GameFan
former video game magazine
GameFan, originally Diehard GameFan, was a monthly magazine dedicated to video games and gaming culture created by Tim Lindquist, Greg Off, George Weising, and Dave Halverson. The first issue was published in September 1992. It provided coverage of both domestic and imported video games and was notable for its extensive use of game screenshots in its page design, which distinguished it from other U.S. publications at the time. The original magazine ceased operations in December 2000.
In April 2010, Halverson relaunched GameFan as a video game and film magazine. However, the relaunch was short-lived and suffered from internal conflicts and low advertising revenue.
History
The idea for the name GameFan came from the Japanese Sega magazine called Megafan. Although it began as an advertising supplement to sell imported video games, primarily from Japan, the small text reviews and descriptions drew attention for a lack of refinement and a sense of passion. Editor profiles featured caricatures drawn by Terry Wolfinger. The anonymized approach allowed certain editors like Dave Halverson to write multiple reviews of the same game under different pseudonyms.
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