Category Archives: Seattle

Betrothed To Mr. Darcy

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Meg

Are you tired of posts about Pride and Prejudice spinoffs? Just kidding, no one could ever get tired of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy! Violet Bedford’s novella Betrothed to Mr. Darcy picks up right where Pride and Prejudice left off, … Continue reading →

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Geek Girl Con Adventures

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Meg

Short recap:  Geek Girl Con was an amazing group of female game developers, science fiction writers, and comic artists, all running into each other to say “I love your dress / hair / blog!” So great. Long recap:  I spoke … Continue reading →

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Monorail Espresso | You Gotta Eat This!

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Meg

While I was in Seattle for Geek Girl Con, I finally went to Monorail Espresso, instead of just running past it on my way to the convention center. It was amazing, even in a city with great coffee everywhere, and … Continue reading →

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Political Backstabbing and Handsome Men in ‘Everlove’

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Meg

I recently reviewed Everlove, Silicon Sisters’ new romance / adventure game for Hardcore Droid. This game contains great dialogue, with both intrigue and snark. And the handsome, single men all over the kingdom really highlighted how often mainstream, for-everyone games … Continue reading →

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Geek Girl Con

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Meg

The Geek Girl Con event schedule is up and neither of my talks is scheduled for first thing in the morning or last thing at night! I’m on a panel about women working in games at 11 on Saturday morning, … Continue reading →

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Casual Connect Highlights

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Meg

One of my first Casual Connect meetings was with a developer who talked about writing up docs, several years ago, of an interactive gameworld made up of cubes, like cubic water and cubic plants and cubic minerals. Players would collect … Continue reading →

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From Casual Connect

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Meg

New pieces up on Indie Game Mag, from last week’s Casual Connect conference. Charley Price, from Hidden Variable Studios, spoke at last week’s Casual Connect on Marketing by Design: Building IP with Reach. He used Bag It! as an example, … Continue reading →

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Big Fish Unlimited

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Meg

Big Fish Games first got my attention by offering one-hour-free trials of their casual titles, before that was a terribly common distribution method. It was a pretty appealing alternative to driving to a GameSpot and buying a CD in a … Continue reading →

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Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Meg

This week, on Inside the Music: Slurry was the brainchild of enigmatic virtuoso guitarist Fitzwilliam Darcy, but it wasn’t until he teamed up with outgoing front man Charles Bingley that the group began their meteoric rise to fame. This is … Continue reading →

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Why Harold Hates People

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Meg

Hipster Barista Girl: So, do you, like, work for the space program? Harold: No. This is a Starfleet shirt.

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