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Persona Project
via Persona The CNN photo project at SxSW invited people to take a picture and show what they’re carrying, creating a snapshot of a SxSW day. My essentials are headphones, friends’ business cards, Allison’s house keys (on a Five College … Continue reading
The Daring Game For Girls
When I wasn’t teaching or running around Manhattan with packs of teenagers, I checked out The Daring Game For Girls on the DS. I know this is the girl-player stereotype, but I just can’t overstate how important a customizable avatar … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged cooking, daring game for girls, e3, family, games, glasses, LOST, Lost in Blue 2, nintendo DS, teaching
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Impressive
I made it to the first day of the Triangle Game Conference this morning with a minimum of fuss and confusion, and picked up my very first media pass! It’s so awesome, I’m thinking I might start wearing it everywhere. … Continue reading
Posted in game culture, my other writing
Tagged Amanda d'Adesky, awesome, chinese, coffee, glasses, Stick, Triangle Game Conference
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Garden Party World
The new online kids’ game Garden Party is almost ready, and Victoria from Asylum was nice enough to send me an email introducing me to the beta. I checked out the game, which is billed as a safe, multiplayer world … Continue reading
Posted in game culture, Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged Asylum Entertainment, beta, British, game culture, Game Reviews, games, garden, Garden Party Game, Garden Party World, glasses, Hugo, mail, wee ones, Wizard 101
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Wizard 101
I was predisposed to like the new Wizard 101 game. It’s not exactly a secret that I love Harry Potter, and the game promises to be a wizard school MMOPRG. The game is adorable from the first loading screen. They’ve … Continue reading
Posted in game culture, Game Reviews
Tagged beta, casual games, Game Reviews, games, General, glasses, Harry Potter, King's Isle Games, kingsisle, new game, random, Stick, teaching, wee ones, Wizard 101
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Yanjing
My specs had a tragic accident today. After Sven helped me out at school with a superglue temporary fix, I went to the specs store to get new ones. We get Stick’s contact lens solution at a little glasses shop … Continue reading
My Sister The Pirate (Again)
My sister Bethie wrote on her own journal about shipboard customs, one of which warms my classicist heart: On another unrelated note, whenever we had all hand get togethers where we were toasting anything, we would toast, then pour one … Continue reading
Rose-Colored
My student Melissa stopped by yesterday to give me a New Year’s gift… she brought over two gorgeous red rat-shaped papercuts so Stick and I could decorate for the year of the Rat! When she came in, I noticed she’d … Continue reading
Russian Mirage
Stick and I went exploring down the Russian street between the Ritan Park Jenny Lou’s and The Place. It’s at the eastern end of Ritan Bei Lu, where it meets Dongdaqiao Lu. The last time I was at The Place, … Continue reading
Live At The BBC
I wrote about Christine Ohuruogu for the Beijing Olympics Fan! blog yesterday, and tonight I got an email from the BBC asking if I’d like to talk about it for World Have Your Say. Would I? Of course! BBC radio … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Chinese life
Tagged BBC, Eric, glasses, mail, podcast, World Have Your Say
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