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Jim Rossignol
Born	James Michael Rossignol[1] July 1978 (age 45) England
Occupation(s)	Video game journalist, critic, author
Partner	Amanda Ricaud
Children	2
Website	rossignol.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 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.

References

External links

• Official website^{[dead link]}
• Interview with Jim Rossignol on BLDGBLOG

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