Jim Rossignol Explained

Jim Rossignol
Birth Name:James Michael Rossignol[1]
Birth Place:England
Occupation:Video game journalist, critic, author
Partner:Amanda Ricaud
Children:2

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 an 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: James Michael ROSSIGNOL – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House). beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
  2. Web site: Big Robot Lives Again. Big Robot. 21 April 2012. Jim Rossignol. Jim Rossignol. 27 September 2010. my new company, Big Robot. 30 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330221248/http://www.big-robot.com/2010/09/27/hello-world/. dead.
  3. Book: Rossignol, Jim . This Gaming Life . registration . 2008 . The University of Michigan Press . Britain . 978-0-472-11635-5 . 3 .
  4. Web site: I'd like to know more . 2 September 2009 . Rock, Paper, Shotgun . https://web.archive.org/web/20120805062331/http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/about/ . 5 August 2012 . dead .