Simon Cooke (born 10 August 1975, Manchester, England, UK) is a British video game developer, writer, and musician. He was Director of Engineering for X-Ray Kid Studios, a cross-media entertainment company, and previously worked for Surreal Software, a subsidiary of Midway Games, as Principal Technology Engineer and Lead Gameplay Engineer on This is Vegas, and as Lead Tools Programmer on The Suffering: Ties That Bind. He is most well known for his work on the SAM Coupé home computer games and demo scene, his monthly column in Your Sinclair magazine, and his work on Xbox as part of the Xbox Advanced Technology Group. He also releases electronic music under the name Fleeting Shadow.