Tim Rogers (journalist)
| Tim Rogers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William Timothy Rogers Jr. June 7, 1979 |
| Other names | 108 |
| Alma mater | Indiana University Bloomington |
| Occupation | Video games journalist, developer |
| Known for | New Games Journalism, Action Button Entertainment |
Tim Rogers (born June 7, 1979) is an American video game journalist and developer. In games journalism, he is known for his association with mid-2000s New Games Journalism, his verbose writing style, and his video game reviews website ActionButton.net. The Guardian cited his 2005 "Dreaming in an empty room: a defense of Metal Gear Solid 2" as a core example of New Games Journalism, a style of video game journalism that emphasizes the author's subjective and personal experiences in relation to the game world. Rogers has also written for Next Generation, GamesTM, Play, Game Developer, and Kotaku.
In game development, he is a co-founder of Action Button Entertainment, where he designed games including Ziggurat and Videoball. The four-person studio specializes in simple aesthetics and controls, following from Rogers's own video game aesthetic and minimalist eSports interests. He compared the studio's design philosophy to the spartan menu selections of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
Tim Rogers graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2001 with a degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures. He is a "self-avowed messy guitar player" in his rock band, Large Prime Numbers. He has written that Mother 2 made him a vegetarian.
Rogers is a video games journalist known for his verbosity. Danny Cowan of IndieGames.com described him as "infamous" in New Games Journalism, a style of subjective video game journalism in which authors emphasize their personal experiences in relation to the game world.The Guardian cited Rogers as one of the "unmissable examples of New Games Journalism" in 2005 for his Insert Credit piece on Metal Gear Solid 2, "Dreaming in an empty room: a defense of Metal Gear Solid 2". Gaming journalist Kieron Gillen called the article "highly discussed and fairly brilliant". In 2006, Simon Carless of GameSetWatch remarked that online communities were fascinated with Rogers as an originator of New Games Journalism, which Carless found at odds with their mistreatment of him, citing a Something Awful mock review of Sonic Riders. The next year, the same author cited Rogers' 80,000-word article, "the insertcredit.com fukubukuro 2006: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION", in calling Rogers "the Lester Bangs of video games" for being the only person "disruptive and iconoclastic enough" for the title. In 2011, Jim Rossignol of Rock, Paper, Shotgun recommended "Who Killed Videogames?", a new Rogers essay, as a standout work.
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