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Heather Alexandra
heatheralexandra
Former Senior Writer and Critic at Kotaku.

That’s good. I read the first two syllables of your comment and I already knew what you were about. Read more

Yeah, I’d definitely rather focus on the fact that she shared, like, a thing implying that grieving parents’ pain was false then the fact that she’s not the best voice actor. Read more

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Some folks are like “Heather, it’s single player” and yes, it is. The point here is I’m so obsessed with this super rad game that I was eager even for something like this to return to it. Because I missed the boat and am kinda in love.

Also, some dude was like “you suck” or whatever and I usually wouldn’t care but here

Yeah, part of me worries that folks will think I’m saying “shake up” here like it’s a horrible but but fresh faces and livelier cities are always good. Read more

For a while it was a “congested” world, which meant that it was completely locked to new players and existing players weren’t able to make new alts or anything.  Read more

Well, Jason, if the countless people on the internet who keep messaging me are correct... they’re not really zombies but Freakers. Which is different because zombies are dead but Frea Read more

There’s an actual Atlantis that both Layla and Kass visit, but at least when Kassandra is there in her time there’s also portals to different realms.

Elysium is one, and the game’s never clear exactly how it works. Minds transferred to a simulation? Some type of full digitized whatever the gosh? Stargate travel to Read more

If I recall correctly, there’s an option to jump right into this with a premade character at around level 50 or so. Which isn’t quite the same as a standalone game ala Infamous First Light but it’s still something. Read more

If there’s one thing that felt like filler, it was a quest to disrupt Persephone’s influence in all regions. That was thankfully optional but I opted to do it to complete a very cool loot set. Otherwise, I think the pace is mostly alright.  Read more

I’m a games journalist and critic, so I know plenty about Rogue. I’m not *that* young. But I don’t know if I’d ever call Cave Noire a full rogue-like. It’s not robust enough, hence the “lite.” Read more

Legends compresses the audio to fit everything on the mini-discs. The extras are neat but I’d rather have high quality music. Read more

This is tragic, but the good news is that it should be coming to Steam in a skip and hop. Read more

That’s why it’s a minor complaint. A quibble. A small nag. A small snag. A tiny raised finger. Read more