Dave Halverson
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Dave Halverson is the founder of numerous publications about video games including GameFan and Gamer's Republic. He also founded Fusion that publishes both Play and Rocket magazines which cover games on multiple platforms, as well as anime, manga, film, DVD, animation, comics, TV, toys, music, and media. (not to be confused with the UK-based Play, which covers Sony's PlayStation product line). Fusion also publishes the Girls of Gaming and Anime magazines, and it's also in charge of the Play Online website.
Dave Halverson is also a ghost in the game Fatal Frame II.
[edit] Quotes
"Silver is my dream hedgehog. His jungle assault had me calling friends."
"...and as for the character designs? I want toys."
[edit] Dave's Favourites
-GAMES: Jet Set Radio Future, God of War, Gunvalkyrie, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Guardian Heroes, Tomb Raider Legend, Fable, Maximo Ghosts to Glory, Psychonauts, Okami, Jet Force Gemini, Blinx and Blinx 2, Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts, Ultimate Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins, Viewtiful Joe 2, Earthworm Jim, Crash Bandicoot, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, Conker Live and Reloaded, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Ocarina of Time, LandStalker, Kameo: Elements of Power, Donkey Kong Country 2, Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath, Daxter, Astal, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Sonic 360, Super Mario 64 and Sunshine, Voodoo Vince, Magician Lord, Wario World, Wario Land (Virtual Boy), Death Jr., Dynamite Headdy, and many, many more…
-MAGAZINES: EDGE, WIRED, Rolling Stone
-COMICS: Battle Chasers, Shaolin Cowboy, Danger Girl, Tenth, Gen 13, MaxxM
-MOVIES: Blade Runner, Kill Bill 1&2, Sin City, Team America World Police, South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut, Hellboy, The Fifth Element, Batman Begins, Corpse Bride, Wizards, Cars, Almost Famous, Boogie Nights, The Incredibles, Heavy Metal, 13th Warrior, Ghostbusters, Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge, Lost in Translation, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Aliens, Alexander, The Dark Crystal, Starship Troopers, Brazil, V for Vendetta
-TV SHOWS: Rome, South Park
-MUSIC: Lacuna Coil, VAST, vintage Bowie, Rush, Auf der Maur, Tantric, Black Sabbath, Gorillaz, The Darkness, Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Velvet Revolver, Van Halen (circa DLR), Jane’s Addiction, Motley Crue, Tommy Lee, Garbage, Yes, Queens of the Stone Age…
-BOOKS: Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human, Blade Runner 3: Replicant Nights, and Noir by KW Jeter; Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, countless Graphic Novels
-SPORTS: Motocross, Skateboarding, Roller Derby, Scooter-Cross
-ANIME: FLCL, Eureka Seven, Godannar, Gilgamesh, Dead Leaves, Trinity Blood, Sergeant Frog, Wings of Honneamise, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Cowboy Bebop, Hellsing, Samurai Champloo, Queen Emeraldas, Ghost in the Shell SAC, Venus Wars, New Dominion Tank Police, Spriggan, Howls Moving Castle, Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Fullmetal Alchemist, Desert Punk, Genshiken, Cosmo Warrior Zero, Megazone 23, Elfen Lied…
-MANGA: Kamui, Sgt. Frog, Et Cetera, Pilgrim Jäger, I Luv Halloween, Priest, Stone, Hyper Police, Zero: The Beginning of the Coffin, A Midnight Opera, Berserk, Blazin’ Barrels, Deus Vitae, Junction 17, Man Machine Interface
