Before we go too far, of course, it should go without saying - this is an opinion piece. An opinion that has been shaped over the course of years of watching Alanah's rise... and inevitable fall from grace in the game industry.
Alanah Pearce has long enjoyed an extremely favorable reputation throughout the entire gaming industry... But beneath her carefully curated public image lies a disturbing pattern of dishonesty that I just... have to address.
This has all gone on long enough...
Misrepresenting Her Role on God of War: Ragnarok
One of the most glaring examples of Alanah Pearce’s consistent dishonesty involves her self-proclaimed 'role' in the development of God of War: Ragnarok.
Pearce has often acts surprised to be called out for when she subtly implies, if not outright claims falsehoods. Like when she said she 'indirectly' contributed as a writer to the game.
This was a disingenuous move, at best... and a flat out lie, at worst.
She was listed in the credits ONLY as an accessibility consultant, not a writer. But don't let facts get in the way of a good narrative, I suppose...
Pearce’s role at Santa Monica Studio was as an Accessibility Consultant, a position explicitly defined by Sony’s own documentation as focusing solely on making games easier to play for people with disabilities.
Accessibility Consultants have no part in the writing process.
But nope... Pearce’s statement goes wayyy out of her way to blur the lines and make any kind of distinction, purposefully misleading her audience and inflating her own contributions. This kind of behavior starts to erode trust from the community at large and disrespects the actual writers who shaped the game’s narrative.
After seeing Alanah try and take credit for being a writer on God of War Ragnarok, Anthony Burch, an actual credited writer on that game, stated unequivocally:
“If someone is not credited as a writer on the game, they are not a writer on the game.”
So... Fair enough. Maybe it was just a slight misunderstanding? Maybe Alanah innocently somehow confused the two? I mean, come on. This is getting hard to side with her already, and we're just getting started...
The Art Theft Controversy
Alanah’s penchant for 'misrepresentation' doesn’t stop there. In 2019, she was caught red-handed, straight up stealing artwork and attempting to pass it off as her own. This one's pretty egregious... The actual artist, Sara M.D. (@SaraM_D), exposed Pearce’s theft with this statement:
“Regardless of the method used to draw this, my original artwork was NOT referenced as a source from the beginning. That gave the impression that it’s her original drawing 👎 And no… it didn’t take me 45 minutes, it took me 3 days.”
Try as she might, Alanah attempted to recover the situation, but the cat was out of the bag... and it was far too late for anything:
Hey, I just sent you a DM but I’m extremely sorry about this. I never tried to give the impression that it was my original work, and I updated the post as soon as I found your name. I was very open about it being copied and added your name as soon as I found it.
...and the artist replied with:
This one's wild to me. Not only did she straight up steal the artwork in question here and CLEARLY try to present it as she created it, but then to double down with more lies and being insincere is a slap in the face to the artist. Again, being disingenuous thinking she can get away with this approach.
This incident ignited backlash against Pearce for her blatant disregard for artistic integrity. Instead of admitting fault, she deflected responsibility, further solidifying her pattern of dishonesty. Take a look for yourself and what was written:
The original piece:
Alanah's theft job:
Fabricating Stories About Game Science
Now we get to when she was attending the 2024 Game Awards. Alanah Pearce claimed in a stream that she witnessed a member of the Game Science team crying after Black Myth: Wukong failed to win the GOTY award.
As Eurogamer reported, Pearce remarked:
“It clearly meant a lot to them, they did an amazing thing, but I did find that surprising.”
But then, this account was quickly debunked by IGN China, which released the following statement:
“It’s obvious that she mistook someone else. Since I was with the Game Science team the entire time during those days, including the TGA night, no one cried over this. In fact, I didn’t even see anyone crying at the event. I have no idea why she said so.”
This fabricated story was not only false (and proven to be false thanks to a clip from Asmongold), but it's also damaging to an already beaten to a pulp reputation thanks to IGN's smear campaign against the developer Game Science. This all perpetuated a narrative that continues to unfairly portray the developers at Game Science as pitiable and pathetically unprofessional, completely undermining their accomplishments while at the same time, misrepresenting the reality of the situation.
Mugenlord Exposes Alanah's LACK of Game Development Intellect
Past Behavior Reveals a Pattern
This isn’t the first time Alanah's has shown a lack of trustworthiness. Some of you may remember when she tried to shame parents who game that have children, calling them a form of a "disability", as I covered in a previous video...
This is the literal definition of creating a problem so that she can solve it. She herself is an 'accessibility consultant'. It behooves her to create situations that aren't necessarily a problem in order to perpetuate her position further. In a way, it's a self fulfilling prophecy. All these incidents, combined with her consistent fabrications and self-serving narratives, paint an extremely troubling picture. Pearce’s willingness to manipulate facts for attention or sympathy suggests a lack of respect for her audience and the industry as a whole.
The Bigger Picture
Alanah Pearce’s constant dishonesty and straight up bold-faced lies highlight a systemic issue within the gaming industry: the ongoing shielding of influential figures in the gaming industry from accountability.
If this were anyone else they'd be getting roasted on the daily, universally, but no... Something about Alanah is... Different.
Her beauty and charm might explain why she escapes some of the scrutiny, but the evidence against her over the years is too significant to ignore IMHO. From art theft to false claims about her professional contributions and fabricated stories that undermine others, Pearce’s actions demand accountability... There's far more I could dive into that is sus af, but I'll just leave it at this with... these examples.
At some point, the gaming community has to figure out whether it values truth and integrity or continues to allow individuals like Alanah to rewrite reality completely unchecked.
The choice is ours, but the evidence is clear - regardless of where you stand: Alanah Pearce’s narrative is not one I'd trust. Not in the slightest.
Another attractive, yet single-digit IQ bimbo. 🙄
https://www.mobygames.com/person/1026272/alanah-pearce/
In god of war she is credited as an Accessibility Consultant, clearly nothing writing related.
That's why they go yes she worked here, and not yeah she wrote for Ragnarok.
Initially, I thought she was a member of SBI and participated as a collaborator in God of War: Ragnarok. However, that might not be the case, especially since I haven’t seen her comment on or mention anything about the controversy surrounding "woke culture."
Interestingly, I believe Santa Monica Studio is well aware of her range of abilities, so they didn’t assign her a particularly demanding job title.
My prediction is that as soon as she sees this article, she’ll likely use it as material for a new video, similar to how she’s responded to topics like stolen art in the past.
I suspect she’s had a lot of plastic surgery, but we can fact-check that in about 10 years.😂
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Dude, she is also a "Pansexual" whatever the F that means, and was defending Naughty Dog and the rest of them with TLOUS2.
She is full on woke and protected in the industry.
Not only is she where she is because she's pretty and stayed that way because she's pretty, she's also clearly shown over the years that she feels perfectly justified in doing whatever she thinks she needs to to 'Stay On Top.'
Her Ideology has taught her that everything is a social construct, feelings create reality and everything comes down to Power. So, as long as it makes her feel good, she's justified in pursuing it.
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