The GameFan history thread

[Fe 26]

I'm the one that carries a gun, remember, Ninja-boy?

You sure about that? Wanna reread where I live?

[typefiend]

Is this Dango-Head? Greg?

Hola, its Gregory, your former cubicle neighbor for all of 5-6 months at the tailend of the 1090 GF years Hahaha, after all these years I can still remember us laughing in unison watching Higgin's lone engineer or motorcycle scouring the map in the hope of a crate when we played C&C. Do you remember how my tactic was to create a bazillion motorcycles and just overrun Gary until we could hear him curse across the office? I still remember when I got in early one day early the GF offices (when most of us had 11am start times) and changed everyone's Mac desktop with Rau's face photoshopped onto some fella getting a delivery in the rear. Man, those memories are cracking me up as I type it.

[typefiend]

How exactly did he freak out? I mean, what did he expect his staff to do if they weren't getting paid? How many walked out at once? Details, buddy.

What did he do to her? Did he call her a little jap bastard?

"Freak out" meaning literally freaking out, running around shouting profane accusations about anyone and everyone, all the while waving his arms, and once even charging at me while I was on the phone with one of my former coworkers who had already left/quit. I think 5-6 people intially left, as they got good offers from a larger publishing company. I left soon afterward to art direct the Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine (that was a whole drama in itself). People were jumping ship like crazy, and those who stayed were very disgruntled. Daily closed door meetings where most of the time we were discussing how much we hated Dave's lies about how things were going so well (really, he could have earned out trust and respect much more if he simply shared the bad news in an honest manner, but he always too the route of masking the truth, thus the ill will back then).

In terms of the racist/sexist attitude, all I will say is that he basically made working at GR hell for this young lady and on her last day(unbeknowst to her) laid into her so badly she came out shaking, crying and later furious (she was actually thinking of litigation at one point).

On a lighter note, I remember when someone installed a Mac extension (during the OS 9 days) onto his machine which would allow us to make popup system dialogue boxes come up onto his desktop at our whim. We spent quite a while sending his popups warning about "incorrect binary trap error -06" or some other bullshit error, and then slowly changing them into more personal and strange "warnings" about "gay anime porn files exceed storage capacity. reboot". I'll give Dave that credit...he allowed us kids to be kids.

[Jetman]

On a lighter note, I remember when someone installed a Mac extension (during the OS 9 days) onto his machine which would allow us to make popup system dialogue boxes come up onto his desktop at our whim. We spent quite a while sending his popups warning about "incorrect binary trap error -06" or some other bullshit error, and then slowly changing them into more personal and strange "warnings" about "gay anime porn files exceed storage capacity. reboot". I'll give Dave that credit...he allowed us kids to be kids.

[Reubus]

This thread is hilarious. So many GF'ers, so many stories. I was only back in North Dakota for a year, then Wyoming (!!!), then Denver, working for Jody. Been back out here for about 7 months now! It's great to hear what so many of you have been up to. Shidoshi, Wolfie, Waka, DJPubba, Hoagie, MVS, Deselms, Ryan, Cockburn (!), Han, Corby, how the hell you all doing?

You guys miss DH as much as me? LOL

I've got many happy memories of GF, and a few not-so-good ones (you reading this, Jevons? Heh...). Now, if only ECM would step up and post. And I mean that literally. He'd have to step up just to reach his damn keyboard.

Oh, and Tim, I told you I was in for the new mag thing months ago!!! And I'm not on your list of those currently interested! Hook me up with the info!! =]-~

[Dolemite]

On a lighter note, I remember when someone installed a Mac extension (during the OS 9 days) onto his machine which would allow us to make popup system dialogue boxes come up onto his desktop at our whim. We spent quite a while sending his popups warning about "incorrect binary trap error -06" or some other bullshit error, and then slowly changing them into more personal and strange "warnings" about "gay anime porn files exceed storage capacity. reboot". I'll give Dave that credit...he allowed us kids to be kids.

Slick.

Once again, I must ask...why didn't anyone ever kick his ass? If anyone ever sounded like the needed a beat down, it was Halverson. He must be a big, mean guy or something.

[Reubus]

It'd also be great if K.Lee, Dangohead, Eggo, Fury, or Nick showed up! Cripes, we should all go drinking, that'd be a blast (though not till it stops raining; that's no fun on a motorcycle).

[x2y]

Welcome Reubus and hopefully welcome the rest of the crew soon enough.

[Dolemite]

If that was me, you'd all been dead.

IAWTP

No one would have gotten out of that store alive with my shit.

That is one completely fucked-up story.

I'm the one that carries a gun, remember, Ninja-boy?

What kind of piece do you usually carry?

[bahn]

This thread is hilarious. So many GF'ers, so many stories. I was only back in North Dakota for a year, then Wyoming (!!!), then Denver, working for Jody. Been back out here for about 7 months now! It's great to hear what so many of you have been up to. Shidoshi, Wolfie, Waka, DJPubba, Hoagie, MVS, Deselms, Ryan, Cockburn (!), Han, Corby, how the hell you all doing?

You guys miss DH as much as me? LOL

I've got many happy memories of GF, and a few not-so-good ones (you reading this, Jevons? Heh...). Now, if only ECM would step up and post. And I mean that literally. He'd have to step up just to reach his damn keyboard.

Oh, and Tim, I told you I was in for the new mag thing months ago!!! And I'm not on your list of those currently interested! Hook me up with the info!! =]-~

Wow now Reubus is in here...now we just need Eric and Anthony to get their butts in here!!!