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John Davison

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John Davison is a games writer who is the founder of website What They Play, former Senior VP of the 1UP Network, former Vice President of Programming at CBSI, and currently Director/GM of Content and Publishing at Red Robot Labs.

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John Davison founded the website What They Play, described by the website as 'the family guide to video games' which provided editorial work that explained to parents the need to know about the controversial points about games which might appeal to a slightly more adolescent audience.

On September 24th, 2009, What They Play was sold to the IGN network and by the 6th of October that year, it was announced that Davison was to become the Executive Vice President of Content at GamePro magazine and its website.

Following his stint at GamePro magazine and its website, it was announced on August 18th, 2010 that he was leaving GamePro. It was revealed on September 7th, 2010 that he finished his first day at GameSpot. He position was the Vice President of Programming for Games and MetaCritic for CBS Interactive Inc. This position oversaw content for GameSpot, MetaCritc and GameFAQs. John Davison has since left CBS Interactive Inc. and has join Red Robot Labs as the Director/GM of Content and Publishing.

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