Heather Alexandra's discussions

Good news is that gear stats are turned off for 1v1 or 2v2. Which means you can avoid a majority of the bullshit and stick to a pretty pure experience. Read more

For some, maybe. It took a while for me to recognize that you end up with the same type of interactions as you might in Street Fighter. Zoning and playing footsies, understanding what punishes you can do, knowing your options after your confirm. Read more

Wonderful question, Mr. MacLeod. I finished Fire Emblem: Awakening and am in the middle of Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest.I liked Awakening quite a bit. It had a sense of optimism and wonder that reminded me of my well beloved Skies of Arcadia. Read more

Man, I just want my Zapdos back. Read more

“Doesn’t look like anything to me.” Read more

Because I write on what’s happening/what happened. Not what might happen three or four months from now. Read more

I’m assuming there will be a lot more. Perhaps even an update to it when the DLC hits. Read more

Is it harder than Awakening? I’m doing fine in that game without having casual mode on. Read more

That’s the one I got as well when I recently bought my 3DS. I want to play them all but I hear that Conquest has a lot of politicking and I looove that sort of thing. Read more

Good question, Riley! I will be finishing Fire Emblem: Awakening. Read more

When someone asked George Leigh Mallory why he was going to climb Mt. Everest, he said: “Because it’s there.”

This is kind of like that. But with Mario Kart and trees. Read more

Can’t do it, sadly. Some of the trees can’t be destroyed, even with a star. Read more

There’s some disagreement about his participation, if I understand it correctly. Mostly because he makes no mention of it in his book and he’s pretty big on listing all the fights he was in. Read more

Also something with historical backing. It’s said that ninja could tell the time of day by examining a cat’s eyes. Read more

Good call in pointing that out. There’s a lot of speculation about Mitsuhide’s betrayal. Another big one is that he feared that Nobunaga was going to dissolve the imperial court. For my part, I imagine Mitsuhide just saw an opportunity for power and went for it. Read more

I’ve actually been looking into that folklore with some help from our wonderful contributing editor Brian Ashcraft, who lives in Osaka. There’s a lot of stuff to go over and it’s pretty damn cool. Read more

TFW a typo turns someone into an immortal alchemist. Read more

Finding them is one of my favorite things. I love having them party on my shrine! Read more

This piece I wrote on one of the earlier boss fights might be helpful. I admire the games focus on positioning and I think the Ki Pulse and stance alterations add a rhythm to the combat that Souls games simply do not have. Read more

William Adams was born in Kent. Read more