Best of Giant Bomb 38 - Xbox 25

[@TheKazzerscout]

Steve from SpeedTree went on to become a senior artist at Bungie. Good for him!

[@CptPanda29]

Even now every time I see a Speed Tree logo in a game splash screen I get super excited.

[@Macho_Fantastico]

They might joke about speedtree but I always got the feeling they respected that software in a weird way.

[@plastefuchs666]

I love how the guy rolled with it.

[@richroberts7512]

Looking back at this now, and boy. The civil liberties dude... that didn't translate back to inFAMOUS at all. Except, like 'hey make sure you get rid of these cameras' as a side mission type.

[@Dezmixbe]

Rich Roberts I hadn't watched that in a while and for a few seconds I was sure he was talking about Watch Dogs.

[@auroraisland6477]

Nah definitely infamous second son. That bit ends with him saying "now what if a handful of individuals developed superhuman abilities". And yeah I guess mechanically it didn't really translate but the whole setting of second son is around Seattle basically being under martial law because of a prison break

[@Philmriss]

I keep coming back to this masterpiece. It's got everything. Speed Trees, intense civil liberty speech, and J motherfucking Allard

[@Darkbeatdk]

Haha I've never seen the footage of Ryan taking the piss out of Speedtree before. Miss that guy!

[@IronicHavoc]

I wouldn't call that taking the piss, he's joking around but I think he's genuinely asking questions/showing it off.

[@rabbitjr]

It's been ages since I've seen the Speedtree video. They were joking, but actually seemed to have a legitimate interest in how it worked. Man, I miss Ryan.

[@xpantherx]

Hey! I thought it would be a good time to go back and look at some press conferences before the big game! I never made a Ryan Davis tribute thing, and after editing this together that had videos before and after Ryan left for assignment, I felt a little depressed. So the end is one of my favorite Ryan moments on the site.

[@evnerbinko]

The way Ryan says NINE YEARS always gets me. Love you Ryan.

[@Rikzo]

God damn it that end... I miss you Ryan Davis!

[@zymase]

The Speedtree interview is one of Giant Bomb's finest spontaneous moments. The site will really never be the same without Ryan's enthusiasm and humor.

[@ArrestedDeveloper]

“You just lost a $10,000 sale.”

[@Madcat6204]

Man, I miss Ryan so much. :( He really brought something irreplaceable to the dynamic of Giant Bomb.

[@Five12Almost6]

The conferences are the most amazingly unintentionally funny things, I'm balling over here.

[@sc41295]

"it's easy to see what it costs" "599 us dollars" thanks drew.

[@PraxxTheMovieman]

That last bit with Ryan and speedtree guy had me had me in stitches.. Dammit Ryan! finish that review and come back : (

[@Macho_Fantastico]

Watching these press conferences with Ryan and the crew was amazing, especially Ryan.

[@JetReset]

Steve Cliffiwitz was a really good sport.

[@mattskibaismylove]

Who'd'a thought Speedtree would be as popular as it is now lol.

[@Maurrokh]

I teared up a bit, smiling, as soon as I heard Ryan's voice in the beginning. Fond memories. Thanks for this video :)

[@vikingdeath1]

Your Giantbomb videos are the greatest thing on youtube. Thakyou good sir! These always manage to cheer me up.

[@Jasper_Silva]

The Speed Tree thing got me laughing so much! I must have missed it the first time. Ryan was a special person. Good job as always xpantherx.

[@Donnerino]

Speed Tree man. I love it.

[@thatevlcanadian]

Speedtree was the real hero there

[@Sgtpierceface]

Another great video. I hadn't seen that Speed Tree video before. I feel like I finally understand Giant Bomb's fascination wit hit.

[@pescando]

Thanks for doing that special bit at the end with Ryan. Speed tree is such a great giant bomb moment.

[@Rikzo]

Loved that Speed Tree interview. Glad the booth guy really went along with it.

[@dudeglove]

I think J Allard, who used to be MS' Steve Jobs-esque "xbox guy", appeared on screen. It's been a long running joke with the GB staff whether or not Allard would actually return to the fore, and there he was.

[@UncleBebby]

oh god that speed tree.

[@bones_bn]

The ending filled with both joy and sadness.

[@KenY2KenTV]

Brad's face in that Sony zoom clip is priceless.

[@RobotEthanMars]

Hey, the sticker was only 24 off!

[@the_doskias]

I'd never seen that SpeedTree thing before. That's so good.

