Welcome to 12DOVE! We are the games, movies, TV, and comics website that upgrades your downtime; helping you spend your free time wisely.
On 12DOVE we always aim to inform, entertain, and inspire through our mix of news, reviews, features, tips, buying guides, and videos.
We are not condescending, elitist, assumptive, or deliberately argumentative. We are a celebratory site that reminds readers that games and entertainment are a force for good and for bringing people together. We're that voice of your pal bringing you cool tidbits of game trivia, awesome secrets to find, hidden gems, behind-the-scenes details, and more as we guide you to the best things to be watching, playing, and reading.
12DOVE is also home to some of the biggest brands in the industry: Edge, Retro Gamer, Newsarama, and SFX.
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For deliveries, here are our office addresses:
BATH (Games team)
Quay House
The Ambury
Bath
BA1 1UA
01225 442244
LONDON (Entertainment team)
121 - 141 Westbourne Terrace
Paddington
London
W2 6JR
NEW YORK (US Games team)
Entire 7th Floor
130 West 42nd Street
New York
NY 10036
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12DOVE takes pride that our reviews and best lists are independent and free from any commercial considerations. We never take money for reviews or for placements in our best lists and buying guides.
Our team will sometimes take trips and other hospitality to attend shows or see products. That doesn't affect how we think or write about those products or games, but it does affect whether we can cover certain products or events, particularly when otherwise we would not have had that coverage opportunity.
The majority of review products are sent to us by the companies involved, and the majority are a direct result of a review request. We only review products that we have selected ourselves and that are worth reviewing. We always return products on request or at the end of our agreed loan period.
You can read more about our approach to reviewing and scoring in our guide, which includes what our scores mean.
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12DOVE Team
After realizing fashion journalism definitely wasn't for me while working in Singapore, I wandered back into my safe zone of tech journalism before landing a gig writing about my one true love: video games. I've worked at TrustedReviews, Digital Spy, Fandom, and dabbled with bouts of freelance prior to GR+, but my 12DOVE family finally feels like home. Particularly because they realize that my Pokemon obsession is a pro, not a con. Or at least that's what they tell me anyway. So now I'm the lady in charge of GamesRadar, but also getting all the reviews up on the website, so you can thank me for all those shining stars – or blame me for a lack of them. I also spend my time working my SEO magic to try and coax the Google Juice to flow in our favor.
Location: Bath
Josh West joined 12DOVE in 2019 as Features Editor, and now serves as the website's Editor-in-Chief. He previously worked as Deputy Editor of games™ magazine. Josh's writing has appeared in 3D Artist, Edge, Gamesmaster, iCreate, Metal Hammer, Official Xbox Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, Play, Retro Gamer, SciFi Now, SFX, and more. In his youth, he performed background roles in movies like Harry Potter and TV shows like The League of Gentlemen. With over 15 years of industry experience, you are most likely to find Josh leveraging his expertise in action-adventure games, MMOs, RPGs, and shooters to bring the readers of GR+ closer to the video games that they truly care about.
Location: Bath
My first job in this industry was managing the official unofficial Kingdom of Loathing fansite in 2006, and it’s all been downhill since then. Jokes aside, that position segued into freelancing for the likes of IGN, GameSpy, Motherboard, and many like them. Over the years, my beats grew more eclectic into anime, internet culture, comics, and much more, culminating prior to my current role in a position at ComicBook.com as Gaming Editor while still contributing across the site’s many verticals. As the US Managing Editor at 12DOVE, I help keep the wheels turning during US hours.
Location: US Remote
News
After a few years writing for my university newspaper and with a shiny new gaming PC on my desk, my games writing career kicked off when I joined PCGamesN in the summer of 2017. Over the following two years, I wrote more about League of Legends than anyone outside Riot (or at least that's how it felt), and spent an extremely jet-lagged weekend in Seattle for Valve's reveal of Artifact. That was a more impressive anecdote in 2018 than it is now, but I did get to meet Gabe Newell. In 2019, I left PCGN to become Kotaku UK's news editor, from where I eventually joined Gamesradar in 2020. As News Editor, I'm running our gaming news output, working with my team to find the most interesting stories out there, all while working on my master plan - turning GR+ into a site where I can write all the League of Legends articles I want.
