Jim Rossignol
Born
James Michael Rossignol[1]

July 1978 (age 45)
England
Occupation(s)Video game journalist, critic, author
PartnerAmanda Ricaud
Children2
Websiterossignol.cream.org

James Michael Rossignol (born July 1978) is a British video game journalist and critic, as well as an author. He has also branched out into games, founding the company Big Robot in 2010.[2]

Biography

Rossignol started his career as a reporter on a finance newsletter. He says he was fired from the job due to obsession with a video game.[3] He formerly wrote for the PC gaming blog Rock Paper Shotgun.[4]

Rossignol has written a book entitled This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities, published by the University of Michigan imprint DigitalCultureBooks. The book examines the relationship between gamers and the videogames they play, via a tour through differing aspects of gaming culture in several parts of the world.

Rossignol lives with his fiancée Amanda Ricaud and their two children in Bath, Somerset.

References

  1. ↑ "James Michael ROSSIGNOL – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
  2. ↑ Jim Rossignol (27 September 2010). "Big Robot Lives Again". Big Robot. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2012. my new company, Big Robot
  3. ↑ Rossignol, Jim (2008). This Gaming Life. Britain: The University of Michigan Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-472-11635-5.
  4. ↑ "I'd like to know more". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2009.


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