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Booth Dudes
That’s it. When my studio goes big time, I’m hiring booth dudes for #E3. –amandadadesky, via Twitter Tweet this!
Posted in game culture, Los Angeles
Tagged Amanda d'Adesky, e3, gaming, girls play that too?, twitter
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Civ 2, Or Why I Should Listen To Eric Sometimes
Nick tagged me in that 15 games Facebook meme, but as I started to compile my most memorable games, I realized I’m unable to just type a list. Civilization 2 would definitely make that list. When Civ 2 came out, … Continue reading
Posted in game culture, New Jersey
Tagged 15 games, civ2, Civilization, gaming, PC games, videogames
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New Study: Still Shocked By Girls Playing Games
From the post Girls Got Game! A Look at Gender & Gaming, on the usually-awesome site Frisky Mongoose: First and foremost, what would you say if I told you that 60% of women that play games don’t actually consider themselves … Continue reading
Posted in game culture, other blogs, Raleigh
Tagged Frisky Mongoose, gaming, girls play that too?, other blogs, why's it gotta be pink?
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Skipping The Tutorial
A recent post on Brenda Brathwaite’s blog discusses “the frequently forced, painful and cramped narrative-on-rails that is the in-game tutorial” (Full text here). These are usually an awkward blend in media res urgency with a constant jarring reminder of what … Continue reading
Posted in Boston, game culture
Tagged Amanda d'Adesky, awesome, Brenda Brathwaite, credits, education, games, gaming, Marcus, moving, reading
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Two Worlds Collided
Tonight was the end-of-term dance for the students, and some of the responsible adults also grabbed the chance to dance around the gym/auditorium, gossip by the water fountain, hang out with the smokers on the stairs and generally act like … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey, Raleigh, teaching teenagers
Tagged e3, gaming, General, teaching teenagers, things I'm not good at
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Indie Game Mag, Issue 11
Issue 11 of Indie Game Mag is out, including my article on IndieCade: In the midst of the booth babes, the pumping ‘Poker Face’ from the Dance Central demo at Harmonix, and the all-out gaming promo swag of E3 is … Continue reading
E3 Run-ins
At the airport — on the LAX side — I met Mike of GameDrinkCode. We hadn’t met before, although I’m a big fan of GameDrinkCode (I’m more of a GameDrinkWrite girl myself), and I’d been disappointed to miss his highspeed-development talk … Continue reading
E3
Stick brought in the mail yesterday, and brought me a book I’d ordered and a couple adverts, and then asked if maybe I was waiting for something else to arrive. I guess in the excitement of getting my press credentials … Continue reading
Posted in game culture, Raleigh
Tagged e3, game culture, games, gaming, Indie Game Mag, letters, mail, Stick
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TGConf After-Action Review
Right before I went to Denver, I went to the Triangle Games Conference. It was a great two days, I met a ton of creative people and heard about a lot of interesting projects. This meeting-strangers thing is getting a … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged bloggers, classics, Denver, games, gaming, indie games, my boyfriend, oops, TGConf, Triangle Game Conference, WomenGamers
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Eufloria Reviewed
My Eufloria review is up on Bytten. Despite really enjoying Eufloria, this was a hard review to write. I loved the organic-art graphics so much, but as I read and reread my attempts at a review, I started to feel … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged Bytten, Civilization, Dyson, election, Eufloria, Game Reviews, gaming, General, indie games, reading
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