Neil West

Neil West was an Editor who worked on Future Publishing titles such as Sega Power, Mega and Next Generation.

History
Neil worked on Sega Power in 1990, becoming deputy editor. He also contributed to several other Future Publishing titles like Commodore Format, Amiga Format and Amiga Power. It was during this time that he also appeared many times on games tv shows such as GamesMaster, co-commentating with host Dominik Diamond on the latest games challenge. He also co-hosted, with Jane Goldman, the Games World reviews show 'House of Games' that was broadcast on satellite TV.

During the end of 1992, he was given responsibility of launch Editor of Mega. Edited the "Official Sega Megadrive Power Tipsbook", which was released in 1994. He left Mega and the UK to work in the United States. In 1995 he launched the respected US games magazine Next Generation, holding the position of editor-in-chief. Under his guidance, the magazine offered exclusive coverage, including interviews with the people in the industry. In 1996 Marketing Computers magazine ranked him the US's most influential interactive entertainment journalist.

He would return to the UK in 1998 to take over the Editor's position on multi format magazine Arcade. He left the games industry in 1999 to manage garageband.com as Editor & Publisher (Garageband.com was a band filter company for the music industry). In 2002 he decided to take time out to travel the world. He produced his own website neilwest.com, which features articles and pictures of his travels. The website's moto: "Whatever it takes to have a nice day" ...

Magazine career
Sega Power (Deputy Editor) 1990-1992 Mega (Editor) 1992-1994 Next Generation 1995- Arcade (Editor) 1998-