Alex Van Aken

@itsvanaken.games

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Award-winning senior video editor @GameInformer.com • Musician • 3D Artist • reality tv sicko Game documentaries: Patreon.com/ViewportVideo Photos + travel: Instagram.com/itsVanAken Inquiries: alex@gameinformer.com 📍Minneapolis 🧊🚫

A Sunoco gas station in Virginia
A photo of The Washington Post at night
“A playful production process” by Richard Lemarchand
Jeff Grubb on his CCTV camera
The Washington post google result: “Authorities investigate Taco Bell and lettuce as cyclosporiasis […]”
a man holding bread loaf in front of "Pastries" store
A series of music pedals, an ableton push 3 standalone, a steam deck, and rollercoaster tycoon classic
Wilson sleeping in his cat bed surrounded by dozens of toys
gamescom press ticket snippet for Alex Van Aken / Game Informer
White hyacinths and orange flowers
Dunecrawl screenshot
eddie brock (played by Topher Grace) praying to God in a church pew to kill Spider-Man
Holo foils of the Marvel Magic the Gathering set including The Kingpin of Crime, Tony Stark, and two copies of Wolverine, Best There Is (one foil, one non foil)
a video of a blender object (a tropical plant leaf bundle) I handpainted and modeled. the leaf's texture is somewhat waxy green with natural yellowing in the leaves from sun exposure.
A hand painted Palm Tree texture for a game asset
A clay sculpt of a purple vial that is corked but dripping green ooze. Two bones form an X on the bottle
Paige desorbo’s judging gaze
screenshot from Meccha Chameleon where I curled up in a horse statue's mane and painted myself to look like the marbled texture
A wide angle photo of my camera rig filming Jerry, an 84-year-old man wearing a sweater and knitting a garment. The walls of his house are decorated in colorful fans
a stinger splashes onto the screen that says "Summer Game Fest 2026" in stylized text and "Daily Coverage by Game Informer Magazine" below it. The text is animated to look like it's floating on the colorful water below. At the top of the screen is the Game Informer bookmark and water caustics
Kayla and i’s Phoebe Bridgers ticket wristbands #339 and #340
Phoebe Bridgers FAQ sheet from Eau Claire, WI show
Ariana Maddox standing in front of a few singles playing in the ocean. A heart-shaped sun is behind her
Motorslice screenshot wherein the camera / player is praising the protagonist for finding weird holes. “Are you done spelunking?” And “You are a good girl for finding this!” Are the two dialogue options. The protagonist is bent over, rear to camera, inspecting the holes
Motorslice screenshot showing the protagonist and her robot companion / camera “slacking off” in an arid abandoned city
Picture of my flight seat with Motorslice running on Steam Deck and a cup of ginger ale
A Lexus with a license plate saying “Diddy1”
screenshot of PSX 3d platformer Jersey Devil, featuring a purple Jersey Devil mascot with red eyes and red shoes standing upon a grassy cliff
The Huddle (INSIDE, 2016) a blob shaped sack of organs and limbs, shambling in front of a glass enclosure
A thumbnail of the fault in our stars bench being reviewed by Hank green (4.5/5 stars)
Screenshot from INTRUDER showing a character guarding a building
A picture of me holding a Strymon Bluesky reverb pedal
Pedal power 2 plus 9v power distributor pedal for music equipment
The Blood of Dawnwalker Star Wars: Galactic Racer Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls The Adventures of Elliot Trails in the Sky Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Kena: Scars of Kasmora A Plague Tale Legacy Star Wars: Zero Company Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Mega Man: Dual Override Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 Pokémon Wind & Waves
Rockstar Table Tennis screenshot featuring a bald man mid-swing overtop a tennis table
A picture of Kayla smiling at the camera
Blender screenshot of a 3d model I made
Stream thumbnail titled "Game Informer Plays Windrose" -- a new pirate survival game out now on steam
A picture of my tv playing Justin bieber’s set at Coachella. He is standing in the middle of a rounded stage painted in blue and red light
A picture of a DJI mini 5 pro drone
Photo of Dijon playing coachella
My cat wilson laying on a striped (blue and yellow) towel
a screenshot of photoshop showing a rectangle tool getting ready to fill in a cluster of pixels for a thumbnail
two eyed minion from despicable me
A screen from Project Hail Mary featuring Ryan gosling in a spaceship pilot chair
A blurry photo of a woman watching a tiktok with the title “Only 2 events must happen before the tribulation begins”
JENNIFER ARMetROut (FANtASY) From Blood & ash Fall of Ruin & Wrath (2 diff Series) J.D. Robb (Murder Cop) 2060 NYC naked in DEATH glory in death Immortal in death (60 books in series) THiS iS NORA RObeRTS ShE hAS SeVeRAL TRIlogies SARAH MAAS (Fantasy) Court of Thorns and Roses Throne of Glass (2 series) Janet EVANVICH (Hilarious) One for the Money Two for the dough Also she has a second series
Townslayer tokens booth featuring Loon Fuck Ice magic the gathering tokens
An early game screenshot from Pokemon Pokopia featuring Charmander sleeping on a hay bed inside a log house.
Screenshot of Pokemon Pokopia showing charmander yelling “houses rule!” In the distance
My Pokopia character rescuing his buddy Onix as from a cave and Onix saying “I’ll never forget this”
Pokémon pokopia video clip of me watching a magikarp waddle/ bounce his way through a cave before exiting out of sight
planet of lana 2 screenshot (2D platformer like Limbo, but with a vibrant paint stroke aesthetic) showing two characters sparring. a robot watches in the background
From comic to fighting game: invincible vs feat. Robert Kirkman — image shows Mark from Invincible on a torn page where his video game self is punching through the paper
Caleb hearon saying " and he decided he wanted to go toe to toe with me "
A picture of shocked Pikachu
A screenshot I took in Cairn’s photo mode featuring rock-climbing protagonist Aava looking out at the world from the edge of a cliff.
A photo of my laptop on my lap and PlayStation state of play in the background. The laptop has a drafted article called Everything Announced at the February State of Play