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MCV 10/09/10 55 GAMES MEDIA AWARDS: THE FINALISTS RISING STAR
Dave Cook (NowGamer)
Dave tells us he wasn’t actually expecting to be nominated for Rising Star – after all, he’s only been at NowGamerfor five months. As Scotland doesn’t have a paying games press, he moved to Imagine Publishing for this job in April – but it’s clear the cramped, 11-hour drive down south in a transit van with all his games was more than worth it. He’s a key part of NowGameras it continues to grow.
Martin Gaston (
VideoGamer.com)
Martin read English Literature with Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Since graduating in 2009 he’s written for a number of publications, including The Telegraph,
Play.tmand GamesRadar. He joined
VideoGamer.comas a staff writer in July, and spends most of his time writing reviews and previews while trying to make appearances on the site’s podcast.
Neon Kelly (
VideoGamer.com)
Neon lives in South London and is the deputy editor of
VideoGamer.com. Before joining the site he spent several years writing about films, music videos and caravans – although people only ever seemed to be interested in the latter. He asked for an Atari Lynx II for his tenth birthday and now accepts that this was probably a poor decision, even if Batman Returnsdid look quite nice.
Martin Robinson (IGN UK)
Martin is content editor of IGN UK, before which he led several lives as a medical clerk, projectionist,
gma
publisher and budding racing driver. In his time in the games industry he’s become renowned for his cardigan collection and his fire-red beard, as well as securing exclusives on the biggest games and ensuring IGN UKis renowned for the quality of its editorial. He’s also quite a nice chap to work with.
gamesmediaawards REGIONAL GAMES COLUMNIST
Dave Cook (The Scotsman)
The Scottish industry has seen a lot of ups and downs over the years and recently, with the loss of Realtime Worlds and staff cuts at other studios. Cook says that if the past is anything to go by, the industry and the people within it are strong, talented and resourceful – so it will most definitely bounce back in time. In the meantime, they can all turn to Cook’s Scotsman column, which continues to deliver game reviews back home (he recently relocated to the other end of the country to work on NowGamer).
Steve Wollaston (Sunday Mercury)
Steve currently writes a full page of gaming every week for the Midland’s very own award- winning tabloid paper The Sunday Mercury. The page features a wide spectrum of gaming content for all the family. Wollaston even turns to younger reviewers to provide important content for the family-themed games coverage. Steve also edits an
accompanying blog on the paper’s website. His favourite food is Marmite, he is engaged, has three cats, three kids and a constant headache. A huge fan of football games and Fallout 3. And apparently he has been told on more than one occasion that he looks like Buddha.
Dan Slingsby (Games Addict)
Dan Slingsby has been involved with the games industry for more than 20 years, managing and editing various games- related magazines and websites at EMAP, Future Publishing, Highbury Entertainment and Imagine Publishing. He now runs DNA Publishing, a newspaper syndication agency in Bournemouth. Games Addict is its flagship column. The column’s mix of news, reviews and cheats has proven to be a winning formula and it appears in 14 regional newspapers a week, reaching an audience of more than 300,000 readers. A Games Addictwebsite is currently in development and will launch next year.
David Brown (PC Zone)
After years in the wilderness, eagerly working at the Press Association, opportunity knocked for David Brown – an opportunity to write for PC Zone, the greatest PC games magazine there ever was. He did so, producing lots of pages every issue, without ever once letting his standards slip. Some people even liked him. Zoneis dead now, but Brown’s work lives on through articles for the likes of PC Format and GamesMaster.
Rich McCormick (PC Gamer)
Rich technically joined PC Gamerin December 2009, but joined in his head when he had a letter printed by the magazine in 2002. The magazine wasn’t aware of this fact, mind. He’s also written for Edge, OPM, PSM3, and OXM–and is addicted to StarCraft II.
Tom Pakinkis (CVG)
As meteoric rises go, that of Bolton-born Pakinkis is verging on ‘supernova’. Having joined CVGin February as editorial assistant, he was promoted to staff writer within a month – and had befriended most of the UK games media within two. Now the go-to-guy for much of CVG’s preview and review output, Pakinkis’ strong, giggle-inspiring writing shines bright, both online and in his regular contributions to the OXM.
Ian Crump (Southern Daily Echo)
In 2007 Ian Crump was tasked by one of the largest distributors of regional news in the south to help them reach out to the growing gaming community across Hampshire and Dorset. Since then their gaming coverage has gone from strength-to-strength by including not just Crump’s reviews but news, competitions, charts, interviews, information on downloads and more. The feedback from both the public and the industry alike has been very strong, guaranteeing gaming as a staple part of The Southern Daily Echonewspaper. Its much-praised website has also become a vital tool, boasting trailers and more.
Scott Munro (Scottish Daily Record)
Scott Munro has been writing his column for the last three years. He has a passion for games and every week he tries to cover as broad a range as possible in print and online. Scott takes a look at the latest big name releases, but also tries to get Daily Record readers excited about lesser known titles and indie games across all platforms. He also highlights events such as the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, writes previews of forthcoming games and reviews new hardware releases.
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