Game Informer magazine senior associate editor (2009–2014) Giant Bomb senior content producer (2014–2020) WWE podcast producer (2020–2022) Giant Bomb creative director (2022–present)
Title
Creative Director
Spouse
Bianca Ryckert
(m. 2017)
Dan Ryckert is an American Games Entertainer, producer. Previously in a writer and former video game journalist role, now a Twitch streamer and podcaster. In 2011, Complex magazine named Ryckert one of the twenty-five "raddest" game journalists to follow on Twitter. Ryckert has made three non-player character (NPC) appearances in video games; in 2011's L.A. Noire, 2014's Infamous Second Son and 2017's 2064: Read Only Memories.
Joining GameStop's Game Informer magazine in 2009, becoming senior associate editor, Ryckert reviewed games and made video content for its website. This included celebrity appearance videos featuring Gwar and Andrew W.K. During his time with the magazine, Ryckert broke two Guinness World Records, after playing two gaming marathons. In 2014 Ryckert, along with Game Informer video producer Jason Oestreicher, would both join CBS Interactive's Giant Bomb website, with Ryckert later moving from their San Francisco office to their New York office. In addition to weekly appearances on the Giant Bombcast and Giant Beastcast podcasts, Ryckert continued to produce video content such as playing the video game Super Mario Bros. 3 while riding the Medusa roller coaster and creating the Metal Gear-based "Metal Gear Scanlon" series with Drew Scanlon. In 2020, Ryckert became a podcast producer for WWE, before returning to Giant Bomb as a creative director in 2022.
In 2017, Ryckert and fiancé Bianca Monda were spotlighted in the media when they won a competition to be the first couple to be married at the Taco Bell Cantina in Las Vegas. The ceremony was held in June 2017. Ryckert is also an author and professional wrestling manager.
DanRyckert is an American Games Entertainer, producer. Previously in a writer and former video game journalist role, now a Twitch streamer and podcaster...
Danswers, talking about subjects such as her experience with co-host DanRyckert at college. Glaser co-hosted the podcast We Know Nothing with comedian...
palette-swapped video game characters alongside the series' male ninjas, DanRyckert of Game Informer wrote in 2010 that he did not want these characters...
Archived from the original on June 20, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2016. DanRyckert [@DanRyckert] (September 4, 2016). "This winter, I'll be moving to NYC and joining...
with a friend code, or with a randomly selected challenger. Reception DanRyckert of Lawrence.com gave Picross DS a 9.4 out of 10 saying that "I couldn't...
everyone. Even the ones who won't admit to enjoying the T&A." However, DanRyckert of Game Informer was much more critical of the elements like the game's...
12, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2016. Ryckert, Dan (May 14, 2013). Air Force Gator 2: Scales of Justice: DanRyckert, Jose Canseco: 9780615808956: Amazon...
Like to Forget", compiled by Game Informer. The author of the list, DanRyckert, criticized it for its sexual innuendo and its design representing more...
attractive lighting effects, solid frame rate and wide range of colours, and DanRyckert of Game Informer said its fast-paced races "do a good job" of displaying...
with the excellent N64 entry from which it draws so much inspiration". DanRyckert of Giant Bomb was more critical, considering the game a relic of 2002...
The game is packed with the true charm of action games." Giant Bomb's DanRyckert gave Kirby and the Rainbow Curse two stars out of five, comparing the...
remember by the time PS5 rolls around." In his review for Game Informer, DanRyckert scored the game an 8/10 and stated: "When you look past the gorgeous...
Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016. DanRyckert (September 19, 2011). "Kirby: Mass Attack: Kirby Divides And Conquers"...
player improvement", but noted the slow-paced story and weak writing. DanRyckert of Giant Bomb gave the game a perfect score of 5 stars while likening...
Video Game Awards. Upon hearing news for a potential Mass Effect film, DanRyckert of Game Informer looked at the different characters and felt Strahovski...
Game Informer journalist DanRyckert participated in a demonstration of the motion capture process, where people's faces were captured and rendered in...
fundamentals to memorable heights," and awarded it a score of 4 out of 5 stars. DanRyckert from Giant Bomb gave the game a score of 2 out of 5 stars saying that...
towards him and his work via social media sites, websites and in person. DanRyckert from Gameinformer have noted the real-life resemblance of Speight, a...
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