IGN gave the game a 9.0 (one point higher than the original), praising the game's graphics and improved gameplay, but criticizing its story.
Elizabeth Alexander delivered an original poem, "Praise Song for the Day", at the inauguration ceremony.
The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander The poet Elizabeth Alexander (she read her original poem "Praise Song for the Day" at President Obama's 2009 inauguration) was married to the Eritrean painter Ficre Ghebreyesus when he died suddenly, leaving her a widow with two adolescent boys.
Cindy Holland, vice president of original content, praised Kohan for creating a "phenomenal and impactful series that is both funny and dramatic, outrageous and heartfelt".
(Despite its original text praising the bacchic Greek poet Anacreon, the tune was meant to be performed during society meetings by a trained virtuoso and was not, as is often presumed, a "drinking song").
In the fifties, he endorsed literary and theatrical adaptations as no less intrinsically cinematic than films based on original scripts and praised the power of literary sources to inform, and to improve, the cinema.
Matt Peckham described the plot as "fantastic and original", and praised the game's replayability.
Many of the commenters, including the original poster, praised the hairstyles as another possible hidden egg. .
Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine, who was critical of the song's original version, praised the "Vintage Throwback Remix".
Nathan Slavik of DJBooth.com called Lazarus a "smile-inducing, high quality hip-pop album from a distinctly creative and original voice", praising the record's uptempo yet dark songs.
