Inducted into The Game Awards Future Class 2023, Alice is a Game Designer with over 8 years' experience working in both indie and AAA. An avid horror gamer since childhood, Alice is now developing horror games with her studio Paper Flower Games, including the upcoming supernatural survival horror 'Woodside'.

Favorite Horror Games: Silent Hill, Project Zero, and the Resident Evil series

Andrew is a life-long horror fan, who became a true gamer after playing Resident Evil for the first time. That franchise led him to the Sega Dreamcast, which ultimately started his career in writing about games. He is the author of “Dreamcast: Year One” and “Dreamcast: Year Two,” and a team member of fan site The Dreamcast Junkyard. He's previously worked at Lost In Cult as the editor-in-chief for gaming journal [lock-in], and was recently the editor for indie gaming magazine Debug. 

Favorite horror game: Silent Hill 2

Caffeine-fueled Canadian connoisseur of all things gaming. Designer, developer, article writer, and eternal critic of games that rely on jump scares.

Damian Hex is a horror-themed performer, video game tester, and media personality. As a proud queer person of color, he uses his voice to amplify marginalized voices. You can find him at screenings, nightlife events, conventions, and ghoul gatherings. When he is not outside striking terror into the hearts of innocents, you can catch him spreading the unholy word to audiences on Twitch. Speaking of Twitch, he has several favorite game titles, including Cult of the Lamb, Hollow Knight, Mortal Kombat, Parasite Eve, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

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Also known as horrorvisuals, Hurcan runs the Horror Games Community on Twitter. Hurcan helps indie developers promote their games and also curates new games for horror fans all over the world.

Jay is a freelance writer, podcaster, social media manager, and all-around purveyor of nonsense. He hosts and produces the horror gaming podcast Safe Room for Bloody FM, Bloody Disgusting's podcast network. He is likely watching or playing horror games that his parents would disapprove of.

Markus has always been a horror enthusiast since he was handed the first issue of Goosebumps. Around the same time the first Resident Evil was released, he fell in love with the genre and video games in general. He's a historian and archeologist by day, playtester by night and previously worked on games like Anno 1800 and Rainbow Six Siege. He's worked in esports since 2015 and still thinks this was the biggest horror game of his lifetime. He still hates jumpscares. 

Favorite horror game: The Callisto Protocol

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Paul Farrelly is a seasoned gaming journalist and the owner of Geekgasm, where he delivers in-depth video game reviews, geek culture coverage, and entertainment analysis. He also writes regularly for LADbible, covering the latest in gaming, news, and pop culture. Oh, and he thinks he’s Batman!

A lifelong horror fan, Paul has a particular passion for immersive and spine-chilling experiences, whether in VR nightmares, cinematic horror adventures, or survival horror epics. From analyzing the terrifying brilliance of Until Dawn to surviving the relentless horrors of the Resident Evil series and the eerie madness of Mouthwashing, Paul loves the adrenaline rush of interactive horror. He’s also an experienced playtester, putting everything from psychological thrillers to action-packed horror shooters through their paces on PC, console, and Steam Deck.

When he’s not chasing scares, Paul enjoys revisiting classic point-and-click adventures and spending weekends with his family—though even then, there’s usually a horror movie or game in the mix.

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Also known as ElvenGore_ , Robyn is an Irish horror content creator with a huge passion for playing, reviewing, and supporting indie horror games & developers!

Not only does she write for Fearzine, but she also streams horror games on Twitch and is a jury member for The Horror Game Awards. In her offline life she studies music production.

In 2023 alone, Elven found herself playing over 100 indie horror titles for her audience, which is a number which she has continued to increase every week!

In her spare time, Elven loves to attend goth events, metal concerts, and watch horror movies.

Favorite horror game: Outlast

Van lives deep in the mountains of Northern Appalachia - Pennsylvania. She has been gaming since the age of 8, playing the original NES Super Mario Bros. Her love of gaming grew through the years becoming a fan of the Tomb Raider series.

Van took her love of gaming and shared it with the world in the fall of 2020 when she began her twitch channel & Twitter page. Years later she grew to be a trusted member of the horror gaming community where she began her journey as a voice actor for her favorite genre of game, horror.

Appearing in over 10 games in a short amount of time, Van continues to voice act in both horror and non horror productions. She recently joined the staff of Fearzine to write about her favorite thing, horror games.

Cheesecake Jake earned his name working as a chef and baking cakes, for many years. After long shifts in the kitchen, Jake would always load up the next horror game he could get his mitts on. Originally from Parts Unknown, Jake now resides in upstate New York, with at least four cats that we know of.

Cheesecake Jake has always had a passion for all things spooky, and collecting physical media. Jake can be found online, somewhere, spending his days live streaming, writing, and of course baking cheesecakes.

Favorite Horror Game: Alien Isolation