Heather Alexandra's discussions

Okay, real talk for a second: Lightning Returns rules. Read more

Can’t wait to never change this wallpaper then. Read more

I have to download, delete, or put new games on there with such frequency that it ends up legitimately hard to organize. 😭

(Also this is a shot right from transferring, so I had really sat down to fix anything yet.) Read more

Phew!

At risk of sounding like a snob, I just kinda don’t see what the big fuss was. At a minimum I don’t find them as interesting as the stuff on my list or these honorable mentions. Which isn’t to say they’re bad (I thought GoW and Spider- Man in particular were really fun when I was playing them) but they didn’t stick… Read more

Honorable mentions include: Vampyr, Octopath Traveler, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Into the Breach, A Way Out, Wandersong, One Hand Clapping, and Lucah: Born of a Dream. Read more

No controller. I think a lot of it is in game jank but I probably could afford to adjust mouse sensitivity for this particular game. (This was one of my earliest matches as well.) Other games like BFV or Overwatch are absolutely not as sticky as this, so I’ll definitely take time today to calibrate a bit. Read more

I sometimes worry (especially recently) that folks have the impression that I just somehow don’t like shooters even though I play them a ton and write about them all the time. I love shooters and find time for matches in my favorite game throughout the week.

That said, I do find it easier to detach in something like Ove… Read more

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You’ll have to use Contingency. Mercy’s no longer in the meta. Read more

I’ll cop enough to say that it was considered. There’s still stuff there: Thronebreaker, social media troubles, rejecting Opus Magnum for some reason. But (and I only speak for myself and not Nathan) I’ve found it to be a pretty quiet year for GOG in a lot of ways. Likewise Uplay.

But hey, Full Throttle Remastered is… Read more

I’m very tired and have still not had coffee. (I’m also immediately working on my next article.) But yeah, I mean lower. I’d rather my flanks kill folks instead of kill the first guy and maybe sort of damage the others.  Read more

Real talk: I *absolutely* prefer a higher TTK in this game (especially since I like playing Medic and have enough problems) and might mostly stick to the Core playlist now. But I also think this is splitting into a sort of casual v. hardcore thing that’s honestly a little bit unfortunate and that I wish we’d move away… Read more

That and I do generally try to take this kind of concern into consideration. I’ve sat on featuring this game over a month, to let it breathe.  Read more

In my defense on that first part, most comments on that Battlefield piece weren’t exactly fun. Read more

Considering that a) a year and a half is stupidly long in internet years and b) the game’s undergone enough changes and integration that it had distanced itself some its initial gameplay rhythm? Sure, it has. Read more

Decent assortment of axes, cudgels, maces, and such. Haven’t found a sword yet though. It’s a neat little game that’s left way more impression on me now than it did when I first saw it at E3 2017. Familiar, but still with enough individual identity. Read more

He’s a pretty young dude talking on stage in front of thousands of people and countless more worldwide at one of the biggest awards shows for the medium. That’s a lot of pressure, y’know?

You can watch him in a normal interview setting with my coworker Maddy Myers here. Read more

An exploding pen. It sort of acts like how the rubber ducky acts, while also being a nice little Goldeneye reference. Read more

I hear ya, but for me contempt is something that mostly comes out in the case of inexcusable quality like Fallout 76, exploitative mechanics like loot boxes, or very specific repeated behaviors like some of the things David Cage keeps doing.

Even if I don’t have high expectations, I think it’s important as a… Read more