About Me

About Me:

 

Hi! My name is Will and I’m a games journalist and journalism graduate from Kingston University London

Having finished my degree in 2020, I’m now based in Southampton playing and writing about video games. I’m currently a Guides Writer for GamesRadar+, writing about some of the latest releases and ongoing, live-service games.

I’m a diligent and committed writer with solid researching and reporting skills, and experience writing news and features, conducting interviews and writing scripts for audio and video content.

I’m always keen to learn more and improve my skills across a range of journalistic disciplines with games journalism as my preferred area of interest and expertise.

I try to play as many different games as possible but generally gravitate to shooters, with Destiny 2, Apex Legends, and the Halo franchise being some of my favourites. However, I’m always up for trying out new titles in other genres and checking out classics that I may have missed too.

I also play a variety of tabletop games with friends and family, including simple card games like Skull, Selfish, and Anomia, party games such as Codenames, Wavelength, and Scrawl, and running a Dungeons & Dragons homebrew campaign. Other hobbies include cooking and going to the cinema.

My contact details can be found within my CV at the bottom of this page, and you can get to my Twitter here.

Experience:

Guides Writer at GamesRadar+:

  • (Current job): Written and updated over 100 guides, including some of my own pitches, ranging from trends in AAA service titles, such Warzone, Fortnite, and Destiny 2, to preview and post-launch guides coverage on several large releases. So far I’ve covered titles such as Psychonauts 2, Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, Dying Light 2, and Elden Ring. Worked closely with the guides team and greater GamesRadar+ team to ensure all guides are tightly written, up-to-date, and of a high standard.

Freelance work:

  • Guides Writer at Game Rant - Pitched and wrote many well-written, detailed, and useful guides and news stories covering topics in AAA titles, bringing in thousands of page views each month. Communicated effectively with the editors to ensure deadlines were met and house style was maintained throughout my writing. You can see my author page here.

  • Writer at startmenu.co.uk – Written news and features, helped with E3 2019 for three of the press briefings, wrote a hands-on preview for Doom Eternal, and wrote a retrospective feature for Halo: Reach’s 10th anniversary that was featured in Good Games Writing Weekly. You can see my author page here.

News Editor and Writer at The River/RiverOnline:

  • News Editor – Responsible for sourcing news stories, organising a weekly news list to bring to conferences, and communicating with reporters to stay updated on progress. This culminated in three issues of The River that were full of high-quality, timely, and engaging stories read by thousands of university students and staff.

  • Writer – Created gaming content for print and online, including a video feature for the release of Doom Eternal, a review for Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, and a preview piece for Marvel’s Avengers. You can see my author page here.

  • Layout and design – Used InDesign to design several pages and sub-edited articles for each issue of the paper.

News Reader at Radio Jackie:

  • Creating bulletins – Organised several news stories into 3-minute news bulletins and 1-minute headline bulletins, ready to be recorded and broadcast live across South West London.

  • Writing stories – Improved newswriting and research skills by using a range of sources for stories and adapted my writing to suit radio scripts and Radio Jackie’s style.

  • Presenting – More comfortable presenting and improved my voice and delivery of bulletins.

Skills:

  • Newswriting skills for print and online

  • Feature research and writing skills

  • Strategy and tutorial guides writing skills

  • Writing scripts for audio and video content

  • Comfortable on-camera and voice-over presenter

  • Experience conducting interviews

  • Confident using Adobe CC InDesign for print page layout, Photoshop for simple photo editing and illustration, and Audition and Premiere Pro for audio and video editing

  • SEO and SMO

  • Using Content Management Systems and organisational tools especially (Wordpress CMS, Vanilla CMS, Asana, Airtable)

  • Knowledge of media law

Hi! My name is Will, and I’m a games journalist and Kingston University London journalism graduate