Stephen Curran is a British
video game journalist
Video game journalism is a branch of journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of video games, typically based on a core "reveal–preview–review" cycle. With the prevalence and rise of independent media online, online publicati ...
, presenter, author, tutor and game designer.
He was an editor at
''Edge'' magazine, also as one of the contributors writing under the name RedEye. The RedEye articles have been cited as one of "Ten unmissable examples of
New Games Journalism
Video game journalism is a branch of journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of video games, typically based on a core "reveal–preview–review" cycle. With the prevalence and rise of independent media online, online publicat ...
" by ''
Guardian Unlimited''.
Curran's published books include ''Game Plan: Great Designs That Changed the Face of Computer Gaming'' (2004), ''The Art of Producing Games'' (2005), ''The Complete Guide to Game Development, Art & Design'' (2005) and ''Game On: The 50 Greatest Video Games of All Time'' (2006); the latter three were written with
David McCarthy and
Simon Byron.
He currently presents the
Resonance FM gaming radio show,
One Life Left
One Life Left is Europe's first and only dedicated videogames FM radio show. It is presented by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and Ann Scantlebury. Earlier host Robert Howells stopped appearing on the show, to be later replaced by Simon. It includes ne ...
.
Curran is credited with writing the script to
Sega
is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
's
PSP title, ''
Crush'', with British video game journalist Simon Parkin.
In 2004, Curran fabricated a fad called "Toothing", in which users of
bluetooth
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cellphones were supposed to send suggestive anonymous solicitations to others within range. He registered a forum, filling it with posts from fictional users, and linked it to
Gizmodo
''Gizmodo'' ( ) is a design, technology, science and science fiction website. It was originally launched as part of the Gawker Media network run by Nick Denton, and runs on the Kinja platform. ''Gizmodo'' also includes the subsite ''io9'', whic ...
, a gadget blog. BBC, Reuters and Wired news desks all fell for the hoax.
Curran was a speaker at the Nordic Game Conference and Career Expo in 2008.
Curran recently started a blog called 'Consumer Writes' (a play on 'consumer rights'), in which he writes 'overwritten objections' - bizarre and unusual complaint letters to various companies in the hope of getting free stuff.
References
British male journalists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Video game critics
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