Ana Valens is a contributor for Waypoint/VICE Media. With a decade’s worth of experience across such sites as The Daily Dot, Fanbyte, Polygon, Dot Esports, and The Mary Sue, she is a veteran of the games journalism industry. One of her first published features was written for Waypoint in 2016, discussing VA-11 Hall-A and sex work. Ana has since continued reporting on gaming culture issues, including queer and trans representation in video games. A core focus of her career has been adult content. Her book Tumblr Porn discusses the rise and fall of the titular social media website.
Ana would best be described as a “competitive” gamer. She is a diehard Valorant player with over 1,200 hours and once dreamed of competing in Riot’s VCT Game Changers. Her mains are Jett, Reyna, Iso, and Waylay; teammates describe her as “the nicest duelist in NA.” Her other favorite multiplayer games include Deadlock, Helldivers 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike 2, Overwatch 2, and, for a time, Dota 2.
Evidently, Ana is a fan of sequels. However, she also is a VR hobbyist and commonly spends her free time in VRChat.
Somewhere along the way, Ana became an online anime girl (or “VTuber”), creating content as a giantess succubus. She engages in this work alongside her reporting at Waypoint. You can contact Ana via Bluesky or see her live on Twitch.