Location: Bath
After fetching masters degrees in journalism and history, I spent a few years freelancing for local newspapers and gaming outlets like Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 before popping up at PCGamesN. I worked my way up to the role of Acting News Editor while shaping the website’s news output and reporting on all the weird and wonderful shenanigans that communities get up to. That’s not too different to what I do here at 12DOVE, except I have the remit to tell you that Growlithe is absolutely the best Pokemon. When not bottom fragging in Valorant, you’ll find me tootling through Final Fantasy 14 looking for Eorzea’s hottest new fashion trend.
Location: UK Remote
I worked as a freelance games journalist for six years before wearily staggering into the house of 12DOVE, where I was welcomed with open arms and a frankly alarming amount of dog GIFs. This means my soul is measured in content, and also that you may have seen me around. I've written for PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, RockPaperShotgun, Sports Illustrated, and plenty of others over the years. I also received a journalism degree at some point and they haven't asked for it back, so here I am, writing the best bad similes of my career. On GamesRadar, I write about the day-to-day goings-on of the games industry. I spend most of my time picking out the important bits from the never-ending flood of trailers and announcements, but I also find some of my favorite stories in creative communities and weird rabbit holes.
Location: US Remote
Ashley Bardhan is a Senior Writer at 12DOVE. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women in games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When she's not covering gaming news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection while watching Saw movies one through 11.
Ever since I laid my hands on Pokemon Pearl and discovered the joy of collecting cute and quirky virtual creatures, I've been unable to stop talking about video games. Many years later, whilst earning my journalism degree and filling The University of Sheffield's student newspaper with all of the indie game content I could, I realised that writing about games wasn't just fantastic fun, but also something that I could do for a real job. What a revelation! Flash forward a few years, and I've been a GAMINGbible journalist, TechRadar Gaming's news writer, and now I reside at 12DOVE where I work with the rest of the news team to produce cool gaming stories. I adore a good story-driven RPG (Xenoblade Chronicles is my all-time favorite), and I've never grown out of my all-consuming love of Pokemon, nor will I ever.
Location: UK Remote
From the moment I took my first steps within Kokiri Forest to the fateful day I loaded into Skyrim as an angsty tween, so many of my most memorable moments relate to gaming somehow. When I wasn't traversing fantastical realms in video games, I was reading about them instead or world-building myself. I eventually went off to study literature at The University of Edinburgh, completing my postgraduate studies in medieval history afterwards. With two nerdy degrees under my belt, a penchant for writing, and way too many hours in games, I chose to work as a journalist while doing my own narrative design on the side. I wrote for Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and many other sites before settling here at 12DOVE where I now get to profess my undying love for Baldur's Gate 3 (professionally, of course). If I'm not romancing Astarion for the hundredth time, I'm probably feeding my Tamagotchis or am deeply invested in a cozy game.
Location: UK Remote
After discovering that rural Missouri didn't offer the most lucrative job market for a recently-graduated English major, I did the only reasonable thing I could think of: I started writing about video games on the internet. After years of freelancing, including a stint running Anime News Network's weekly gaming column, I became a News Writer at PCGamesN, and spent nearly a half-decade covering major industry stories, community goofs, and updates on major games. Now I'm doing the same at 12DOVE, at least partly because I got tired of pretending not to care about the latest Nintendo Direct.
