Dave Cook

Dave Cook is a comic writer, video game journalist, author and former PR consultant living in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] In 2014, he founded independent comic production house Card Shark Comics[2]

Under Card Shark Comics, Cook wrote and published post-apocalyptic comic series Bust, dark fantasy series Vessels, six-part serial Feather for UK anthology Comichaus and cyberpunk series Killtopia, which in 2018 won a Creative Edinburgh Award for Creativity.[3]

He has written game reviews and features for online and print publications, including Vice and BuzzFeed. His previous work includes writing for GamesTM, The Escapist,[4] as well as SquareGo, Ready Up, The List and The Skinny.

From January 2009 to April 2010, Cook was managing director of video game public relations firm Ink Media.[5] He wrote a weekly gaming column in The Scotsman which has earned him a Games Media Award in 2008,[6] 2010[7] and one in 2011 for best regional newspaper writer.[8]

Between April 2010 and July 2012, Cook served as games editor at UK-based multiformat gaming site NowGamer.[9] He wrote for video game website VG247 as Deputy Editor.[1]

In October 2012, Dave Cook received criticism by video games writer Rab Florence and video game journalist John Walker for participating in a competition to win a PS3 by tweeting about a specific company's game.[10]

On Boxing Day 2013, Cook and author Matthew Drury released collaboratively-written sci-fi novel Drifting.[11]