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Untitled 24 Apr 2013 | 10:46 am
Hi there! It's been fun, but SVGL is now retired. I've moved -- click here to visit leighalexander.net if you're not redirected automatically within a few seconds. See you there!
Yes, And? 18 Apr 2013 | 10:55 am
Twitter, you drive me to drink sometimes. A few nights ago, I had a dream I was engaged in a discussion about formalism on Twitter. These things invade my dreams. This is the reality of being someone...
BioShock Infinite: Now Is The Best Time 11 Apr 2013 | 11:56 am
I always found Metal Gear Solid 4 to be not a brilliant game, but a fascinating one. A mad ideologue glutted with tech retreads, again and again, the narrative he's always dreamed of, and has never be...
Definitions 9 Apr 2013 | 10:37 pm
I'd been making some late-night Twitter noise about my growing disinterest with the definitions conversation -- you know, "is this a game or not," and all of that. Everyone is already sick of that con...
Touching Stuff 5 Apr 2013 | 09:48 pm
For years, board gaming was a huge blind spot for me. I hated having to play them as a child, although obviously the kind of board games they give to American kids are not exactly what fans of board g...
Social Links 5 Apr 2013 | 12:04 am
"You ask me if I think Persona can save the JRPG genre. At the risk of echoing our adventure game letter series from last month, let me ask you this: Is the JRPG worth saving?" -- Quintin and I take ...
Decompression and Elevation 3 Apr 2013 | 04:55 am
GDC is over, and it's been an overwhelming week. I wrote about that overwhelm at Kotaku in this month's column, called "Why I Cried at GDC." It's kinda raw, so thanks for your indulgence. Once I got ...
Imitations of Life 13 Mar 2013 | 08:29 pm
When I was a child I wanted to Do Great Things at all costs. By the time I was twenty years old, I was living in the heart of Manhattan studying acting, hard-driven, dying quietly inside. Eventually I...
Talk and make 13 Mar 2013 | 12:17 am
One of my favorite gaming institutions has long been Michael Abbott's fun, thoughtful Brainy Gamer podcast. My colleague Brendan Keogh and I were recently invited on as part of Michael's ongoing serie...
No More Objectification 28 Jan 2013 | 04:05 pm
#Objectify has gotten much bigger than I expected. At first I was excited, but now I see the scale of the discussion and coverage is creating a number of valid risks -- and as a result, I'd like to ca...