Location: US Remote
After defiantly earning an English degree against my parents' protests, I climbed the corporate ladder for a while in dreadful copywriting roles while silently deliberating how to admit I'd messed up. But eventually, exhausted from 60-hour workweeks writing financial documentation and freelancing over the weekends, GamesRadar rescued me from my cameo role in the real-life Office by giving me the dream job I have now. I used to run a pizza blog, I co-designed a once-active Ultima Online shard when I was 12, and I spend every work night in the company of a turtle named Myrtle (he's actually a Russian tortoise but the rhyme doesn't really work with that) and a mini jaguar named Milo. At GamesRadar, I tell you what's happening in video games, and occasionally, what I think about video games. My favorite part of the job is uncovering and shining a light on underappreciated indie projects.
Location: US Remote
Features
Andy Brown is the Features Editor of Gamesradar+, and joined the site in June 2024. Before arriving here, Andy earned a degree in Journalism and wrote about games and music at NME, all while trying (and failing) to hide a crippling obsession with strategy games. When he's not bossing soldiers around in Total War, Andy can usually be found cleaning up after his chaotic husky Teemo, lost in a massive RPG, or diving into the latest soulslike – and writing about it for your amusement.
After reviewing films throughout University and being a cosy game expert for years, I realised that entertainment journalism was my true calling in 2019. Since then, I've started multiple new farms on Stardew Valley and have written for several publications such as The Upcoming, PCGamesN, and Wargamer. I was the resident Guides Editor and horror lover for The Digital Fix before joining the 12DOVE team in 2024. As the Managing Editor for Evergreens, I'll be making sure that all the best lists you read on 12DOVE are the most helpful and fun pages on the internet!
Oscar Taylor-Kent joined 12DOVE in 2024 as its Games Editor, bringing his Official PlayStation Magazine and PLAY knowledge to continue to revel in all things capital 'G' games. A noted PS Vita apologist, he's always got his fingers on many buttons, having also written for Edge, PC Gamer, SFX, Official Xbox Magazine, Kotaku, Waypoint, GamesMaster, and PCGamesN to name a few. When not knee deep in character action games, he loves to get lost in an epic story across RPGs and visual novels. Recent favourites? Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree, 1000xResist, and Metaphor: ReFantazio! Rarely focused entirely on the new, the call to return to retro is constant, whether that's a quick evening speed through Sonic 3 & Knuckles or yet another Jakathon through Naughty Dog's PS2 masterpieces.
I've been writing about sports and games – and therefore sports games – for 20 years since a post-Uni stint at Nickelodeon, and can lay claim to being the longest serving editor in Official PlayStation Magazine history. I departed OPM Towers in 2014 to become a full-time dad, but am proud to be able to juggle nappy changes and Disney Plus binges with my role as GR+’s roving, raving man-o’ -sports. I also write football and wrestling words for FourFourTwo, The Guardian, and Talksport. Anything and everything related to football (UK and US), hockey, baseball and wrestling. I've also been known to dabble in writing about movies, and am always free to ramble on about the brilliance of Black Panther.
Location: UK Remote
While I was still trying to cut my teeth in the journalism world, I worked at Game before ditching retail to do an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University. I then landed a job as the content editor for Stuff Magazine writing about all things game and tech related. Eventually I fell into the world of freelancing, and after contributing to Gamesradar+ for a few months, I somehow bagged myself my dream job. Now I get to do what I truly love alongside a talented team of writers full time. Yeah, I can’t believe it either! On GamesRadar, I'm part of the Features team, looking for interesting goings on in the gaming community, and help out with all sorts of bits and bobs for the site.
Location: Bath
Raised in Hong Kong and having graduated with an English Literature degree from Queen Mary, University of London, Jasmine's passion for entertainment writing has taken her from blogging about horror movies and browser games to joining 12DOVE as a Staff Writer. She made the career jump from TV broadcast operations to video games journalism during the pandemic, cutting her teeth as a freelance writer for global publications such as TheGamer, Gamezo, and TechRadar Gaming before joining Future's in-house team. Whether she's researching the latest buzzworthy legal battles for a news piece or writing comprehensive Sims 4 guides, you will probably find her listening to metalcore at the same time.
