MinnMax Interview - Dan Ryckert On The Future Of Giant Bomb (Patreon)

MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews the new creative director of Giant Bomb Dan Ryckert about leaving his job producing podcasts at the WWE and returning to the beloved game site with an exciting new team. They talk about the evolution of Dan's streams on Twitch, their time at Game Informer together, and why a corporation as big as the WWE is so challenging to work for.

Watch and share the video version of this interview here - https://youtu.be/eXttpbdcYE4

Links for things discussed in the interview...

https://www.patreon.com/jeffgerstmann 

https://www.patreon.com/nextlander 

https://www.giantbomb.com/ 

https://www.twitch.tv/danryckert

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...   

00:00:00 - Intro 

00:01:50 - Dan Ryckert on the importance of a creative outlet 

00:13:22 - How and why Dan returned to Giant Bomb 

00:19:14 - Announcing the new Giant Bomb team 

00:29:12 - Dan’s “Creative Director” title at Giant Bomb 

00:33:18 - Following the fun in games coverage 

00:41:23 - The role of Fire Escape now 

00:43:31 - Creating Game Informer videos 

00:46:28 - Lessons from Dan’s Twitch streams 

00:50:08 - Why working for WWE was frustrating 

01:07:51 - Wrestlequest and wrestling movies 

01:11:09 - The new challenges at Giant Bomb

Become a Game Champion by supporting MinnMax at the $50 tier on Patreon and lock in the game of your choice! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

Aaron Terrell - Final Fantasy X

Otsego12 - The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

Logan Krause - Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

Clemens Zobel - Star Wars: The Old Republic

5eth - Star Wars Galaxies

RichMclaughlin - HyperDot

Charles McGregor - Opposwitch

Jacob Tyler - Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen

Dunder - Snoopy Flying Ace

Miguel Medjai - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Patrick Polk - God Hand

DominicCichocki - Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

Ted Ryser - Footman Wars

MattMini2008 - Lunar Silver Star Story Complete

Spider_Dan - Illusion of Gaia

Zachary Pligge - Superman 64

Andres Silva - Dark Cloud