship: Despite his pre-Giant Bomb friendship with Jeff, Dan's most frequent partner for Giant Bomb content has rapidly become Drew. So far, they have partnered for Metal Gear Scanlon (Drew plays the
* ThePollyanna: Although he's struggled with anxiety and panic attacks in the
* SelectiveObliviousness
* SitcomArchNemesis: With Jose Canseco.
**
--> '''Vinny:''' "How's their video player?"
--> '''Jeff:''' "Probably better than ours."
* SirSwearsALot: Most of
* SuicideAsComedy: Whenever he is trying out a VR shooter, he will almost always at some
** During the PAX 2017 panel
-->'''Jeff''': I just want to be the Charles Rocket.
-->'''Dan''': No! He killed himself in a field!
-->'''Jeff''': ''Exactly.''
* TrashOfTheTitans: While not as bad as most, Jeff definitely has a lot of stuff piled up, enough to make a
* TheSlacker: He is apparently quite proud of the fact that he managed to complete a full college degree with very little effort thanks to strategic picking of courses and negotiating with professors for alternate projects. The results are quite apparent since he has never seen neither ''Film/TheGodfather'' nor ''Film/CitizenKane'' despite having majored in Film Studies; claimed all his knowledge about UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance came from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed2'' despite having a minor in History and he had no idea who Creator/JaneAusten was before discussing ''VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'' on the Bombcast despite writing for a living.
** His first post-college job was in the Garmin Tech Support helpline... in which he claims he would nearly always transfer the calls to someone else (especially the Software Department, which is supposed to deal with actual technical software issues, not "old people who don't know how GPS works") while he spent the day writing game reviews on his computer.
* {{Troll}}: One of his first appearances on Giant Bomb, before being hired, was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sRCUcNR7A detailing an elaborate prank he set up on a dating site]].
** He also admitted that during his college days he would drop ''stink bombs'' to clear queues for drinks in crowded bars.
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!!Tamoor Hussain
!!Lucy James
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AKA VoidBurger. The newest full-time staff hire as of 2021. Originally brought in to produce ''Hot Takeouts'', a video essay series, she gradually started producing and appearing on more content until she was finally announced as a member of staff proper in October '21.
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AKA VoidBurger. The newest full-time staff hire as of 2021. Originally brought in to produce ''Hot Takeouts'', a video essay series, she gradually started producing and appearing on more content until she was finally announced as a member of staff proper in October '21.
!!Jeff Gerstmann
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The co-founder of the site alongside Ryan and Giant Bomb's head dude. He reviewed games, hosted the Giant Bombcast, the site's weekly podcast, and co-hosted the Powerbombcast, the site's professional wrestling podcast, and All Systems Goku, a ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' recap podcast.
Jeff was the last of the original members to leave, starting his own Patreon-funded podcast "The Jeff Gerstmann Show" in June 2022.
* AuthorAppeal: Cyberpunk, 90's Gangster Rap, things that are SoBadItsGood, dubstep and clicker games.
* BornUnlucky: It has long being theorized that there are cosmic forces in play that refuse to allow him to have any kind of luck in ''VideoGame/MarioParty'', as the little he does get [[YankTheDogsChain is immediately recalled.]]
* CatchPhrase: "I'm the best [insert game][[note]][=NFL=] Blitz, Top Gun, [[AnyoneRememberPogs Pogs]][[/note]] player in the world."
** "I was just holding [obscure game/console/peripheral] not 24 hours ago." and variations there of.
* ChewingTheScenery
* DirtyOldMan: Jeff often plays this up for comedy.
* KnightInSourArmor
* NervesOfSteel
* TheLeader
* TheLancer: Played this role to Ryan Davis. Plays it for Brad solely on the Bombcast.
* PaperThinDisguise: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2mLb2I1hlE spot on Brad imitation.]]
* PickyEater: Admits that he "eats like a child", although he's admitted to getting better about this recently (and even at his worst, was likely never as bad as Dan Ryckert).
* RebelliousSpirit
* SelfDeprecation: Jeff frequently mocks himself and the website.
--> "This is the worst fucking website in the world. They funded this and this is what we're doing with it!"
** During a Bombcast ad for Squarespace:
--> '''Vinny:''' "How's their video player?"
--> '''Jeff:''' "Probably better than ours."
* SirSwearsALot: Most of the site throws profanity around happily, but Jeff in particular punctuates almost every other sentence with "fuck" or "shit"
* SuicideAsComedy: Whenever he is trying out a VR shooter, he will almost always at some point try to shoot himself in the head. During the 2016 GOTY deliberations, he was giddy at the fact that ''[[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Superhot}} SUPERHOT VR]]]]'' ''requires you'' to do it at the end.
