The GameFan history thread

**Mzo** · 07 Jan 2005, 02:18 PM

I wonder if he'll bring his ass over here.

Waka, he's calling you a liar, man. Wassupwitdat?

**Cowdisease** · 07 Jan 2005, 02:28 PM

Now the drama continues in the GAF thread. OMG, Crossover!

Originally Posted by djpubba from the GAF thread

Hey Kelly, it's Tim Lindquist! Good to see you around.

Yeah, I heard that wife running away with the drug dealer story, long, long ago. I never imagined you would get into drugs. You were one of the nicest, politest and honest people I ever worked with and Dave and others treating you with such disrespect is part of what helped foster my dislike for them.

**djpubba** · 07 Jan 2005, 02:29 PM

I have a feeling Reubus will be showing up here soon, he just emailed me asking for the link.

Hi Bruce!

**mollipen** · 07 Jan 2005, 02:43 PM

Any ex-GF people who show up over there should be made fun of mercilessly on here until they show up and post. Then, we can tell them how much we love them.

**djpubba** · 07 Jan 2005, 02:48 PM

LOL! "I really loved you Dave Halverson."

Speaking seriously, while many of the people at GameFan did some wacky shit worthy of making legendary, everyone was good at the core. None were as genuinely evil as Halverson.

**cka** · 07 Jan 2005, 02:50 PM

so that's where all these guests are coming from...

**Chief Hambleton** · 07 Jan 2005, 03:05 PM

Hello everyone.

Sorry I didn't hear about this thread earlier.

(apologies if anything is repeated -- I'm only on page 8)

This is David Hodgson. I was "Chief Hambleton" on the mag between 96-98, when I left to form Lamers' Republic. I have to say, now that all the water has passed under the bridge, that GameFan magazine, despite the sheer insanity of it all, was the BEST time I've had in this industry. Now then, I've a few matters to clear up.

1. I harbor no ill-will toward ECM. I don't speak to him, and ironically, we both freelance for the same company (Prima), but he is the ONLY person I've ever had a stand-up row with. THis was after ECTS 97 when I came back to find him hired without my knowledge. I won't go into details (water under the bridge), but the argument was fun.

2. Not as fun as the time one of the art directors fought with Cockburn and slammed him up against the wall. Here's some stories I remember (sorry if they're repeated). Shidoshi, let me know if you would like to know more:

3. Capcom lawyers and "bernie".

4. Cockburn screenshot fellatio and Rare's Blast Corps.

5. Police cordoning Cockburn's Honda.

6. Megafan. The debacle.

7. Living with Reubus and Waka.

8. GameFan Books.

9. Riding shotgun with Wolfinger.

10. Drew Barrymore arriving.

11. Brandon Lee's Monitaur dummy.

I could go on. But I won't.

And if there's any perceived ill-will towards anyone, there isn't from my perspective. I patched things up with Dave Halverson last E3, and I hope to do the same with ECM this year.

Cheers

David Hodgson
AKA Chief Hambleton (Postmeister on occasion)

EDIT: I'm reworking the list, so that only the stories I witnessed first-hand are there. Especially as the last days for us were tough, and I don't want to revisit stuff that's just heresay. Andrew C -- glad you've turned your life around, and good luck to everyone I worked with.

Soppy guff? Correct.