Tag Archives: Geek Insider

The Perils of The Lady Gamer: A Graphial Diversion Regarding Women and Games

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Meg

I wrote about this hilarious and sad comic on female gamers by Shaenon K Garrity for The Absolute. You may have seen it by now — this is actually the 4th time* I’ve covered a story right before a Gawker … Continue reading →

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A Little Cheating on ‘The Facebook Diet’

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Meg

Very often I’ll write something that I think is perfectly clear, and be amazed by what readers take away from it. Sometimes this is educational for me, and helps me improve my work by discovering areas where my words were … Continue reading →

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IslaBomba

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Meg

My editor, Sonia, just wrote about indie devs IslaBomba, their creative vision, and the unique challenges they face as a start-up surrounded by Spain’s high unemployment. Eduardo and Alberto Saldana are brothers and the co-founders of an Indie game studio … Continue reading →

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Indie Games On Amazon!

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Meg

It might have gotten lost in all the E3 / XBONE / PlayStation 4 craziness, but retail giant Amazon has just started selling indie games. This has major applications for both indie games developers and smaller games publications, so I … Continue reading →

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Animazement Conversation

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Meg

Faith from Geek Insider and I both covered Animazement, which means we had this conversation a couple of times: “I just talked to someone you already talked to!” “Who?” “In the artists alley… With the cool business cards…” “Not narrowing … Continue reading →

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That Time I Had To Talk To Strangers

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Meg

I recently interviewed Emily Farquharson of the International Geek Girl Pen Pal Club for Geek Insider, as well as Spiderweb Software’s Jeff Vogel for Hardcore Droid, and Sky Horse Interactive’s Dave Stafford for Indie Game Mag. Even though I got … Continue reading →

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#TCDisrupt Press Pass

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Meg

Obligatory press pass photo!

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Greenheart Games On Game Piracy

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Meg

My Geek Insider colleague, Mohseen Lala, covers the fantastic story about Greenheart Games’ Game Dev Tycoon‘s anti-piracy message in the pirated version of the game. Game Dev Tycoon allows players to run a virtual game studio, hiring devs and trying to … Continue reading →

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East Coast Game Conference

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Meg

I first attended Raleigh’s East Coast Game Conference in 2010, when it was Triangle Games Conference. (I’m a gaming convention hipster, apparently.)  Now in it’s fifth year, ECGC offers seven programming tracks, allowing attendees to focus on Design, Programming, Art, Writing, Serious … Continue reading →

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Card-Carrying Geek

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Meg

Obligatory press pass photo! I don’t usually cover a conference for one editor. Usually I’m freelance, which means going a little crazy trying to hit multiple deadlines, with different wordcounts, different styles and different readerships. This felt a bit like … Continue reading →

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