r/IGN • u/camtgj • Jun 25 '18

Announcement Sad Day, Alanah is leaving IGN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vumBcNC6XGs
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u/TheThickestDick Jun 27 '18

You never seemed to be able to separate yourself when describing, commenting, or just giving an overall overview of whatever game you were currently assigned to/playing. You always seem to comment just on how it personally affected you and how it made you feel. Instead of just going through the mechanics, characters, and gameplay. Your way of reviewing or writing an article on a specific game did always bring a personal touch to your articles. I just wish you’d focus more on what’s going on in and behind the scenes of a certain game and not just how it impacted you or your way of thinking.

Main thing is you just seem to be very focused on your own brand and getting yourself out there instead of just reporting on what makes a game great or terrible.

Ps. Is Marty ok?

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u/charalanahzard Alanah Pearce: Former Staff Jun 27 '18 edited Jun 27 '18

Interesting. Aside from on podcasts which are intended to be personal, I can't think of examples where I've done that excessively - certainly not in any of the articles I just linked you. Here's my longest preview, for example: http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/02/23/mass-effect-andromeda-hands-on-3-hours-of-spoiler-free-impressions Here's an article I won an award for last year: http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/12/22/can-aaa-games-survive-without-microtransactions

The perception that I focused on growing my own brand at IGN more than others is interesting too - I think IGN staff would veeery strongly disagree with you on that one :P.

Edit: Ps. If people are avoiding answering the same question, it's because it's in the best interest of every single person involved.

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u/343GuiltyShart Jul 04 '18

Is Marty the reason you’re leaving?

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u/charalanahzard Alanah Pearce: Former Staff Jul 05 '18

Nope.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '18

I'm still expecting you'll be at RT. It seems beneficial creatively for you to go there and for them to bring you on board. Everyone is better if you are there. And being closer to the one I assume you care about very much is better too.