** During the PAX 2017 panel when an audience member compared them to [[LiveActionTV/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]:
-->'''Jeff''': I just want to be the Charles Rocket.
-->'''Dan''': No! He killed himself in a field!
-->'''Jeff''': ''Exactly.''
* TrashOfTheTitans: While not as bad as most, Jeff definitely has a lot of stuff piled up, enough to make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkrG8dU3vBQ fake Hoarder's episode.]]
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The co-founder of the site alongside Ryan and Giant Bomb's head dude. He reviewed games, hosted the Giant Bombcast, the site's weekly podcast, and co-hosted the Powerbombcast, the site's professional wrestling podcast, and All Systems Goku, a ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' recap podcast.
Jeff was the last of the original members to leave, starting his own Patreon-funded podcast "The Jeff Gerstmann Show" in June 2022.
* AuthorAppeal: Cyberpunk, 90's Gangster Rap, things that are SoBadItsGood, dubstep and clicker games.
* BornUnlucky: It has long being theorized that there are cosmic forces in play that refuse to allow him to have any kind of luck in ''VideoGame/MarioParty'', as the little he does get [[YankTheDogsChain is immediately recalled.]]
* CatchPhrase: "I'm the best [insert game][[note]][=NFL=] Blitz, Top Gun, [[AnyoneRememberPogs Pogs]][[/note]] player in the world."
** "I was just holding [obscure game/console/peripheral] not 24 hours ago." and variations there of.
* ChewingTheScenery
* DirtyOldMan: Jeff often plays this up for comedy.
* KnightInSourArmor
* NervesOfSteel
* TheLeader
* TheLancer: Played this role to Ryan Davis. Plays it for Brad solely on the Bombcast.
* PaperThinDisguise: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2mLb2I1hlE spot on Brad imitation.]]
* PickyEater: Admits that he "eats like a child", although he's admitted to getting better about this recently (and even at his worst, was likely never as bad as Dan Ryckert).
* RebelliousSpirit
* SelfDeprecation: Jeff frequently mocks himself and the website.
--> "This is the worst fucking website in the world. They funded this and this is what we're doing with it!"
** During a Bombcast ad for Squarespace:
--> '''Vinny:''' "How's their video player?"
--> '''Jeff:''' "Probably better than ours."
* SirSwearsALot: Most of the site throws profanity around happily, but Jeff in particular punctuates almost every other sentence with "fuck" or "shit"
* SuicideAsComedy: Whenever he is trying out a VR shooter, he will almost always at some point try to shoot himself in the head. During the 2016 GOTY deliberations, he was giddy at the fact that ''[[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Superhot}} SUPERHOT VR]]]]'' ''requires you'' to do it at the end.
** During the PAX 2017 panel when an audience member compared them to [[LiveActionTV/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]:
-->'''Jeff''': I just want to be the Charles Rocket.
-->'''Dan''': No! He killed himself in a field!
-->'''Jeff''': ''Exactly.''
* TrashOfTheTitans: While not as bad as most, Jeff definitely has a lot of stuff piled up, enough to make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkrG8dU3vBQ fake Hoarder's episode.]]
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* GameMaster: Started a yearly tradition on the Beastcast of [=GMing=] a tabletop roleplaying game with the [=GBEast=] crew, along with Jeff Bakalar and Pat Baer, during the holidays. This has continued even after Austin left Giant Bomb. He also regularly plays the GM role for Podcast/FriendsAtTheTable, an actual play podcast.
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* GameMaster: Started a yearly tradition on the Beastcast of [=GMing=] a tabletop roleplaying game with the [=GBEast=] crew, along with Jeff Bakalar and Pat Baer, during the holidays. This has continued even after Austin left Giant Bomb. He also regularly plays the GM role for Podcast/FriendsAtTheTable, an actual play podcast.
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!!Dan Ryckert
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Formerly of Game Informer, Dan joined Giant Bomb as a Senior Editor in mid 2014. At the beginning of 2017, Dan relocated to New York and became part of Giant Bomb East. He was a weekly guest on the Giant Bombcast until his relocation, at which point he became a regular on the Giant Beastcast, and co-hosted the Powerbombcast, All Systems Goku, and Danswers, a life advice podcast with Danny O'Dwyer. Dan left the site in early 2020 to become a podcaster for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Currently co-hosts the "Fire Escape" podcast with friends of the site Mary Kish and Mike Mahardy.
* AuthorAppeal: Like Jeff and Alex, is a huge professional wrestling fan to the extent that the latter two have toned down their interest in it. Also, based on the games he picks for Unprofessional Fridays, gets a lot of enjoyment out of games with floppy, RagdollPhysics enabled characters.
** Dan is also a huge fan of Waluigi, and hopes that someday the latter will get his own game.
* CaptainPatriotic
* DreadfulMusician
* {{Eagleland}}: 80's style!
