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This Is Just How Caesar’s Legions Got Started
My morning before class started with sleeping through the alarm, and as always, rushing set off a series of other minor catastrophes. When I saw the No Left Turn – Train sign by Chapel Hill Road, I realized I’d have to teleport … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh, Teaching
Tagged caesar, Chapel Hill, coffee, dead romans, my students, Raleigh, teaching, teaching teenagers
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Game Review: Sims 2: Castaway
One day, you’re standing on the dock, waving goodbye to a friend, when you slip and fall and land in a crate, which is sealed and loaded onto a cargo ship, which is caught up in a storm and your … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged candy, cooking, Eric, Game Reviews, games, Google, Raleigh, random, reprints, Sims, Sims 2, Strangetown, ThumbGods, WarCraft, World of WarCraft
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Newark Airport Singalong
I’m kind of jealous that with all the time I’ve spent waiting at Newark Airport (For Christmas 2006, I flew in on AirIndia, Stick came in on British Airways and we both lost our luggage), I’ve never seen a singalong.
Posted in New Jersey, Raleigh
Tagged British, LOST, mac, New Jersey, newark airport, Raleigh, Rome, Stick
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Wisegal
Wisegal is actually the second time I’ve contributed to a Lifetime casual game. I also helped to test Lifetime / Large Animal Game’s Fashion Solitaire in 2008, although I didn’t make it into the credits. Maybe I shouldn’t make fun … Continue reading
Posted in milestones, Raleigh
Tagged Amanda d'Adesky, awesome, BBC, Brenda Brathwaite, chinese, credits, Fashion Solitaire, games, lifetime, Merscom, milestones, Raleigh, reading, ThumbGods, wisegal
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Game Review: Funky Farm 2
I really like farm management games, which is odd since I can’t keep a real plant alive, but after playing Harvest Moon, FarmCraft, Farm Frenzy and so many others, I wasn’t sure there was any room left for new farming … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews
Tagged casual games, duds, Funky Farm 2, Game Reviews, games, Harvest Moon, mail, Sims, SortaSoft, ThumbGods, time management, Tropical Dream
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Time Gentlemen, Please!
Time Gentlemen Please, by Simpson’s Paradox Click for full-size version. My latest piece in Indie Game Mag reviews the profanity-laden, filthy and hilarious point-and-click adventure Time Gentlemen, Please!.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold, begins by introducing the protagonist, Susie Salmon (like the fish, she reminds us), who is dead, murdered by a neighbor who’s made smalltalk with her parents a few times. As her community searches for … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Raleigh
Tagged Book review, Books, Eric, family, Harry Potter, mac, movies, moving, my boyfriend, Raleigh, reading, Young
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Labyrinth (Muppets and David Bowie Not Included)
My childhood Christmases always involved playing Monopoly on the family room floor, and if that doesn’t sound enough like an idyllic Dylan Thomas evening (A Child’s Christmas in Wales, people, not “Rage, rage against the dying of the light”), I … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming Culture, Raleigh
Tagged family, game connection, Isabelle, Raleigh, reading, Stick
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