Category Archives: New York City

So I Wrote Some Things

I wrote some things about comics. I don’t really know anything about comic books! Which is why these reviews have been great fun to write! Recently, when I write about games, I can get caught up in how this game relates … Continue reading

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“Alice In Tumblr-Land”

Tim Manley’s Alice in Tumblr-land: And Other Fairy Tales for a New Generation tells the stories of fairy tale princesses and heroes, as twenty-somethings navigating relationships, friends, sex, careers and social media. The Tortoise and the Hare Facebook-stalk each other … Continue reading

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Women In Videogames

At Geek Girl Con, talking about women in game development with Carly Kocurek, who was an amazing rock star.

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The Tragedy of Internet Marketing

Having a blog often brings me strange emails. Usually from well-meaning marketers, who’ve found me on some list of female bloggers and would therefore like to offer me the exciting opportunity to review their sippycups or diaper bags or something … Continue reading

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Jesse Petersen’s “Monsters In Your Neighborhood”

Monsters In Your Neighborhood is Jesse Petersen’s sequel to Club Monstrosity. In Club Monstrosity, we met a collection of Manhattan monsters. Swamp Thing, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Blob, the Invisible Man, a mummy, a vampire, and Alec, the … Continue reading

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Everlove Dialogue

I can’t stop playing Silicon Sisters’ new game “Everlove”, and the dialogue is probably the main reason.

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Blinded Me With Science

I’m writing a piece for Hardcore Droid about my work in games, which is turning out to be surprisingly difficult. I love talking about games but somehow when asked to describe my work and give career advice to future game … Continue reading

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Latinists in Space

There’s a new and ongoing Tumblr of gorgeous Mars probe images captioned in Latin. I love the immediacy of space image social media (like the Col. Chris Hadfield blog) blended with the medieval university feel of Latin descriptions.   COLLES TARTAREI  Via … Continue reading

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The Vicar’s Wife

The Vicar’s Wife, an upcoming novel by Katherine Swartz, tells two stories, both set in the same vicarage in the rural village of Goswell, but eighty years apart. One story is about Alice, who leaves Cambridge — one of my … Continue reading

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Waiting To Meet My Sister

I know that people don’t typically have nice things to say about NYC in August, but if there is anything nicer than reading in a sundress in an urban park, well, I haven’t found it. via SCVNGR – Mitchel Square … Continue reading

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