Leigh Alexander

Leigh Alexander is an advisor at High Fidelity and a renowned technology, media, and games critic and presenter. For the past 15 years and 5 months, they have been self-employed, writing dialogue and designing choice architecture in branching stories. Leigh has also worked as a narrative designer and consultant, helping to ensure strong correlations between game mechanics and narrative elements.

Some of their notable previous clients include Fusebox Games, London (2018-2019), where they wrote interactive scripts, including logic indicators and persistent conditionality, and helped design and script new characters. Leigh was also part of a team of writers who pitched and developed new concepts with external technology partners and major entertainment licenses. From 2015-2019, they served as narrative director and primary writer for Reigns: Her Majesty, an award-winning dark comedy mobile game about gender and power. In this role, they successfully developed the themes of the popular previous Reigns game into a characterful sequel that naturally extends the existing brand.

Through editorial commentary, industry reporting, documentary, presenting, and fiction, Leigh observes and responds to the immersive technology landscape with a focus on identity, culture, and realtime experience. Leigh has written for a variety of publications, including The Guardian, Offworld, Medium, Vice Motherboard, Slate, Variety, Wired, New York Magazine, and the Columbia Journalism Review.

Leigh Alexander attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which is a school that offers education in the performing arts.