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Leigh Alexander

is news director of industry trade site Gamasutra, and author of the Sexy Videogameland weblog. Her monthly column at Kotaku deals with the cultural issues surrounding games and gamers.

Essays & Reviews

A Game Is Being Beaten

By Leigh AlexanderMarch 10, 2014
The trend in video game design is to comment on violence by asking players to perform violence. But could there be pleasure in performing consent?
Essays & Reviews

Playing Outside

By Leigh AlexanderJune 17, 2013
If video games want cultural legitimacy, designers will have to concede it's not all about fun
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