The Freeman Group's role: The story was set by the movie, which the game faithfully follows. Therefore, the writing task involved writing dialogue in the style of the movie that could incorporate the characters, mood, and story points without a lot of verbiage. One hole in the film is Van Helsing's missing backstory. The Freeman Group came up with one for him that gave him great depth as a character, that could be revealed in small pieces in a quite inventive way, and that met the approval of the film makers and game design team. However, later budgetary constraints caused this material to be cut.

Gamespy: "Here, gamers get Jackman in the title role -- and as hokey as the film's premise is, the dialogue never gets goofy or kitschy."

Game Zone: "First I thought the film would be good. Then I feared the game wouldn't be. The opposite of both turned out to be true."

GameSpot: "In general, movie games have a bad reputation for cashing in on successful film properties, but the stigma just might go away, in time, if movie games like Van Helsing become the standard."

The Freeman Group's role: In this platformer aimed at children and youth, David was brought in after the characters were designed, the locations chosen, and the general story-line set. He fleshed out the story, helped give personalities to the characters, and wrote the dialogue. However, due to budget constraints, half the story and dialogue were cut, affecting both the story and the emotions it was to evoke.

GamePro: "In fact, the dialogue impressively expresses the attitude in Harry and other characters."

IGN: "I was entertained with the game from its opening cut-scene to its end credits. And with that in mind I can't help but recommend it to Pitfall and platformer/adventure fans alike."

TeamXBOX: "Pitfall: The Lost Expedition has definitely revived the platformer child within and I hope that Harry's next adventure is much sooner."

The Freeman Group's role: The Freeman Group was brought in at the very end of the game, after the entire story was finished and locked down, to write the dialogue and do the voice directing.

The Freeman Group's role: David did a major polish on the script. However, after he was done, the Wachowskis became increasingly involved in the story and decided that it shouldn't "stand on it's own" with fleshed-out characters and character arcs, but rather be just a piece in a much larger story that could only be understood by playing the game, watching "The Matrix Reloaded," and viewing several of the animated films in "The Animatrix." Consequently, the Wachowski's took the script in a different direction and little of David's work remained.

The Freeman Group's role: A fun but extremely small job… The Freeman Group was brought in at the end of the game to write a small series short text pieces, scrolled on screen, representing the voices and thoughts of the various characters. These had to capture both their personalities and drives, as well as echo the somewhat mystical and poetic quality of the film.