Ashley Bardhan

Ashley Bardhan is a critic from New York who covers gaming, culture, and other things people like.

She previously wrote Inverse’s award-winning Inverse Daily newsletter. Then, as a Kotaku staff writer and Destructoid columnist, she covered horror and women in video games. Her arts writing has appeared in a myriad of other publications, including Pitchfork, Gawker, and Vulture. She earned two BA degrees from the University of Rochester, one in Brain and Cognitive Science and the other in Creative Writing, but she doesn’t know where the certificates live in her closet.

Gaming

The Chosen One of Star Wars Video Games Has Finally Returned

20 years (and a couple of forgettable reboots) later, it’s finally time to gear up for battle again.

ByAshley Bardhan
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The Original Arcade Shooter Makes a Raucous Return

Sometimes, all you want to do is shoot bad guys with increasingly absurd sci-fi weapons.

ByAshley Bardhan
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Tomb Raider Remastered Is The Perfect Nintendo Switch Game — For Better or Worse

Despite its flaws, I couldn’t help but enjoy my time with Lara Croft.

ByAshley Bardhan
The Inverse Awards

The Best Video Game Death Scenes of 2023, Ranked

Death comes for us all — especially in video games.

ByAshley Bardhan
Feature

Cozy Video Games Have Nowhere to Go But Up

It’s time the genre stepped up to its science-backed potential.

ByAshley Bardhan
News

This Familiar Gaming Controversy Should Finally Teach Us Something New

PC Gamer’s recent mistake only highlights an ongoing issue.

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

Let your dog go vegan — it could help their health and the planet

Plus: The body fuels the brain.

ByAshley Bardhan
Horizons

Axiom-1 to head back to Earth after its historic 10-day mission

Plus: Protected land for all.

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

This 186-year-old artifact is crumbling at the bottom of the ocean

Plus: Learn to evolve.

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

Keep your eyes peeled for meteor dust, courtesy of Halley's comet

Plus: Avoid Covid-19, please.

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

Scientists just created a type of ice found nowhere else on Earth

Plus: Another wet dress.

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

Axiom Space’s flight to the International Space Station is quietly making history

Plus: A cure for weary astronaut eyes.

ByAshley Bardhan
Innovation

Dragonfly wings could help determine the future of human flight

Plus: Nissan and NASA join forces.

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

Why did the CDC get so much about Covid-19 wrong?

Plus: A mystery meteor.

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

Size does matter — if you are a naked mole-rat

Plus: Cave-dwelling dragons!

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

Elon Musk may have jeopardized SpaceX’s Starship mission to Mars

Plus: A galaxy far, far away.

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

Another bird flu outbreak is underway — should you be worried?

Plus: A genetic breakthrough.

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

One deadly weather combination could plague Americans by the year 2100

Plus: We’re going to space.

ByAshley Bardhan
Horizons

How Dubai plans to transform Expo 2020 into a “human-centric future city”

Plus: A safer e-scooter.

ByAshley Bardhan
Inverse Daily

Meet the religious dinosaur hunters who want to prove evolution wrong

Plus: A planet in the wrong place.

ByAshley Bardhan