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 »


In Real Life

‘Stuff Gamers Say’

6:45AM January 10, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

Kotaku columnist Leigh Alexander has put together a funny collection of “Stuff Gamers Say” over at the mumbling/entertaining/frustrating online magazine Thought Catalog. Top points for “Time to Crate” reference. 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 »


In Real Life

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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This Video Might Convince Your Friends That Games Can Be Art

12:30PM October 27, 2011 | Kirk Hamilton

For a relaxing time, sit back and watch this terrific PBS short documentary on the artistic merits of video games. The video runs only about seven minutes, and features NYU’s Eric Zimmerman, game designer and researcher Jesper Juul, Kotaku contributor and secret nerdcore superstar Leigh Alexander, and Babycastles curator and designer Syed Salahuddin. 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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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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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 »