BioGamer Girl Magazine

BioGamer Girl is an internationally-distributed US publication dedicated to females in the genres of horror and gaming since 2010.

According to the Better Business Bureau of North Alabama, BioGamer Girl is a Limited Liability Corporation and a publisher's magazine that is located in Fyffe, Alabama, United States. BioGamer Girl was founded in 2010 by its Editor-in-Chief Amanda Dyar. BioGamer Girl started as a forum for gaming and horror fans that expanded into additional websites to cover females in the gaming and horror fields. In January 2011 all past issues of the print magazine were uploaded to a third party website to allow the purchase of issues that are sold out or out of print. The magazine is available for purchase through the BioGamer Girl website and select stores such as Gaming, Etc. in Fort Payne, AL with worldwide circulation over 80,000.

BioGamer Girl covers horror and gaming in all media: films, websites, books, music, television, comics, radio, etc. Older print issues had a specific theme which all of the stories, reviews, InterViews and photos are centered around. The publication's online presence includes gaming challenges held on Xbox Live and its regular broadcast called Undead Noise. The company has also been reviewed by the Better Business Bureau and has a current rating of a A-. The publication has interviewed people in the gaming and horror industries including Adrienne Wilkinson from the television show Xena: Warrior Princess and John A. Russo writer of the classic film Night Of the living dead. BioGamer Girl has also reported on various horror-themed television shows, such as the The Walking Dead, with interviews with cast members such as Melissa Cowen, Chandler Riggs and Addy Miller. The magazine has also interviewed such notable people in the video game industry as Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, , Jesper Kid, Megan Myers, and Dennis Lenart to name a few. BioGamer Girl is currently listed on Game Rankings and runs their own video game blog on Fangoria

Gamer Challenges

BioGamer Girl hosts regularly scheduled gamer challenges on Xbox Live. Gamer challenges are events organized by BioGamer Girl to celebrate both gaming and its fans. BioGamer Girl staff members are present at all gamer challenges, so the events are also a good way for fans of BioGamer Girl to meet the staff of the company. These gamer challenges can last until the party host quits, but they typically last for a several hours. Although most gamer challenges have predetermined schedule of Xbox 360 titles, the video games can be changed to fit the party's preferences. First and foremost, gamer challenges are organized for everyone to have fun in a friendly environment.

Appearances

BioGamer Girl is dedicated to bringing their fans up-to-date news and interviews on everything surrounding the horror and gaming universes. In doing so, BioGamer Girl makes numerous appearances at conventions around the country. BioGamer Girl gains insightful knowledge and unique interviews that are then transcribed, edited and otherwise modified in order to meet the magazine's deadline each month. BioGamer Girl was represented at Scarefest, Atlanta Comic-Con and InvaderCON since it was founded. BioGamer Girl has also made appearances at Days of the Dead, Ghost Hunt Sloss Furnace, Horror Weekend and Celebrity Ghost Hunters in Savannah, Georgia. BioGamer Girl also holds festivals and other charity events to help those in need. BioGamer Girl Editor, Amanda Dyar, was also a finalist of B-Movie Celebration & the Fangoria Scream Queen contest. Amanda Dyar is a model for Comic Book Divas' Squirrel and Iron Dead Studios' Ginger Stein. She has also appeared in such films as Contagion, Resident Evil: Retribution and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 and created special effects and completed stunts on films such as The Avengers, Dark Shadows, Prometheus and John Carter which all add to her film making career that started with her short film Growing Up Zombie! Amanda Dyar writes for several publications in the gaming and horror industry including Girls and Corpses, Fangoria, and Scream the Horror Magazine. BioGamer Girl also established its first official blog called Rainbows and Lollipops by staff member Alissa Worley in March 2012.

Ms. BioGamer Girl Beauty Pageant

The Ms. BioGamer Girl Beauty Pageant is an annual contest held at the official Con Nooga convention held in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the Chattanooga Choo Choo. Ms. BioGamer Girl judges its contestants on gaming and horror knowledge and overall personality in addition to good looks. Each year's winner receives a photo spread in an issue of BioGamer Girl Magazine, an invite to judge Ms. BioGamer Girl the following year and a horror and gamer themed prize package. BioGamer Girl has already announced the return of the annual Ms. BioGamer Girl for 2013.

BGG After Dark

BGG After Dark is the new production company from BioGamer Girl that was established in 2012. Often referred to as BGG Productions, the production company works in partnership with BioGamer Girl to create films, television shows, video games and other forms of media. BGG After Dark created and released its first magazine issue in May 2012

Travew Magazine

Travew Magazine is BioGamer Girl's hotel, dining and travel review website and publication. The first issue of Travew Magazine was published in Spring 2012 and is available as a bonus gift for ordering the Spring 2012 issue of BioGamer Girl Magazine The travel magazine and website is BioGamer Girl's third business in addition to BioGamer Girl Magazine and BGG After Dark.

Undead Noise

Beginning in January 2012, the Undead Noise brand expanded into a television program starring Amanda Dyar as Mistress Barbie The show follows the character Mistress Barbie, as she attempts to find the perfect interview on her new Internet radio program called Undead Noise. Undead Noise is currently in its second season and airs on WOOT-LP channel 6 on Wednesday nights at 10:00 PM CST

Undead Noise with Mistress Barbie

Undead Noise with host Mistress Barbie is an Internet radio program dedicated to bringing listeners interviews and reviews to satisfy all of their horror and gaming needs. Undead Noise with Mistress Barbie first aired on December 15, 2010 and was broadcasted on a semi-regular basis on Wednesday nights at 10PM CST. Undead Noise with Mistress Barbie was created by Amanda Dyar aka Mistress Barbie through BlogTalkRadio. Undead Noise with Mistress Barbie works in conjunction with BioGamer Girl to bring its listeners new interviews from the horror film and gaming industries. From December 2010 until its close on August 2011, there were 28 guests interviewed on Undead Noise with Mistress Barbie. The show is now only available for private interviews on a reserved basis.

Undead Noise with Mistress Barbie Guests

Additional Interviews

Amanda Dyar of BioGamer Girl Magazine was featured on yet another radio program as a correspondent & panelist for several episodes. The radio show featured reviews, interviews and news in the horror industry.

The 2011 BioGamer Girl Award Show

BioGamer Girl Magazine brought fans a brand new award show in 2011. The BioGamer Girl Award Show recognized and honored the directors, actors, and special effects artists that produce the best horror works in both the film and video game industries. Voting for the show began in November 2011 and ended on December 13, 2011.

Award Winners

External links

• Official Website
• Official Forum
• Official Radio Show
• Official Blog
• Official Television and Film Magazine
• Official Hotel, Dining and Travel Magazine