Tropers / Eddie Van Helsing

Eddie Van Helsing is a programmer/sysadmin living in New York. He claims to be ten thousand years old and an Asura, but he's really only 30 years old and spent far too much time reading obscure mythology as a kid. Naturally, he's a Shin Megami Tensei fan. He came up with his name while drunk in college, reading Dracula while listening to Van Halen.

When not screwing around here, working at his day job, or being a loving husband, Eddie Van Helsing is working on a science fantasy novel called Starbreaker. He does it mainly to amuse himself and entertain his wife, but if he ever finishes the demon-ridden thing he will attempt to publish it.

He tends to be cynical, and his sense of humor is somewhat depraved. However, if one catches him off-guard, he can be almost kind. However, he tends to meow at telemarketers.

Reports of his demise were, unfortunately, mistaken. He has a blog called Proper Gander now.

Stuff Eddie Van Helsing likes...

Music

• Iron Maiden
• Bruce Dickinson
• Therion
• The Black Mages
• Savatage
• Vanden Plas
• Blind Guardian
• Edguy
• Blue Öyster Cult
• The Sisters of Mercy
• Queensryche
• Judas Priest
• Within Temptation
• Nightwish
• Phantom's Divine Comedy
• Iced Earth
• Alice Cooper

Literature

• Alexandre Dumas
  • The Count Of Monte Cristo
  • The Three Musketeers
• Dan Simmons
  • Hyperion
  • Ilium
  • Olympos
  • The Terror
  • Drood
  • The Crook Factory
• Robert A. Heinlein
  • The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
  • Time Enough For Love
  • Starship Troopers
  • Stranger In A Strange Land
  • The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
  • Job: A Comedy of Justice
• Max Brooks
  • The Zombie Survial Guide
  • World War Z
• Umberto Eco
  • The Name Of The Rose
  • Foucault's Pendulum
• Ayn Rand (fuck you if you object)
  • Atlas Shrugged
  • The Fountainhead
  • We The Living
• The Sword Of Truth
• Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber novels
• Neal Stephenson
  • Snow Crash
  • Cryptonomicon
  • The Diamond Age
  • The Baroque Cycle
  • Anathem

Video Games

• Final Fantasy
• Shin Megami Tensei
• Disgaea
• Metal Gear Solid
• Too Human
• The Last Remnant
• Fallout 3
• The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
• Bioshock
• Prince of Persia
• Assassin's Creed
• Bionic Commando
• Etrian Odyssey
• Wizardry
• Nethack
• Valkyrie Profile
• Soul Nomad and the World Eaters
• Metroid Prime
• The Legend Of Zelda
• Valkyria Chronicles
• Tactics Ogre
• Romance Of The Three Kingdoms

Anime

• Slayers
• Saiyuki (Only the Homura arc, though)
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (and 2nd Gig)
• Cowboy Bebop
• Desert Punk
• Gankutsuou
• Rah Xephon
• Witch Hunter Robin
• Outlaw Star
• Rurouni Kenshin
• Hellsing
• The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya

Movies

• Spaceballs
• Iron Man
• Casino Royale
• South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
• Chemical Wedding
• This Is Spinal Tap
• Dark City
• The Devil In Miss Jones
• The Opening Of Misty Beethoven

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