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Steven Poole (born 1972) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 author
Author

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 and journalist
Journalist

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Educated at Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
, Poole is the author of the book Trigger Happy
Trigger Happy (book)

Trigger Happy is a book by Steven Poole, examining videogames in terms of their aesthetic appeal - what makes certain games more fun to play than others....
 (2000), an attempt to examine videogames in detail in terms of their aesthetics. He has since discussed the subject in a monthly column
Columnist

A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating copy that can sometimes be strongly opinionated. Column appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs on the Internet....
 in Edge (which ran until March 2005) and in a BBC documentary. He has also written for The Guardian
The Guardian

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, The Times
The Times

The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International....
 and other newspaper
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He has also written Unspeak, a book about the use of language
Language

A language is a form of symbol communication in which elements are combined to represents something other than themselves. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon....
 as a weapon
Weapon

A weapon is a tool used to apply or threaten to apply force for the purpose of hunting, attack or defense in combat, subduing enemy personnel, or to destroy enemy weapons, equipment and defensive structures....
 in politics
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
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Steven Poole (born 1972) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
 and journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
.

Educated at Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
, Poole is the author of the book Trigger Happy
Trigger Happy (book)

Trigger Happy is a book by Steven Poole, examining videogames in terms of their aesthetic appeal - what makes certain games more fun to play than others....
 (2000), an attempt to examine videogames in detail in terms of their aesthetics. He has since discussed the subject in a monthly column
Columnist

A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating copy that can sometimes be strongly opinionated. Column appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs on the Internet....
 in Edge (which ran until March 2005) and in a BBC documentary. He has also written for The Guardian
The Guardian

Sorry, no overview for this topic
, The Times
The Times

The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International....
 and other newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
s.

He has also written Unspeak, a book about the use of language
Language

A language is a form of symbol communication in which elements are combined to represents something other than themselves. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon....
 as a weapon
Weapon

A weapon is a tool used to apply or threaten to apply force for the purpose of hunting, attack or defense in combat, subduing enemy personnel, or to destroy enemy weapons, equipment and defensive structures....
 in politics
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
.

Books

  • Unspeak: How words become weapons, how weapons become a message, and how that message becomes reality. Grove Press
    Grove Press

    Grove Press is an United States of America publisher that was founded in 1951. Imprints include: Black Cat, Evergreen, Venus Library, Zebra. Barney Rosset purchased the company in 1951 and turned it into an influential Alternative media book press in the United States....
    . 2006. ISBN 9780802118257
  • Trigger Happy
    Trigger Happy (book)

    Trigger Happy is a book by Steven Poole, examining videogames in terms of their aesthetic appeal - what makes certain games more fun to play than others....
    : videogames and the entertainment revolution    . Arcade Publishing
    Arcade Publishing

    Arcade Publishing is an independent trade publishing company that started in 1988 in New York, USA. They are publishers of American and world literature and non-fiction....
      2000. ISBN 1559705396


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