Alanah Pearce joins Sony Santa Monica as a writer
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I wonder if Mitch Dyer credentials ever questioned when he left IGN to work on Star Wars: Squadrons and Battlefront like some people are doing it for Alanah.
Congrats to her, and wonder if she is working on a new IP. SSM has tons of writers
Congrats to her, and wonder if she is working on a new IP. SSM has tons of writers
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Ok, let's set this straight.
For people questioning her 'credentials' of creative writing talent:
- Alanah has been writing novels and short stories for quite some time now, but these remain private and unpublished. No one knows what her writing creative abilities are, so don't assume she can't do it.
- This is Sony Santa Monica's problem, not yours. It's for a junior writing position and implies a decent amount of learning on the job. They've obviously seen something in her, and how good she's done at everything else in the last 10 years if her career, who's to say she won't be great at this too.
For people questioning her 'credentials' of creative writing talent:
- Alanah has been writing novels and short stories for quite some time now, but these remain private and unpublished. No one knows what her writing creative abilities are, so don't assume she can't do it.
- This is Sony Santa Monica's problem, not yours. It's for a junior writing position and implies a decent amount of learning on the job. They've obviously seen something in her, and how good she's done at everything else in the last 10 years if her career, who's to say she won't be great at this too.
Exactly what I was thinking lol
A proven studio like SSM wouldn't hire someone they didn't think was up to the task.
Never, it could be a Era/Old place poster getting the job and he would get praised to heavens.
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It's even sad that she has to prove it to some insecure people.
yep. also, people really don't think there was a hiring process which she disputed the job with lots of other people? not like Cory went to her house and landed the role for her in a red carpet.
Love to see it. Reminds me of that classic Tom Morello tweet. Never assume that people are only good at the one thing you know them for.
Showing her private writing is similar to someone showing an employer their home lab or virtual lab. It can do a lot to show skills regardless of what people think.
It's gotten astonishingly worse. I looked at the Capcom thread as well and holy shit, that entire placed neededed to be it nuked from above. I know this place is a strict but even on other forums a majority of that stuff wouldn't fly. Very telling that the owner is perfectly fine with what it's become and shows that everyone abandoning ship was not an overeaction.
He deserves to lose everything - there's absolutely nothing redeeming about that community in it's current state. It is truly that bad.
Damn. Going from game journalism to being a writer at a AAA studio. Sounds like a total dream scenario. Good for her!
Man, I kinda wish I had some sort of job in the game industry, but I'm not creative enough nor do I have much knowledge about the technical stuff behind it all. :(
Man, I kinda wish I had some sort of job in the game industry, but I'm not creative enough nor do I have much knowledge about the technical stuff behind it all. :(
Now it all makes sense. Last few months, Cory has been tweeting her about so many things. I thought they was just cool friends...
A belated congratulations to Alanah! That's fantastic news, I hadn't realized she wanted to work in video games as a writer -- and wow, SSM, too, I can absolutely see why it was an opportunity she couldn't pass up. All the best to her going forward. (I'm glad the Play, Watch, Listen podcast is continuing, too, it's fantastic.)
For those dismissing the caliber of Alanah's work, I'm sure SSM went, "Ah, yes, we need more advertising for the next entry in our critically and commercially successful God of War franchise-- let's hire Alanah Pearce as a junior writer! That'll do it!" Good lord. Alanah spent years putting in the work, she had a great opportunity, and it paid off.
For those dismissing the caliber of Alanah's work, I'm sure SSM went, "Ah, yes, we need more advertising for the next entry in our critically and commercially successful God of War franchise-- let's hire Alanah Pearce as a junior writer! That'll do it!" Good lord. Alanah spent years putting in the work, she had a great opportunity, and it paid off.
Women really can't be both good looking and smart without everyone second guessing them, can they?
It's 2020 and this shit is always happening. It's kind of upsetting to a point and i'm not a a woman, lmao.
What screenplays has she written? I'm not see much on IMDB so maybe someone here can point me in the right direction?
writing wasn't good cause you didn't get to kill lots of gods?
Its funny because aside from God of War 3, the new God of War had you fight more gods then all other games in the series
