Dave Cook
- Not to be confused with Dave Cooke.
Dave Cook | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 2, 1983 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Dave Cook is a video game journalist, author and former PR consultant living in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] He has written game reviews and features for online and print publications. His previous work includes writing for GamesTM, The Escapist,[2] as well as SquareGo, Ready Up, The List and The Skinny.
From January 2009 to April 2010, Cook was managing director of video game public relations firm Ink Media.[3] He writes a weekly gaming column in The Scotsman which has earned him a Games Media Awards in 2008,[4] 2010[5] and one in 2011 for best regional newspaper writer.[6]
Between April 2010 and July 2012, Cook served as games editor at UK-based multiformat gaming site NowGamer.[7] He writes for video game website VG247 as Deputy Editor.[1]
In October 2012, Dave Cook received criticism by video games writer Rab Florence and video game journalist John Walker for participating in a competition to win a PS3 by tweeting about a specific company's game.[8]
On Boxing Day 2013, Cook and author Matthew Drury released collaboratively-written sci-fi novel Drifting.[9]
Cook is also writing his first solo novel Seventh Circle.[10]
References
- ^ a b VG247 Staff Page. "VG247 :". vg247.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Send In the Lawyers. "The Escapist :". Escapistmagazine.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Wainwright, Lauren (19 June 2009). "Ink Media officially open for business, seeks new talent | games industry | MCV". Mcvuk.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Ingham, Tim. "Trade hails its media darlings | Games industry news | MCV". Mcvuk.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Parfitt, Ben. "PC Zone heads roll call of winners at Games Media Awards | Games industry news | MCV". Mcvuk.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ French, Michael. "GMA 2011: Donlan, MacDonald, Gaston and Cook take talent prizes | Games industry news | MCV". Mcvuk.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Eurogamer
- ^ Drifting. "Drifting :". driftingnovel.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Seventh Circle. "Seventh Circle :". theseventhcircle.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
External links
- Dave Cook's author page at NowGamer
- Collection of Dave Cook's articles for SquareGo
- Collection of Dave Cook's articles for The Scotsman
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