[@xpantherx]

it's from a GDC 2010 showfloor recap. There's a ton of great bits from it.

[@boredmonkee]

Watching this in 2021 and just hoping that speedtree guy is now the CEO

[@pacperson]

What a season its been!

[@Veldoril]

That last clip is amazing! xD

[@soralapio]

God damn I miss Ryan :(

[@CastmadeofDreams]

Oh man, Oblivion used SpeedTree

[@giantenemycrabX]

that speed tree guy was so cool

[@MobiusFun64]

Never saw the speed tree thing, thanks for that. I would've missed it otherwise.

[@technoskull]

Give those trees a ticket, they are going so fast.

[@dudeglove]

10 years I've been on the Internet... TEN... YEARS.

[@x1teDota]

RIP Ryan Davis

[@DCMaarten]

nice to see allot off people watching this, keep up the goodjob

[@evnerbinko]

Damn you Gary Whitta.

[@Gloraxi]

Oh god, Ryan I miss you soo much it hurts.

[@MissingTextuure]

I guess I'm missing it, but what's the big "holy shit" for at 3:54 ?

[@Jedicake]

Ok that last bit with Ryan was fuckin amazing

[@BanditGreenGuy]

The fastest trees, only on giantbomb.

[@zkalpha]

Goddamnit, Ryan, I miss you...

[@DeathRowChris]

welcome back

[@Bassano_official]

Damn Ryan was amazing..

[@mrcraggle]

Oh how people mock SpeedTree but it's actually been used in a bunch of films including Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Life of Pi and Star Trek.

[@YamiGenesis]

If only they knew of the bust that driveclub was

[@tmthomsen]

I have now seen the fastest tree

[@Accolade1901]

I laughed more at this one than any other.

[@GuestHostMike]

We actually have a dragon tree

[@tobb01]

It's two separate pieces. The one i think you're looking for is Vivaldi's four seasons, specifically winter.

[@fede9520]

goddamit ryan

[@thisisbhm]

Guys. I'm gonna go open some doors.

[@bradleybindle6428]

If you pause exactly at 1:59, you'll see the face happiness.

[@KaneRobot]

J ALLARD

[@Ace93x]

Before Ryan "left for assignment." Is that what we're calling it now? Because, if so then I am 100% on board with that.

[@PsychoEditor]

DRAGON TREE

[@zkylon]

man this ryan stuff was pretty nice some of your best work xpantherx, loved it! also which game's the intense guy talking about? I guess, it's watch dogs?

[@2010liamf]

god i miss ryan..

[@Aeshir2]

are these speedtrees any more legal than other types of trees? u know what im talkin about

[@Mohranner]

That's it, gracias!

[@Mohranner]

What's the name of the dank classical jam playing during the last part?

[@VektroidLive]

How fast are your trees?

[@Buddles]

Well, this was hilarious

[@EvilKatarn]

Where's the last one even from?

[@KaneRobot]

3:53 was Ryan's real cause of death. And a great way to go.

[@vidalhart]

where can I find that drive club video?

[@longfoehammer]

it was during the PS4 announcement presentation.

[@avypath]

WHAT IS THAT DRIVECLUB CLIP FROM? I can't find it anywhere.

[@MSUHitman]

PS4 reveal event Feb. 2013?

[@UncleBebby]

yup: www.giantbomb.com/videos/meet-the-future-of-playstation-with-us/2300-7066/

[@emmereffing]

dat ryan :\

[@Tamacat388]

So wait what was that civil librities guy talking about? Was it Watch_Dogs? Because that was so not what Watch_Dogs ended up being about.

[@Tamacat388]

***** Thanks.

[@zrobeast]

***** Can I still go by Ryan's (RIP) theory that he's some political protester who broke into the Sony conference and isn't talking about video games, but government/police corruption? It makes those scenes in this video way funnier when you think he's just some guy spreading a political message to a bunch of nerds/game journalists.

[@croc2390]

Who's channel is this? The giantbomb content is superb

[@starlitalpha7]

True thugz neva die.

[@vedicardi]

is there anyway to find these full videos online? i cant find them on the giant bomb site or youtube

[@Lonewolf6565]

www.giantbomb.com/videos/features/

[@vedicardi]

Lonewolf6565 their commentary on the press conferences arent on there as far as i can see

[@vedicardi]

***** im starting to see them now. they just dont really pop up in the search, you have to dig back.

[@pejter717]

First! Yay! (but then again who cares about me being first... I don't!)