Location: Bath, UK
Guides
After mixed career path of scientist, teacher and musician I ended up landing a job on Official PlayStation 2 Magazine. After working my way up the ranks there and eventually running the website, I helped launch and run Kotaku UK before joining 12DOVE to do news and tea. Now, I coordinate all the guides content on GR (there's a clue in the name). I work with writers to decide what to tip and what not to tip based on what I think people are going to want to know, and some numbers stuff. I then organize all the guides, video capture, scripts and so on for a game and, God willing, get it up for release.
Location: Bath
I joined Future in 2012 to write tips and guides for CVG, before moving on to join the GR+ team. I’m known to many as ‘Mr Trophy’ due to my slightly unhealthy obsession with collecting intangible PlayStation silverware, and I now have around 200 Platinum pots weighing down the shelves in my virtual award cabinet. I do not care for Xbox Achievements. I help look after the guides on 12DOVE, so spend most of my time either searching gaming’s darkened corners for those final elusive collectibles, or coming up with tips and advice to help you git gud.
Location: Bath
I've been in this industry for several years, but writing and games have been a passion of mine since I had the manual dexterity for either. After I finished my Masters degree at Sussex University I worked my way through various sites and publications, including USgamer, Gfinity, Eurogamer, VG247 and Dicebreaker before eventually showing up at GamesRadar's doorstep like a mangy (if hopeful) street cat. If you want to splatter a big monster or get the best hat, I'm the one who's been balancing berets and testing the Legendary Hammer of GoonSquash for you. I tend to cover more story games and single-player stuff, being an antisocial writer-type, but you'll also occasionally see me panicking in online battlefields for the good of GamesRadar.
Location: Bath
After realizing I hated writing local news when I started my journalism degree back in 2017, I decided to make it my mission to combine my gaming interests with work and become a games journalist. After years of sometimes tenuously relating my uni projects to video games, and with my final year cut a little short by a small virus you may have heard of, I managed to graduate from Kingston University London. I’ve been doing freelance guides writing since the start of 2021, starting at Game Rant, but now I'm over here at 12DOVE, spouting incomprehensible Destiny 2 jargon to my colleagues and to you if you read some of my guides. I’m a Freelance Guides Writer on 12DOVE which means I try and break things down in video games with words and nice images with big, orange rings in them so that you can hopefully learn a thing or two about whatever’s got you stuck. I’m most often covering big service games, including Destiny 2 (duh), Fortnite, Warzone, Sea of Thieves, and more, but I’ve been lucky enough to cover some sweet solo games like Psychonauts 2 and Sable.
Location: UK Remote
Entertainment
Considering I was scared of the cinema as a kid you may be wondering, why are you Entertainment Editor at GamesRadar?! Well, The Dark Knight changed everything for me and since watching that movie you simply can't get me away from a screen. Like all good journalists should, I started writing about film and TV on my own blog as a teenager - one day my dad told me that I should pursue that as a job and I did! Since then I've worked for the BBC, Zavvi, UNILAD, Yahoo, Digital Spy and more, now finding my home here. When I'm not writing about film and TV I'll be found cuddling my cat on the sofa, likely bingeing New Girl for the millionth time (Nick Miller is the love of my life). And of course, I haven't forgotten about where my journey started so you can also find me waxing lyrical about Christopher Nolan on my podcast dedicated to him.
Location: London
Hi! I’m an Entertainment Writer at GamesRadar, covering the latest TV and film releases for Total Film and SFX online. I landed my dream job here with this amazing team after working my way up in journalism following a degree in English Language and Literature. After completing my NCTJ, I started out freelancing with specialist brands like Amateur Photographer and Country Life before writing full-time for the London Resident magazine portfolio. I began specializing in entertainment journalism when I landed a role as an SEO TV writer at Express Online before going on to work as a Senior Showbiz Reporter at the same publication. Now I get to wax lyrical about my eclectic entertainment tastes at work every day. So whether you want the latest updates on Bridgerton or what’s next for Geralt in The Witcher, I’m all over it.
