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Heather Alexandra
heatheralexandra
Former Senior Writer and Critic at Kotaku.

I played a game yesterday but couldn’t get into a match today. That’s okay, these things are kinda expected early on. I played the gun range a bit and it was fun trying the different weapons. Read more

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Basing a game’s worth by its aggregated review score will lead you directly to unanswerable questions like this. Read more

These are excellent insights into what makes quality coaching, and how to best benefit from a coach. I’m a long time music educator, and this is right in line with what it takes to improve as a musician. Read more

Not out for sympathy, but I am having a terrible day, and this article made my day two steps better. Still a Bronze day, but closer to Silver. Read more

“Lunastra gem coming on this carve....this carve....I meant this carve right here....no this carve....sunavabitch.” Read more

Here’s a couple of things I dearly wish I’d known my first time through: Read more

That actually sort of makes me want to fire up the game again. I get what they were doing with the menus and it was cool in its own way but it just wasn’t pleasing to look at for more than a couple minutes. Read more

No lie, I would play the shit out of this version as well. Also, playing as the Champions would be neat as well! Read more

Ok, so if I ever encounter a pirate legend, ask to see the Tavern of Legends and when they go down the stairs, go back and sink their boat. Got it ;)
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I had an awesome experience like this with a Legend. I spawned into a two man crew at the tavern. Seeing no one around, I wandered out of the tavern down to the docks to see if my matey was already in the game. I came upon a fully decked out ship with customizations I’d never seen before. Bright green sails, a glowing Read more

I ran into a pirate legend last weekend. He and his three crewmates rammed their galleon into my one map sloop and set off a barrel of gunpowder on my deck. I hope they at least bothered to rescue my three chickens from the hold before my ship went to the bottom. Read more

Just out of curiosity, why did the room smell like coconut? Read more

The armor is the real prize here. The Charge Blade is good, but the armor is a winner. It’s a shame that it doesn’t have a set bonus, but to make up for it, equipping every piece of armor gives you 2 level 1 decoration slots and a whopping THREE level 3 decoration slots. The CB itself also gives a pair of level 1's, Read more

One single cannon shot into those gunpowder barrels... Read more

This is a truly awesome fight, that first time my group got the horns off marks a very memorable moment in gaming. They did a really good job with how the fight escalates. Read more