Alex Lee, Author at Upcomer

Alex Lee

Alexander Lee is an editor and freelance writer based in New York City. He has covered esports and the FGC for national and regional publications such as the Washington Post, the Nation, and ESPN. Top-level Super Smash Bros. Melee players have described his Jigglypuff as "pretty good."

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Se-jun went from Pokémon world championships to Super Smash Bros.

How Se-jun went from Pokémon World Champion to the Smash World Tour

The first VGC champion to sign with a top-tier esports organization

Netplay Palestine

Netplay for Palestine garners Smash community support

The Melee community and its recent outspoken support of Palestine

Michigan congressman Justin Amash announces he is running for president with a meme from Super Smash Bros.

How the Smash franchise has worked its way into our cultural fabric

While most esports culture is niche and esoteric, Super Smash Bros. has broken through to become a genuine pop-culture fixture.

Fighting Game Community

Uniting the fighting game community under one code of conduct

In the wake of so many problems, one group stepped up to set things right

Super Smash Bros. Melee’s first tier list in years recaptures modern meta

How a single tweet spawned the first official melee tier list in years