Location: UK remote
Hello! I’m the Senior Entertainment Writer at GamesRadar. Pretty sure that’s code for ‘I’m getting old.’ Away from the existentialist dread beat, you can find me covering the good and the great from the worlds of film & TV. Whether it’s the latest Marvel theories, Oscar predictions, or what you should be watching next on Netflix, I’m here to keep on the pulse of all things pop culture.
I have previously written for OPM (now PLAY magazine), FourFourTwo, and Game Revolution, and even managed to find space to squeeze a year into studying literature over in the US. I’m still an honorary Hoosier to this day. Outside of GR, you’ll find me talking people’s ears off about anime, football, and preaching the gospel of Cobra Kai’s Terry Silver to the masses. If you’re feeling brave, you can even follow me on Twitter for a rotating selection of decades-old Simpsons quotes and room-temperature takes.
Location: London
After graduating with a BA in English and working on HMS Belfast for a while, I then had a magical time writing Disney magazines at Immediate Media. TV and film have always been two of my favourite things, though, and I went from blogging and tweeting about them in my free time to an absolute dream job with the best people as an Entertainment Writer at GamesRadar. I write up the biggest news in film and TV, and write features too. Disney, Star Wars, and superheroes are my jam, so you'll probably find me writing about them pretty much 24/7.
Location: London
After graduating with an MFA in Poetry, I published my first collection and started freelancing for as many pop culture websites as humanly possible. After years thinking I was doomed to work in a poorly lit office doing anything but writing for the rest of my life, I finally found a home at 12DOVE where I get spend my days covering the biggest news in entertainment and writing up cool features. I also have two cats that are named after the canine main characters in All Dogs Go to Heaven, and insist on making both of them wear bowties.
Location: US Remote
After graduating from university, working a few temp jobs in admin and copywriting, getting my NCTJ qualification, and several months of trying to find my feet as a freelancer during a pandemic, I joined the 12DOVE entertainment team in 2020. When I’m not writing about film and TV, I’m probably tweeting about it instead. I enjoy 90-minute runtimes, re-watching When Harry Met Sally, and long walks on the beach. I cover everything film and TV-related here at 12DOVE, bringing you the latest news and the occasional feature, too. From the latest streaming releases to awards show chatter, you’ll find my byline on it.
Location: London
Having graduated from university with a degree in Graphic Design, and a suitcase full of monthlies from my time as Movies Editor on the student paper, I landed an Entertainment Writer role at IBTimes UK. A few years later, I went freelance, and wound up doing things for the likes of Empire, SciFiNow, RadioTimes, Digital Spy and Total Film magazine. Now I do similar fun stuff for 12DOVE – only this time, it’s alongside a fab team and I don't have to bounce my ideas off of my cat. (Thank goodness, his feedback leaves a lot to be desired). My film and TV interests really run the gamut, and I'm just as likely to chew your ear off about Downton Abbey as I am the latest horror movie. Don’t worry, though, I’ll try not to.
Location: London
Heyy! I am an Entertainment Writer here at 12DOVE, covering TV and film. I have always dreamed of becoming a writer of sorts, and after graduating from university with a Bachelor's Degree in Media Production and Journalism I decided to explore a career as a freelance journalist and social media content creator until I was accepted into a Master's program to study Fashion Journalism at The London College of Fashion at The Univerity of The Arts. As much as I love fashion, I soon realized that the world just isn't for me so I teetered over to the other love of my life, film. My obsession with film started at a very young age when my mother introduced me to her favorite movie Kill Bill then later let me watch The Blair Witch Project, little did she know that I would soon make horror my whole personality. In the past I have written for local UK and US newspaper outlets such as the Portland Tribune and York Mix and in 2022 I created my very own single-issue feminist horror magazine, before landing my dream job here at 12DOVE.
