Posts By Leigh Alexander

In Real Life

The Dating Secrets Of Your Favorite Video Game Characters
1:30PM February 8, 2012 | Leigh Alexander

Nathan Drake has recently purchased a new MacBook, after talking to several of his friends about it for several weeks. He has done more discussing the MacBook than he has actually using it, and secretly he enjoys causing the icons to sort of ‘pop’ along the bar at the bottom of the screen more than he enjoys operating the various applications that have come with his new Apple experience. More »

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Last Year’s Best, New(ish) Video Game Ideas
5:00AM January 6, 2012 | Leigh Alexander

2011 was yet another good year for video games, but on its face it was a little predictable. More »

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I Love Metal Gear, But I Don’t Want A Metal Gear Solid 5.
9:30AM December 2, 2011 | Leigh Alexander

I am pretty much the biggest Metal Gear Solid fan there is, and I really, really hope that Metal Gear Solid 5 doesn’t happen. More »

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I’m Tired Of Being A ‘Woman In Games’. I’m A Person.
8:00AM November 1, 2011 | Leigh Alexander

Sexism in games remains an unsolved problem, it’s clear. Some of you will be nodding along, and some of you will hear the s-word and roll your eyes and go, “Oh, this again?” You guys can piss off — go click on some new screenshots or a trailer consisting of a release date slowly fading into view. You’re hopeless. More »

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The Life-Changing $US20 Rightward-Facing Cow
8:00AM October 4, 2011 | Leigh Alexander

The past year has been one of the strangest ever in the life of game designer, lecturer and author Ian Bogost. It started with the launch of the most successful game he’s ever developed, and ended with him bringing it to a strange, cathartic end. More »

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Catherine Poses Questions About Mature Relationships Most Games Are Afraid To Ask
5:00AM August 31, 2011 | Leigh Alexander

You’ve heard Catherine‘s premise already: Commitment-phobic, indecisive Vincent must choose between marriage to longtime girlfriend, Katherine, and the allure of a sexy affair with a younger girl, Catherine. You already know is it’s bizarre and surreal, and that the narrative’s interspersed with tough puzzles. More »

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Sexual Video Games Are Good For Us
4:00AM July 30, 2011 | Leigh Alexander

Recently, I curated an exhibit at Brooklyn’s Babycastles arcade, currently housed in a Williamsburg show space where indie games are on display in hand-made cabinets, alongside a lineup of bands. More »

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How I Learned To Be The Bad Guy In Video Games
7:40AM June 24, 2011 | Leigh Alexander

I suck at being the bad guy in video games. I always get all invested, and then I’m hardly ever able to commit to being evil. But for some reason, Infamous 2 has become that game that’s made it so much fun for me to be bad – and I have those annoying guys that drum on pails to thank. More »

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Life Keeps Reminding Me Of Video Games
2:00AM April 30, 2011 | Leigh Alexander

Recently I watched the entirety of the television series Twin Peaks and kept thinking about Silent Hill. More »

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Why Don’t I Lose Myself In Games Anymore?
12:40AM April 6, 2011 | Leigh Alexander

You know when you’re going to finish a video game. It pushes its ethereal fist into your chest and seizes hold of your heart in a way you can almost feel – like being grabbed by the throat, a tightness in your chest that sets every nerve humming to the tune of the experience. More »