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{{short description|American video game journalist}}
'''Dave Halverson''' is the founder of video game magazines [[GameFan]], [[Gamer's Republic]], [[Play (US magazine)|Play]] and currently the new version of "Gamefan," which comes in digital [[PDF]] versions as well as print. Pick it up today, if you love games - and boredom!
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Although video games are always the prime focus, his magazines tend to feature a branching out to other related media, such as [[anime]], [[comics]], [[film]], [[toy]]s, [[music]], and various other subjects about which he is comically uninformed. These publications are mainly known for crashing and burning like United 93. Some praise him for his passionate take on media and games, mostly so he'll stop talking to them on the bus. In the daytime, Dave can often convince himself that he is known for consistently well-written observations on the styles he loves, namely [[platformers]], [[action-adventure]], light RPG, and [[Motocross|dirt-bike racing]], though every few years he'll wake up in the middle of the night and lie in bed in the dead silent pitch black house and the truth will be squatting there on his chest, inescapable, and then his terrified wife is turning all the lights on and he hears someone shrieking at the top of their lungs, a horrible sound, and the very next moment he realizes that he's the one shrieking, and that he'll have to go for another "rest" to the place with steel mesh on the windows and pills every morning and night.
'''Dave Halverson''' is an American [[video game journalist]] who has been the founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of ''[[GameFan]]'' (where he wrote reviews as '''E. Storm''', '''Skid''' and '''Takahara'''<ref name=jd>{{cite web |url=http://www.joystickdivision.com/2008/04/halverson_has_left_the_buildin.php |title=Halverson has left the building - Joystick Division - Videogame news, features and reviews |publisher=Joystick Division |date=April 9, 2008 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=May 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510110034/http://www.joystickdivision.com/2008/04/halverson_has_left_the_buildin.php |url-status=live }}</ref>), ''Gamers' Republic'',<ref name=gr>{{cite web |url=http://www.videogameobsession.com/videogame/mags/GamersRepublic/index.htm |title=Gamers' Republic Magazine @ VideoGameObsession.com (c) Matthew Henzel |publisher=Videogameobsession.com |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234612/http://www.videogameobsession.com/videogame/mags/GamersRepublic/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[List of manga magazines published outside of Japan|Play]]'',<ref>{{cite web |author=Frank Anderson |url=https://venturebeat.com/2010/04/10/dave-halverson-speaks-the-demise-of-play-magazine/ |title=Dave Halverson Speaks: The Demise Of Play Magazine |publisher=Venturebeat.com |date=April 10, 2010 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105100852/http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/10/dave-halverson-speaks-the-demise-of-play-magazine/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and currently the new versions of ''GameFan''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesabyss.com/dave-halverson-re-launches-gamefan-magazine/ |title=Dave Halverson Re-launches GameFan Magazine |publisher=Games Abyss |date=February 9, 2010 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020615/http://www.gamesabyss.com/dave-halverson-re-launches-gamefan-magazine/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Halverson is regarded as a well-known but a controversial and polarizing figure in video game journalism regarding his personality, actions and statements,<ref name=jd/><ref name=gr/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.destructoid.com/gamefan-chief-says-the-industry-is-a-sad-state-of-affairs-214361.phtml |title=GameFan chief says the industry is a sad state of affairs |publisher=Destructoid.com |date=October 23, 2011 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905125418/http://www.destructoid.com/gamefan-chief-says-the-industry-is-a-sad-state-of-affairs-214361.phtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/02/column_game_mag_weaseling_dave.php/ |title=GameSetWatch COLUMN: 'Game Mag Weaseling': Dave Halverson's Greatest Hits '08 |publisher=Gamesetwatch.com |date=February 16, 2009 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020813/http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/02/column_game_mag_weaseling_dave.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toplessrobot.com/2014/09/robotic_gaming_monthly_4_-_pax_gamescom_and_sad_si.php?page=4 |title=Robotic Gaming Monthly - PAX, Gamescom, and Sad Signs O' The Times - Topless Robot - Unofficial Sponsor of Your Inner Childishness - Page 4 |publisher=Topless Robot |date=September 2, 2014 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105101138/http://www.toplessrobot.com/2014/09/robotic_gaming_monthly_4_-_pax_gamescom_and_sad_si.php?page=4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Szczepaniak |first=John |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gamefan/GameFAN.htm |title=History of Diehard GameFAN Magazine |publisher=Hardcore Gaming 101 |date=July 25, 2012 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=August 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831223226/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gamefan/GameFAN.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=John Szczepaniak |url=http://www.sega-16.com/2006/09/retroinspection-mega-drive/ |title=Sega-16 – Retroinspection: Mega Drive |publisher=Sega-16.com |date=September 12, 2006 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100219/http://www.sega-16.com/2006/09/retroinspection-mega-drive/ |url-status=live }}</ref> such as his aggressive criticism of the poor reception of ''[[Golden Axe: Beast Rider ]]'' by many other outlets, and also initially giving the [[Xbox 360]] version of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006)]] a 9.5, which is regarded as one of the worst video games of all-time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.destructoid.com/hated-beast-rider-then-you-suck-at-games-apparently-108508.phtml |title=Hated Beast Rider? Then you suck at games, apparently |publisher=Destructoid.com |date=October 20, 2008 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826155302/https://www.destructoid.com/hated-beast-rider-then-you-suck-at-games-apparently/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/5066014/golden-axe-reviews-are-irresponsible-rubbish-says-reviewer |title=Golden Axe Reviews Are "Irresponsible" Rubbish, Says Reviewer |date=October 20, 2008 |publisher=Kotaku.com |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=July 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717195914/http://kotaku.com/5066014/golden-axe-reviews-are-irresponsible-rubbish-says-reviewer |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/21/golden-axe-dissenters-suck-at-games-says-play-online-boss/ |title=Golden Axe dissenters "suck at games", says Play Online boss |publisher=VG247 |date=October 21, 2008 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826155309/https://www.vg247.com/golden-axe-dissenters-suck-at-games-says-play-online-boss |url-status=live }}</ref> He also reviewed [[anime]] releases, including for ''Gamers' Republic''.
 
