Leigh Alexander (journalist)
| Leigh Alexander | |
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| Born |
October 22, 1981 Massachusetts, United States |
| Residence | London, England |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, editor, columnist, author |
| Website | leighalexander |
Leigh Alexander (born October 22, 1981) is an American author and journalist. She is the former Editor-at-Large and News Editor for Gamasutra, and former editor-in-chief for the revived Boing Boing website Offworld. In February 3, 2016, Leigh announced that she would be leaving Offworld and pursuing things outside of gaming.
Offworld was launched on March 9, 2015 by Alexander and games journalist Laura Hudson. Offworld was a gaming site with a focus on diversity and inclusiveness within the gaming community. The site featured editorials, news pieces, and articles from guest writers, such as video game developer Zoë Quinn.
Her writing has appeared in Variety, the Los Angeles Times, Kotaku, Polygon, Vice, Edge, The Guardian, The Atlantic and Time. She also produces a video series called "Lo-Fi Let's Play", in which she plays and comments on adventure games from the 1980s.
Alexander has written two books about video games: Breathing Machine, about growing up with gaming and the nascent Internet, and Clipping Through, about life in the games industry as viewed through the lens of the Game Developers Conference. On February 14, 2015 Alexander released an illustrated short story, Mona. The book features illustrations by Emily Carroll. Alexander also recorded an audiobook version of Mona herself. Alexander cites the video game Silent Hill 2 as an inspiration.
During the Gamergate controversy Alexander was one of several women who received harassment associated with the hashtag. On August 28, 2014, Alexander published an article on Gamasutra titled "Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over". The article became a focal point within the Gamergate controversy, with users of the Gamergate hashtag successfully campaigning Intel to pull all of their ads from Gamasutra. Alexander criticized Intel's decision, saying "Intel was fleeced by a hate mob." Intel issued an apology and said that it did not intend to be "taking sides in an increasingly bitter debate in the gaming community." Intel later resumed advertising on Gamasutra in mid-November.
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