Category Archives: Boston

Cute Casual Game in “BBQ Roast”

BBQ Roast is a cute browser game with a tasty food theme and a BBQ twist on the usual match-3 gameplay.  The graphics in BBQ Roast are cute and fun, reminding me of a Cooking Mama challenge (and I still … Continue reading

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Escape Room: Adult Ed

Escape Room Concept: The players work at an adult-ed program and need to print something in 1 hour before students arrive, but the toner, paper, and printer access code are stored in different locked-away, hidden cupboards, so teachers aren’t wasting … Continue reading

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Gaslamps Gas Giant in “The Mimicking of Known Successes”

The Mimicking of Known Successes, by Malka Older, was the kind of book where I wanted to read faster to discover the mystery (and Pleiti and Mossa’s relationship mystery), but I also wanted to read more slowly to stay longer … Continue reading

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My Double Life

“Oh, since you’re here,” my supervisor said, “Could I ask you something about your resume? Actually, I’ve been meaning to ask you this since we first hired you.” At this point, naturally, my head exploded. What could it be? Does … Continue reading

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And Here’s The Copier Code

In 2007, I was the newest staff member at LCC, and I shared a classroom with a teacher who let me know that she’d had the room’s supply closet organized this way since 1999 and she  had no intention of … Continue reading

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Just Thinking About How Fake and Stupid This Sounds:

At our Christmas party in 2019, my then-bosses gave Workbro and me a hard time about nothing. It made me feel really unappreciated at work, so I decided to start looking for a new job. So when I went back … Continue reading

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Online Learning, Again

Dept of Ed: To improve online teaching quality, we’ve decided that teachers need more paperwork. There’s now a new form for lesson plans and you have to submit then in new places and there are new, required PD sessions where … Continue reading

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Sad Zoom Graduation

My year teaching of ESOL 3 at my new job, back in adult ed, ended today, with Sad Zoom Graduation. I was kind of dreading this morning because I’m so completely burned out on Sad Zoom versions of all our … Continue reading

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

I accidentally read Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin, over a game convention weekend, while I spent the rest of my time demoing my games, playtesting a new game, and talking about game design. We also did a panel where my husband/co-creator … Continue reading

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adulthood

Me: Why? You ask me why? For personal joy and artistic expression, for lifelong learning, for intellectual curiosity, for connection to the human experience, for — My accountant: Let me clarify. Was this class in game design so you can … Continue reading

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