* FriendlyRivalry:
** With Brad Shoemaker. The friendliness is up for debate, though, especially during the Mario Party videos.
** Even more pronounced with Patrick Klepek, since Dan has taken to creating fiendishly difficult ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' levels for Patrick to beat, culminating in a grueling 72-hour challenge known as The Ryckoning. While the two men were quite friendly, and Dan quite gracious, when Patrick Skyped Dan to accept Dan's defeat, mere minutes before Patrick had been cursing Dan's name and Dan had been lobbing grade-school-level insults at Patrick over Periscope. A rematch is scheduled, rules to be determined.
* GenkiGuy: He's a very upbeat and energetic fellow.
* {{Heel}}: [[InvokedTrope Very much intentionally]], being a wrestling fan. Nowhere is it better seen than in his Mario Maker rivalry with former Bomber Patrick Klepek, in which Dan will create a [[FakeDifficulty fiendishly difficult]] ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' level (sometimes with input from the audience), and Patrick will meticulously work his way through it during his Mario Maker Mornings livestream. It came to a head during The Ryckoning, in which Dan challenged Patrick to complete the eponymous level in 72 hours with no outside help, and then proceeded to break the spirit of the challenge himself by accepting outside help in the creation of the level. [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin Patrick still defeated him with nearly a day to spare]], but not without taking a noticeable toll in exhaustion and mental stress. Dan kept up his Heel persona (if it ''is'' a persona) by livestreaming his reactions to Patrick's attempts to beat the level, cackling maniacally at particularly satisfying deaths and lobbing grade-school-level taunts at Patrick.
** He later took this to the next level by getting his Heel wrestling manager persona featured in APW. Behold [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPG0ZTYXOjE "Dirty" Dan Ryckert, Bay Area investor extraordinaire]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Displayed this, over and over, during the Avalon stream.
* ManChild
* NobodyCallsMeChicken
* OddFriendship: Despite his pre-Giant Bomb friendship with Jeff, Dan's most frequent partner for Giant Bomb content has rapidly become Drew. So far, they have partnered for Metal Gear Scanlon (Drew plays the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid games while Dan watches), Demo Derby (Drew and Dan play through old demo discs), and Films and 40s (a ''Podcast/RiffTrax''-like podcast where Drew and Dan watch a movie together).
* SelectiveObliviousness
* SitcomArchNemesis: With Jose Canseco.
** To a lesser extent John Drake, to the point that when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MITRcz2mHek asked if he would rather be able to shapeshift or teleport]] he chose the former mostly due to the various ways he could use the power to troll Drake.
* TheSlacker: He is apparently quite proud of the fact that he managed to complete a full college degree with very little effort thanks to strategic picking of courses and negotiating with professors for alternate projects. The results are quite apparent since he has never seen neither ''Film/TheGodfather'' nor ''Film/CitizenKane'' despite having majored in Film Studies; claimed all his knowledge about UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance came from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed2'' despite having a minor in History and he had no idea who Creator/JaneAusten was before discussing ''VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'' on the Bombcast despite writing for a living.
** His first post-college job was in the Garmin Tech Support helpline... in which he claims he would nearly always transfer the calls to someone else (especially the Software Department, which is supposed to deal with actual technical software issues, not "old people who don't know how GPS works") while he spent the day writing game reviews on his computer.
* TheDitz: After only a few weeks on the Giant Bomb staff, several comments made by Dan (including not knowing about Africa's involvement in World War II despite having a history minor, [[https://twitter.com/DanRyckert/status/491633088561029120 having to have the concept of a car's title explained to him at the DMV]], and believing that "egg whites" were actually the egg ''shells'' and attempting to cook them) have firmly established him as this.
* ThePollyanna: Although he's struggled with anxiety and panic attacks in the past, he's still an optimistic and jovial guy.
* {{Troll}}: One of his first appearances on Giant Bomb, before being hired, was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sRCUcNR7A detailing an elaborate prank he set up on a dating site]].
** He also admitted that during his college days he would drop ''stink bombs'' to clear queues for drinks in crowded bars.
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Formerly of Game Informer, Dan joined Giant Bomb as a Senior Editor in mid 2014. At the beginning of 2017, Dan relocated to New York and became part of Giant Bomb East. He was a weekly guest on the Giant Bombcast until his relocation, at which point he became a regular on the Giant Beastcast, and co-hosted the Powerbombcast, All Systems Goku, and Danswers, a life advice podcast with Danny O'Dwyer. Dan left the site in early 2020 to become a podcaster for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Currently co-hosts the "Fire Escape" podcast with friends of the site Mary Kish and Mike Mahardy.
* AuthorAppeal: Like Jeff and Alex, is a huge professional wrestling fan to the extent that the latter two have toned down their interest in it. Also, based on the games he picks for Unprofessional Fridays, gets a lot of enjoyment out of games with floppy, RagdollPhysics enabled characters.
