Gamers' Republic is a monthly magazine primarily devoted to console games, as well as anime and other "hardcore" topics. (PC games got occasional coverage.) It was the second magazine launched by Dave Halverson (after GameFan), and its name and design were inspired by The Designers Republic, the creative team behind the visual look of the Wipeout series. History Dave Halverson, David Hodgson and a fair amount of other GameFan staff left its publisher, Metropolis Media, in late 1997. Th