This man could be adequately described as, among other things, the avatar of righteous nerd-rage. From an early age, Dan developed a love of all things genre. From Star Trek to Tolkien to Batman to Street Fighter, and every joyous fandom phenomenon in between.

But a strange thing happened. It happened towards the end of the last millennium, right around May 19th 1999. A film was released that would alter his life, warping this once happy-go-lucky young spirit into a wholly different animal. One consumed with the spirit of vengeance and a burning need to put right the wrongs of those who would rape his beloved media. That film was Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

When precisely did it happen? There are none left who truly know the answer. Maybe it was the nine year old hack, cast to play the greatest villain of all time. Maybe it was the thinly veiled racist metaphor that was Jar-Jar Binks. Hell, it might just have been the mere mention of the word "Midichlorians", but something changed on that fateful night in May and, to this day, Dan walks the Earth seeking justice for all those wonderful stories that might have been... and Hell walks with him.