** Dan is also a huge fan of Waluigi, and hopes that someday the latter will get his own game.
* CaptainPatriotic
* DreadfulMusician
* {{Eagleland}}: 80's style!
* FriendlyRivalry:
** With Brad Shoemaker. The friendliness is up for debate, though, especially during the Mario Party videos.
** Even more pronounced with Patrick Klepek, since Dan has taken to creating fiendishly difficult ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' levels for Patrick to beat, culminating in a grueling 72-hour challenge known as The Ryckoning. While the two men were quite friendly, and Dan quite gracious, when Patrick Skyped Dan to accept Dan's defeat, mere minutes before Patrick had been cursing Dan's name and Dan had been lobbing grade-school-level insults at Patrick over Periscope. A rematch is scheduled, rules to be determined.
* GenkiGuy: He's a very upbeat and energetic fellow.
* {{Heel}}: [[InvokedTrope Very much intentionally]], being a wrestling fan. Nowhere is it better seen than in his Mario Maker rivalry with former Bomber Patrick Klepek, in which Dan will create a [[FakeDifficulty fiendishly difficult]] ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' level (sometimes with input from the audience), and Patrick will meticulously work his way through it during his Mario Maker Mornings livestream. It came to a head during The Ryckoning, in which Dan challenged Patrick to complete the eponymous level in 72 hours with no outside help, and then proceeded to break the spirit of the challenge himself by accepting outside help in the creation of the level. [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin Patrick still defeated him with nearly a day to spare]], but not without taking a noticeable toll in exhaustion and mental stress. Dan kept up his Heel persona (if it ''is'' a persona) by livestreaming his reactions to Patrick's attempts to beat the level, cackling maniacally at particularly satisfying deaths and lobbing grade-school-level taunts at Patrick.
** He later took this to the next level by getting his Heel wrestling manager persona featured in APW. Behold [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPG0ZTYXOjE "Dirty" Dan Ryckert, Bay Area investor extraordinaire]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Displayed this, over and over, during the Avalon stream.
* ManChild
* NobodyCallsMeChicken
* OddFriendship: Despite his pre-Giant Bomb friendship with Jeff, Dan's most frequent partner for Giant Bomb content has rapidly become Drew. So far, they have partnered for Metal Gear Scanlon (Drew plays the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid games while Dan watches), Demo Derby (Drew and Dan play through old demo discs), and Films and 40s (a ''Podcast/RiffTrax''-like podcast where Drew and Dan watch a movie together).
* SelectiveObliviousness
* SitcomArchNemesis: With Jose Canseco.
** To a lesser extent John Drake, to the point that when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MITRcz2mHek asked if he would rather be able to shapeshift or teleport]] he chose the former mostly due to the various ways he could use the power to troll Drake.
* TheSlacker: He is apparently quite proud of the fact that he managed to complete a full college degree with very little effort thanks to strategic picking of courses and negotiating with professors for alternate projects. The results are quite apparent since he has never seen neither ''Film/TheGodfather'' nor ''Film/CitizenKane'' despite having majored in Film Studies; claimed all his knowledge about UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance came from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed2'' despite having a minor in History and he had no idea who Creator/JaneAusten was before discussing ''VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'' on the Bombcast despite writing for a living.
** His first post-college job was in the Garmin Tech Support helpline... in which he claims he would nearly always transfer the calls to someone else (especially the Software Department, which is supposed to deal with actual technical software issues, not "old people who don't know how GPS works") while he spent the day writing game reviews on his computer.
* TheDitz: After only a few weeks on the Giant Bomb staff, several comments made by Dan (including not knowing about Africa's involvement in World War II despite having a history minor, [[https://twitter.com/DanRyckert/status/491633088561029120 having to have the concept of a car's title explained to him at the DMV]], and believing that "egg whites" were actually the egg ''shells'' and attempting to cook them) have firmly established him as this.
* ThePollyanna: Although he's struggled with anxiety and panic attacks in the past, he's still an optimistic and jovial guy.
* {{Troll}}: One of his first appearances on Giant Bomb, before being hired, was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sRCUcNR7A detailing an elaborate prank he set up on a dating site]].
** He also admitted that during his college days he would drop ''stink bombs'' to clear queues for drinks in crowded bars.
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Professional wrestler and executive vice president of Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling.
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* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: Of both Giant Bomb and Star Wars, which culminated in her guesting on a Giant Bomb E3 panel after appearing on stage to announcer her role in Battlefront II.
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* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: AscendedFangirl: Of both Giant Bomb and Star Wars, which culminated in her guesting on a Giant Bomb E3 panel after appearing on stage to announcer her role in Battlefront II.
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