Alanah Pearce

Australian video game writer and journalistTemplate:SHORTDESC:Australian video game writer and journalist

**Alanah Pearce** (born 24 August 1993) is an Australian video game writer and former journalist. Since 2020, Pearce has worked for American game developer Santa Monica Studio.

Pearce has reported on video games for various news outlets including entertainment news website *IGN*. She worked at production company Rooster Teeth from 2018 to 2020, during which she hosted the *Inside Gaming* news program and was involved with its Funhaus division, which produces videos focused on video games.

## Early life and education

Alanah Pearce was born in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, on 24 August 1993. Pearce was raised in Cairns, and later spent nine years in Brisbane. From a young age, she was interested in writing and video games, doing reviews of video games in her diaries. While working at a call center, she found a job listing for a volunteer games journalist position that inspired a career in journalism. She earned a bachelor's degree studying mass communication at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane.

## Career

### Journalism

From 2012 to 2015, Pearce wrote gaming news for around a dozen news outlets, including *Impulse Gamer*, *Zelda Universe*, the BBC, and worked stints at Australian radio and television stations. She launched a YouTube channel in 2012, where she publishes game reviews and personal videos.

Feeling the Australian video game industry was too small, Pearce moved to the United States in 2015. She began work as an editor and writer for *IGN* later that year. In 2017, she replaced Naomi Kyle as host of *IGN*'s *Daily Fix* gaming news program. Later that year, she was involved in a staff walkout until the company issued a statement addressing sexual harassment allegations made by former editor Kallie Plagge. Pearce cohosted the SXSW Gaming Awards alongside Rich Campbell in 2018.

After departing *IGN* in 2018, Pearce joined production company Rooster Teeth. She regularly appeared in videos for Funhaus, a division of Rooster Teeth which produces videos focused on video games, and cohosted the company's *Inside Gaming* news program starting in 2019. She left Rooster Teeth in October 2020.

### Game development

In November 2020, Pearce joined Sony's Santa Monica Studio as a video game writer. She provided consulting on three video games and completed other work on two video games prior to joining the studio. She faced harassment on social media following the studio's decision to delay the release of *God of War Ragnarök*. In September 2021, Pearce revealed that she was part of the development team behind *Ragnarök*.

Pearce did voice acting for *Gears 5* (2019) and *Afterparty* (2019). She also lent her voice and likeness to a character in *Cyberpunk 2077* (2020).

## Personal life

Pearce credits video games with helping her deal with the effects of myalgic encephalomyelitis and tendinitis. She has helped fundraise for AbleGamers, a charity dedicated to improving accessibility in video games. In November 2020, she cohosted the inaugural Video Game Accessibility Awards with AbleGamers.

In 2014, Pearce became the focus of news media after she wrote to the mothers of internet trolls who had sent her rape threats. In 2019, she was subject to harassment after the Entertainment Software Association, the organiser of the E3 gaming expo, leaked the personal information of E3 2019 media attendees to the public.

Pearce is pansexual.

## References

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3. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Eggen, Lukas (5 August 2020). "Alanah Pearce paves her own path to success". *Las Vegas Review-Journal*. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 The Stunning Transformation Of Alanah Pearce (29 December 2020).
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>True, Everett (28 November 2014). "The gaming journalist who tells on her internet trolls – to their mothers". *The Guardian*. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
6. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Lee, Helen A. (10 December 2020). "The YouTube Star You Didn't Realize Was In Cyberpunk 2077". *Looper*. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
7. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Forde, Matthew (2 March 2020). "Women in Gaming: Rooster Teeth's Alanah Pearce on making the leap from Australian to US games media". *Pocket Gamer*. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021. The other enormous difficulty for me was knowing that I needed to move to the US to fully be ingrained in the industry, just because I felt the Australian industry was a little too small.
8. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Klepek, Patrick (13 November 2017). "Sexual Harassment Allegations at IGN Prompt Some Employees to Stop Working". *Waypoint*. Vice Media. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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11. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Tamburro, Paul (29 October 2020). "Alanah Pearce announces she's leaving Funhaus and Rooster Teeth". *GameRevolution*. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Williams, Demi (17 November 2020). "Alanah Pearce joins God of War developer Sony Santa Monica". *GamesRadar+*. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
14. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Calvin, Alex (17 November 2020). "IGN vet Alanah Pearce joins God of War studio Sony Santa Monica". *VG247*. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
15. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Capel, Chris (4 June 2021). "God of War 2's Alanah Pearce highlights abuse women in gaming receive with 'useless wh\*\*\*' tweet". *GameRevolution*. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
16. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Leston, Ryan (4 June 2021). "'God Of War: Ragnarok' staff harassed after delay announcement". *NME*. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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18. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Dornbush, Jonathon (14 December 2018). "Afterparty's Voice Cast Includes Horizon Zero Dawn, The Walking Dead Actors". *IGN*. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
19. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Jones, Ali (18 September 2020). "Another internet celebrity is getting a Cyberpunk 2077 cameo". *GamesRadar+*. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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22. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Lyons, Ben (26 March 2021). "Brie Larson shares message of support for gaming charity AbleGamers". *Gamereactor*. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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25. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Partis, Danielle (16 November 2020). "Alanah Pearce and AbleGamers host inaugural Video Game Accessibility Awards". *PocketGamer.biz*. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
26. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Nelson, Sara C (28 November 2014). "This Female Game Reviewer Has A Brilliant Way Of Addressing Online Rape Threats". *Huffington Post UK*. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
27. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Bailey, John (18 December 2014). "Alanah Pearce threats opened a window into the political games gamers play". *The Sydney Morning Herald*. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
28. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Tamburro, Paul (16 August 2019). "Alanah Pearce on being doxxed and harassed: 'You are scarier than publishers are'". *GameRevolution*. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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30. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Spangler, Todd (18 November 2020). "Game Awards 2020 Nominations: 'The Last of Us Part II,' 'Hades,' 'Ghost of Tsushima' Lead the Field". *Variety*. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

## External links

* Alanah Pearce on Twitter**Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).**

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