Tag Archives: latin

E3 Run-ins

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Meg

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 →

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Chinese School After-Action Review

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Meg

Chinese school is over for the semester. I’ve been teaching here for two years now, the longest time I’ve worked in one school. RACL is really a special place, I’m glad I could work here. I had the best class this semester, thanks to … Continue reading →

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Fantasy University Preview

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Meg

Fantasy University is an upcoming Facebook game from Simutronics Corp. (If you’re asking yourself why that name sounds familiar, it may be because you’re old enough to have played DragonRealms on AOL.) I’ve been playing the current alpha build –  … Continue reading →

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My Tribe For Facebook

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Meg

Grubby Games’ My Tribe has just been turned into a Facebook social game. I played the original My Tribe about a year ago (yeah, I know, I love desert island survival games). The goal in the new Facebook game, like … Continue reading →

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Colorado Or Bust

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Meg

I have post-conference deflation. After a couple days filled with fascinating presentations and impromptu discussions on the nature of play and creativity, on using games to solve problems and change the world, it was deflating to be back at the … Continue reading →

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Orchid Insurance

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Meg

I’ve never made it to the top of the Gardening skill track in the Sims, but I’m pretty sure that the top proficiency is “Meg’s Granny” skill level. At this proficiency level, you use a stick to stake an amaryllis, … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Meg

Eight or nine years ago, I worked in a diner while on a, ahem, break from college. The Pioneer Valley is full of similar college-age breakers, finding themselves, forming bands, creating art, getting that awful first novel out of the … Continue reading →

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Miss Venezuala

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Meg

So I’m working on a blog promotion for Thimbler. I’m having such a great time with it… usually I’m on the receiving end of poorly-targeted Dear Blogger sales emails. I really resent those emails, both because marketing teams seem to … Continue reading →

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Oliver Twist

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Meg

Oliver Twist 8111-137 Creedmoor Rd Raleigh, NC 27613 Last week was Triangle Restaurant Week, when an assortment of local restaurants run a special set menu. We were meeting up with Lynn and some of her friends. I ended up narrowing … Continue reading →

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Quoted

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Meg

My dad is the editor of a preaching journal, The Living Pulpit, and thanks to nepotism, I mean, my dad’s knowledge of my specific talents, I’ve been doing the quotes section for him for about a year now. For each … Continue reading →

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