==Bio from GameFan Magazine (Not a joke!)==
 
"I love the integrity and solidity new technology has afforded today’s games (look ma, I typed some words!), but over the 20 years I’ve been at this, never before have I longed as much for the firm and unmistakably masculine hand of change, seizing me by the back of the neck and throwing me face down onto the filthy, unsheeted mattress of innovation. Too many sequels and too much realistic killing. Killing's bad, mmkay? Change has arrived via 3DS, the upcoming Wii-U, and the current Independent game scene but more needs to be done to get the game industry back on track starting with Publishers taking their companies back from agency control and respecting developers’ creative "freedom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - Mel Gibson in "Braveheart," (1995). Specialty: Platformers, Adventure and ARPGs, Racing, Open Worlders, and all things Retro post NES.
 
Likes: Anime, Movies, Motocross, Canyon Carving, Hugh Jackman in "Real Steel," Music, Black People, and the US fighting Force.Dislikes: Unqualified online reviews (not mine, other people's), the corporate takeover of the internet, Twitter, Facebook, and fake friends in general, Ad Agencies choking the life out of print for their own gain at the expense of developers and publishers ("Mad Men" - more like "Making Me Mad Men" lol amirite guys????), religious nuts, moist farts (sharts), the crap (LOL!)job the ESRB does keeping kids from playing M-rated games (and in-general), Kinect, and war."
 
 
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==External links==
*[http://www.gaming-agegamefanmag.com/cgiauthor/dave-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=halverson&pagenum=1 Interview with Dave Halverson on« Gaming- AgeGameFan]
 
*[http://www.playmagazine.com/ Play Magazine]
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*[http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/20/metareview-golden-axe-beast-rider-360-ps3/ Joystiq article]
*[http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/02/column_game_mag_weaseling_dave.php/ Quotables]
*[http://gamefanmag.com/ GameFan Magazine 2011]
 
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