THE FINALISTS GMAs in association with REGIONAL GAMES COLUMNIST
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 ever- growing gaming community across Hampshire and Dorset. Since then the Southern Daily Echo’sgaming coverage has gone from strength to strength.
DAVE COOK The Scotsman
Growing weary of crap weather and high cholesterol, Dave fled Scotland over a year ago now to start work at NowGamer. However, he
continues to write for national Scottish newspaper The Scotsman, and has a bloody good time doing so. Dave also wants to issue a ‘Mega-Thanks of Gratitude +1’ to those who nominated him.
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PHIL HARRIS Craigmillar Chronicle
Harris started writing for SquareGoin November 2008, becoming editor-in- chief in October 2009. Changing the direction of SquareGo, he substantially increased readership, whilst ensuring the brand gave equal consideration and web-time to both indie and established developers. This role secured Phil’s position at the Chronicle.
JAMES HARVEY Cardiff & South Wales Advertiser
Freelance reviewer James Harvey started writing for the Cardiff & South Wales Advertiser whilst at university. A lifelong gamer, his passion for the industry has been demonstrated in print for the past eight years. His favourite all time game is
Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast.
ED HILL Derby Telegraph
Hill mainly writes about fires, car crashes, deaths, tombolas, cows with heads trapped in ladders, hamsters caught behind radiators, and
occasionally games. Mega Lo Maniais on his top-five-best- games-ever list. Hill’s parents spent about £100 renting it from Blockbuster for him. So this nomination is down to them, he says.
DAN SLINGSBY Syndicated Regional
The Games Addict column continues to go from strength to strength. So much so, in fact, that Dan has had to hand over some of his writing chores to George, his three-year-old son. It’ll be a good few years before he’s let loose on a Gears of Wartitle – even if his favourite activity is squishing bugs in the back garden.
STEVE WOLLASTON Sunday Mercury
Steve currently writes a full page of gaming every week for The Midlands’ very own award-winning tabloid paper The Sunday Mercury. The page features a wide spectrum of gaming content for all the family. Often younger reviewers provide important content to the family themed games coverage. Steve also edits an accompanying blog.
GAMESPOT UK PODCAST
The GameSpot UK Podcast is GameSpot UK’sflagship weekly audio show, and is one of the UK’s longest running dedicated video game podcasts, running since 2006. Since winning the GMA Podcast award in 2007, the show has increased in popularity, with guests such as writer Rhianna Pratchett, developer Charles Cecil, and composer Richard Jacques joining the regular crew of Mark Walton, Guy Cocker and Jane Douglas. 34
GAMEWANK
Ric Morgan and Jamie Trinca started Gamewankin 2009 after purchasing a load of equipment to record a radio sitcom they never got
around to doing. They decided to concentrate on game podcasting. “We could just talk a load of wank”, says Jim, and thus Gamewankwas born. The show quickly grew into a hybrid of commentary and sketches, with a presenting style noted for hilarious tangents and often lavishly produced comedy storylines.
September 9th 2011
GAMESWEASEL
Matt Cuttle has been reviewing video games on his Gamesweasel
podcast for over four years now. Matt has also been making video game TV and online content for 13 years, producing popular shows for ITV1, Sky One, Rapture TV, Jetix, Disney XD, EA and Ginx
TV.The Gamesweasel
podcast and website concentrate on giving facts to gamers in a short, entertaining format that pulls no punches. It covers all popular formats.
ONE LIFE LEFT
One Life Leftis still Europe’s only full- length video game radio show, broadcast live across London on Resonance 104.4FM and podcast for posterity at
www.onelifeleft.com. The show is presented by industry veterans Ste Curran and Simon Byron alongside MCV pin-up girl Ann Scantlebury and hosts star guests from inside and outside the games industry. The last year saw OLLbranch out into stand-up comedy and create a game ‘book club’, No Continues.
SATURDAY EDITION 5LIVE
The Saturday Edition sees Chris Warburton present the day’s news including the latest technology and video games news with a member of the GameSpot UK editorial team.
SENTUAMESSAGE
SentUAMessageis a video mailbag show that aims to entertain and enlighten the Xbox Live community through a mixture of wilful Gamertag mispronunciation, life-threatening physical comedy and a selection of funny hats. Written and hosted by Andy Farrant and Dan Maher, and
grudgingly bashed into watchability by video producers Ash Denton and Gareth Wild, SentUAMessage has developed a loyal following around the world.
START/SELECT
Start/Select is GameSpot UK’s daily video show,
presented from the site’s London office. It covers off news and events relevant to the UK audience and leverages the site, Twitter and Facebook to gauge user sentiments and feedback. The show is made available on the site, on iTunes, on Facebook and on YouTube, allowing the growing audience to find and interact with the show however they choose.
www.mcvuk.com
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