Hardware
After juggling my time between a gaming startup and freelance journalism, I landed in eCommerce at TechRadar to fill Brendan’s shoes as Deals Editor. When the gaming hardware bug bit a couple of years later, though, I followed him over to the 12DOVE team to find more gear to spend my paycheck on. I’ve written for Tom’s Guide, Wireframe, The Indie Game Website and That Video Game Blog and also had a bizarre appearance on a TRT World news panel discussing the video game hall of fame. You’ll find me covering a range of consoles and accessories at 12DOVE, though I have a particular interest in Nintendo Switch, PS5, and PC gaming. You might see me talking about NFL from time to time as well.
Location: Bath
Thanks to a chance encounter with ex-GamesRadar staffer Justin Towell, I got the advice I needed to sharpen my skills and go from aspiring game critic to a fully-fledged freelancer. Although there were plenty of detours along the way (and many, many late nights down the word-mines), I finally wound up where I’ve always dreamed of being - right here. I look after our board game, TRPG, toy, and Lego coverage as part of the Hardware team. That means I'm here to help you find a new favorite for games night or something that'll look really cool on your shelf.
Location: Bath
When I was 15, I played a game called Journey. Ever since, I’ve been desperate to cover video games for a living. After graduating from Edinburgh Napier University with a Journalism degree, I was a contributor to the Scottish Games Network and I completed an Editorial Internship over at Expert Reviews. Alongside that, I’ve been managing my own YouTube channel and Podcast for the last 7 years with my best friend. After all that, I finally landed a dream job at GamesRadar. When I’m not testing out hardware and peripherals and calling it work, I’m probably playing tennis, or dissecting game design for an upcoming video essay. Now, I better call it there, before I get talking about my favourite games like HUNT: Showdown, Dishonored, and Towerfall Ascension.
Location: UK Remote
I’ve been messing around with PCs, video game consoles, and tech since before I could speak. Don’t get me wrong, I kickstarted my relationship with technology by jamming a Hot Wheels double-decker bus into my parent’s VCR, but we all have to start somewhere. I even somehow managed to become a walking, talking buyer’s guide at my teenage supermarket job, which helped me accept my career fate. So, rather than try to realize my musician dreams, or see out my University degree, I started running my own retro pop culture site and writing about video games and tech for the likes of TechRadar, The Daily Star, and the BBC before eventually ending up with a job covering graphics card shenanigans at PCGamesN. Now, I’m your friendly neighbourhood Hardware Editor at GamesRadar, and it’s my job to make sure you can kick butt in all your favourite games using the best gaming hardware, whether you’re a sucker for handhelds like the Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch or a hardcore gaming PC enthusiast.
Location: UK remote
After graduating with a BA in English and Sociology, I followed the great Irish tradition of emigrating immediately. Nine months into a retail position at CeX, while lost in the deeply meditative process of cleaning gamer gunk™ off an Xbox 360 controller, it occurred to me that there had to be a better way to make a living from my love of nerdy guff. And so began my freelance writing journey. And so it continued until I finally landed the fabulous role of Tabletop & Merch Writer here at 12DOVE. As someone who is as artsy-craftsy as they are tabletop-gamey, I love tending to the fine details of miniature painting just as much as I love roleplaying crushing my foes in combat. So, expect coverage of Dungeons & Dungeons, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer, and heaps more as I find new hobby rabbit holes to fall down.
Location: Bath, UK
Comics
I’ve written about comics, film, TV and music for more than 15 years now. Consequently, I sometimes feel old and withered like Guy Pearce in Prometheus. I launched the late, lamented scary movie magazine Horrorville and the second run of Comic Heroes for Future. I’ve written about film and TV for every issue of SFX for over a decade, where I can usually be found covering stuff that’s either arty and weird or made on a budget of about £10. As Comics Editor of GamesRadar/Newsarama I’m covering comics of every genre, from superheroes to the aforementioned arty/weird stuff. My favourite writer is Grant Morrison and my favourite artist is Frank Quitely, so I’m sure you can all guess what my best ever superhero book is.
