ManiaTV : Arcade : Hosts

Rob grew up in Dearborn, MI, which is a suburb of Detroit. He moved at the age of 21 to work at maniaTV and hasn’t looked back since.

Rob’s two favorite pastimes in life are video games and music. At the tender age of two, Rob received a Nintendo Entertainment System from his grandparents for Christmas and his life was never the same. From that day forward, his main interest in life was all things video games, including t-shirts, cereals and pajamas. As long as it had video game characters on it, it was okay with Rob. On top of the video games, his grandparents spoiled him with an insane movie collection that would rival the local Blockbuster. This vicious video game and movie cycle continued until Rob acquired his first CD player in the 6th grade at the age of 11. He was immediately enthralled with music like Nine Inch Nails (NIN), The Offspring, Nirvana and Green Day, all to the horror of his mother

Rob realized at this point in his life that he wanted to entertain people in some form or another. He started getting involved in theater in middle school and continued on this path through his high school years. Upon graduation, he realized that going to a typical four year college wouldn’t really get him anywhere as an entertainer since it seemed like you either have it or you don’t. He decided to go to Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts in Southfield, MI to study the broadcasting field.

Rob is now a host on maniaTV and he couldn’t be happier.

On Air Wardrobe

Report Collection
Diesel
GDP Clothing
Hammer Brand Denim
Ravolta

FAVORITE BANDS

NIN, 311, 30 Seconds to Mars, AFI and 80’s Glam Rock.

HOBBIES

Rob enjoys going to the mountains in his free time to "get away from it all". He also really enjoys playing poker and video games in his spare time.

FAVORITE FILMS

The Matrix, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Back to the Future Trilogy, Army of Darkness, Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura and Bubba Ho-Tep, along with any and all comic book movies.

Turtle grew up in the center of the United States in Denver, CO. It is his home and he loves it. He hasn’t visited too many places and he likes it that way. Turtle always wanted to be on the radio, or something similar, so he got a degree in broadcasting. Through his friends, Turtle found maniaTV and started as an intern, which eventually led to a full-time position. While working for maniaTV, Turtle has worn many hats always moving towards the next big thing. He is now a host at maniaTV, as well as a producer and technical director.

Turtle is an easy-going kind of guy, but he is stubborn, as all Tauruses are known to be. Music, film and other forms of entertainment are very important to Turtle, but it’s more than just the music or just the movie, it’s the concept of creating something out of an idea that is intriguing to him.

Turtle is a life-long gamer. His favorite video games are "Street Fighter Alpha 3", "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past", "Contra", "Actraiser" and "Final Fantasy VII". Good times, good music and good food is what Turtle is all about.

HOBBIES

Loves music, movies, reading, video games, blogging, cooking, chatting, making candles and script writing.

FAVORITE BANDS

Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Jewel, Lisa Loeb, Live, The Cranberries, Al Green, The Hollies, The Grass Roots, Elvis Presley, The Four Tops, Aaron Neville, The Beatles, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Skip James, Scott Joplin, Electric Light Orchestra, YES, Vincent Gallo, John Frusciante, The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In, Sparta, America, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Jim Croce, The John Butler Trio, The Whitlams, The Waifs, Marc Broussard, Counting Crows, The Frames, Slipknot, Mudvayne, Mushroomhead, Waylon Jennings, Shooter Jennings, Patsy Cline, Connie Francis, Tom Petty, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, Bad Company, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sage Francis, Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Grayskul, Boom Bap Project, DJ Screw, Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow and DJ Krush.

FAVORITE FILMS

The Crow, Vanilla Sky, Buffalo ‘66, Scratch, Modulations, Boogie Nights, Casino, Visitor Q, Oldboy, Battle Royale, Happiness, Serial Mom, The Big Lebowski, GoodFellas, Spun, Boyz ‘N The Hood, Menace II Society, MPD Psycho, Audition, Ju-On, Phone, Face, The Exorcist, The Exorcist III, Wonderland, The Salton Sea, Taxi Driver, Dog Day Afternoon, The Matrix, Star Wars, MirrorMask, What the Bleep Do We Know!?, Dazed and Confused, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Borat, Reno 911!: Miami, Daredevil, X-Men, Spider-Man, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl, Clerks II, Now You Know, Vulgar, A Better Place, Jesus’ Son, Sherrybaby, Garden State, The Last Kiss, Secretary, Se7en, The Watcher, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins, High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Man Bites Dog, Leon The Professional, The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita, The Lost Boys, The Goonies, Adventures In Babysitting and Super Troopers.