Alexandra Hall ~ 📕📗📘

Yesterday was my last day at Kotaku. A Thursday surprise! Much has changed since I joined nearly four years ago, but I remain proud of my colleagues for continually striving to do great work despite the challenging internal circumstances. Blessed to work with y'all.

@jmrivera02 thank you. i had a good run!

@starry_gulf so sorry to hear, wishing you the best, Alexandra!

Yesterday was my last day at Kotaku. A Thursday surprise! Much has changed since I joined nearly four years ago, but I remain proud of my colleagues for continually striving to do great work despite the challenging internal circumstances. Blessed to work with y'all.

@Jbigs11 ♥ (Tim Horton's?? that's an upgrade)

@starry_gulf what an immeasurable loss, thats just mind boggling. Kotaku will sorely miss you. I’m so sorry, Alexandra.

@GeraldVilloria Thanks, bud.

@starry_gulf Wishing you well and hoping you land somewhere awesome.

@botherer i second this very very kind comment! (😭)

😌😳😭

@OtherWhiteTofu Hmm, unlikely. I run too many adblockers for them to let me in the building. I won't rule anything out but I'm more inclined toward more general word wrangling (nerd or otherwise), dev-side work (esp. within my interest niches, inc. localization editing), etc.

@starry_gulf Not going to join the dark side of marketing/Pr/etc?

@rollinbishop i shall! thanks for reachin' out.

@kobunheat thanks, feel the same! you know my proclivities if you ever need a merc with certain talents. know what's funny? one of the key things bothering me today is that Kotaku Start Page is really due for an update.

@starry_gulf So sorry to hear this! It was nice working with you for that brief overlap. Hope the next, better thing isn't too far off.

@john_learned i'll be alright. thanks for your kind message.

@OtherWhiteTofu I appreciate it! i'll do some more elsewhere.😤

@starry_gulf sorry to hear, enjoyed your work

@JustinLeeper_yo cheers Justin. (now i am imagining you suplexing a burly wrestler. hope you don't mind.)

@openridePHL thank you. (wow, it's been ages! hope you are doin' well.)

@joelevard appreciate it. the 🌿 doesn't see much value in editors, as you know. being free from that G/O stress now is nice, though i'll still worry about everyone still there.

@heartimecia you're too kind. ♥

P.S. While I'm here, my recent Analogue Duo review really kicked ass. haha kotaku.com/analogue-duo-r…

Me? I'll def. have more free time! Slide into my DMs or LinkedIn if you wanna talk freelance. I'd really love to find steady work that flexes my interest/expertise in: - retrogaming, games history, games preservation - editing (esp. localizations) - virtual reality (!) Be well!

No one has been more fearless, persistent, and incisive in unearthing the stories that really shape and drive gaming culture over more than a decade. She IS Kotaku, but her mark is also on every front page of every major gaming site every moment of every day.

Our statement on G/O Media’s plan to implement AI content, just days after laying off newsroom members

these modern fucking dilemmas huh? lol slash sob

anyway, curious how others of y'all are navigating / have navigated that question

came to the conclusion i'd like to not be on Twitter. it's just an awful site and bad for mh buuut of course the big but is that it feels like you "need" it for professional visibility. so that makes me think of half-measures like going private, but that's not as "good" is it?