Alexis Ong
Alexis Ong is a freelance culture journalist based in Singapore, mostly focused on games, science fiction, weird tech, and internet culture. For PC Gamer Alexis has flexed her skills in internet archeology by profiling the original streamer and taking us back to 1997's groundbreaking all-women Quake tournament. When she can get away with it she spends her days writing about FMV games and point-and-click adventures, somehow ranking every single Sierra adventure and living to tell the tale.
In past lives Alexis has been a music journalist, a West Hollywood gym owner, and a professional TV watcher. You can find her work on other sites including The Verge, The Washington Post, Eurogamer and Tor.
Latest articles by Alexis Ong
14 games you should play from the indie bundle for Palestinian aid
By Alexis Ong published
Play These A staggering selection of more than 1,000 games for a good cause. Here's where to start.
YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes is on a quest to play the worst MMOs ever made
By Alexis Ong published
Worst Quest If you've ever wondered what kind of person has the fortitude and passion to play the world's worst MMORPGs, well, we found him.
This MMO that promised an 'infinite open world' has become a giant fiasco
By Alexis Ong published
Infinite Mess A broken alpha, inexperienced developers, and sloppy asset rips are just the start of the DreamWorld drama.
Enough cyberpunk—it's solarpunk's time to shine
By Alexis Ong published
🌞 Rather than imagining another dystopia, solarpunk envisions futures where tech and the environment can co-exist.
Meet the original streamer, who ran his own public access gaming show in 1993
By Alexis Ong published
Star Turn 12-year-old J.J. Styles' local TV show was the predecessor to modern gaming culture decades before Twitch.
The Hollywood-obsessed FMV games of the '90s were weird as hell
By Alexis Ong published
Hollyweird Gaming's early attempts to to taken seriously by Hollywood produced some delightfully awkward gems.
The dark art of Noctropolis, the most gorgeous FMV game you've never played
By Alexis Ong published
'90s Cool How an aborted Twin Peaks game, a bizarre trip to Hollywood, and '90s comic art coalesced into an unforgettable adventure.
30 years later, Sierra's Laura Bow mysteries are still a treasure
By Alexis Ong published
On the Case Laura Bow will always be Sierra's original adventure game detective, and a trailblazing heroine.
Every Sierra graphical adventure game, ranked
By Alexis Ong published
Best of the Quest How I spent 1.5 months beating the long-dead corpse of my childhood.
How the '90s family computer shaped a generation's exposure to PC gaming
By Alexis Ong published
Beginnings Through my dad, the shared family PC introduced me to games and technology I'd never have found on my own.
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