Rawson Stovall
American video journalist (born 1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Rawson Stovall?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Rawson Law Stovall (born 1972)[lower-alpha 1] is an American video game designer and producer. He started out as a video game journalist, the first to be nationally syndicated in the United States.[4] In 1982, ten-year-old Stovall's first column appeared in the Abilene Reporter-News, his local newspaper. He got the column in ten publications before Universal Press Syndicate started distributing it in April 1983; by 1984, the column, titled "The Vid Kid", appeared in over twenty-four newspapers. After being reported on by The New York Times, Stovall was featured on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and earned a regular spot on Discovery Channel's The New Tech Times. In 1985, he helped introduce the Nintendo Entertainment System at its North American launch.
Rawson Stovall | |
---|---|
Born | Rawson Law Stovall 1972 (age 51–52) Abilene, Texas, U.S. |
Alma mater | Southern Methodist University |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 1982–present |
Known for | Becoming the first nationally syndicated gaming journalist in the U.S. |
Notable work | The Vid Kid's Book of Home Video Games (1984) |
In 1990, Stovall retired from video game journalism to attend Southern Methodist University. He later worked as a game designer and producer for Sony, Activision, Electronic Arts, MGM Interactive, and most recently Concrete Software. At Electronic Arts, he produced video games in The Sims franchise.