Location: Bath
My entry into comic books came as early as I can remember, with my parents giving me comics and action figures as soon as I could hold them. I learned to read from the mini-comics that came with Masters of the Universe and DC Super Powers action figures, and haven't stopped reading them in over 30 years. I've been a part of Newsarama since 2009, when I began writing reviews, and joined the team full time in 2015 as Newsarama's resident comic book historian and Marvel Comics expert, a role I've carried over since becoming part of GamesRadar. When I'm not writing about comics, I'm drawing and writing them for myself, simply out of love for the medium. Outside of comics, I play guitar in a sci-fi themed metal band, and I love tabletop RPGs and really weird cult classic horror movies. I am also an advocate for queer and trans people in the comics and metal communities. (They/Them)
Location: US Remote
Video
Ever since playing Bomberman ‘94 back when I was a kid, I’ve been obsessed with video games and the way they transport players to pixelated paradises.
Starting out in the meme mines of UNILAD Gaming back in 2018, I’ve made videos from reviews to interviews, and everything in between, for GAMINGbible, FGS and now 12DOVE. I’m also an experienced news and features writer, always willing to get my hot takes on the page.
A fan of RPGs my whole life, I believe Chrono Trigger is a masterpiece, the Like a Dragon series is incredible, and that Persona 5 Royal is the best game ever made.
At age 6 I was gifted an Atari 10-in-1 TV Games Plug & Play Joystick from my Dad, and needless to say the 1980 game Adventure changed my life. Every piece of pocket money went towards consoles, games and an incredibly stylish pink PS2 Lisa Simpson controller that I still think about to this day. As a young teen I also found a love of acting that spiralled into me being an extra on films like St Trinians 1 & 2 and The Dark Knight (thanks Christopher Nolan, I purchased a Gears Of War Xbox 360 with that paycheck!). I also found a love of crafting Cosplays at this time, which has stuck with me ever since. I originally joined the team as a Social Video Editor across 12DOVE and PC Gamer, creating short form content and lending my voice to daily videos. GR+ gave me the opportunity to interview at the Golden Joystick Awards, BAFTA Game Awards and talk to some of my biggest inspirations, and now you can find me full time on all 12DOVE video platforms as a Presenter and Producer. I am everything 14 year old me dreamed of being …except I’m not married to Farkas from Skyrim. Maybe one day…
Location: Remote
It's safe to say I’ve been around the block a few times, I've been an actor, a freelance videographer and editor, worked on a ship and at a zoo, and did my time in TV Postproduction, yet I've always found myself coming back to making content about video games. From Halo to Pokémon, Call of Duty to Spyro the Dragon, The Legend of Zelda to Mass Effect, I grew up with video games, and have always had something to say about them.I've been creating content for 15 years now; I was making good ol' fashioned Let's Plays way back in 2009! And after dabbling in the odd listicle, video essays, a podcast and even Live Streaming, to get the opportunity to amalgamate all of my skills and interests into one tailor made job, well it's been a bit of a dream.
Social
Aged 7, I aced the hang-glider level on Sonic 2 (Sega MasterSystem) on just my second try. That’s when my father turned to me in awe and encouraged me to pursue a career in video games. Just kidding. He said ‘turn that stupid thing off so I can watch Top Gear.’ Nevertheless, I was galvanised. Gaming became my world. Being an aimless teenager making decisions on a whim, I completed an irrelevant degree in Sociology. I learned many theories that I don’t use in day-to-day life, but more importantly - I learned how to write. And I liked it. I also liked heavy metal, so I wrote about that for Metal Hammer and Kerrang. I also liked alternative comedy, so I wrote about that for Bristol 24/7. I also liked rollercoasters, so I wrote about them for CoasterForce and started managing their social media channels.But the thing I loved most was gaming. When I was offered to write a games column for Kerrang Magazine I leaped at the chance like Dante in Devil May Cry. Then in 2022, the big moment came and I joined Gamesradar+. As their Social Media Editor, I have a fantastic time interacting with the Gamesradar audience and resisting the urge to turn their socials into FromSoft stan accounts.
Location: UK remote
