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Tag Archives: Sims
Playing Quidditch
“Stick? Can you play Quidditch for me?” I recently rented Harry Potter for the DS, and the Quidditch parts are just as annoying as they are in the books and movies. Unlike the books and movies, I can’t flip a … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged Books, education, Harry Potter, movies, nintendo DS, reading, Sims, Stick, ThumbGods, why I love Stick
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Visiting Strangetown: Sims 2 on the DS
You’re on your way from someplace much cooler to someplace much cooler when your car breaks down in Strangetown, and the Sims 2 game begins. A local yokel says he can fix that, but while you’re waiting (it goes without … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged games, General, Google, nintendo DS, random, Sims, Sims 2, Stick, Strangetown
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Travians on SeeJaneGame
I have a review of the addictive little browser game Travians up over on SeeJaneGame: The game opens with a message from your Travian’s uncle Horatio, asking you to come and help him with the ancestral estate. As he sends … Continue reading
Posted in ESL, Game Reviews, New Jersey, Raleigh
Tagged dead romans, ESL, Game Reviews, my other writing, SeeJaneGame, Sims, travel, Travians
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Kudos Demo
I want to call Kudos a life sim, but that term carries the connotations of “TheSims knockoff” and Kudos is definitely not that. It’s a sandbox game, where your choices affect your next set of options. It actually reminded me … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life, Game Reviews
Tagged China, chinese, Chinese food, game culture, Game Reviews, games, girls play that too?, Kudos, new game, PayPal, Positech, Sims, text-based
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In Which I Prove I’m A Complete Dork
If we were Sims, we’d be married now. Tweet this!
Fashion Solitaire
A couple few weeks ago, I got the chance to beta test a new casual game for Large Animal Games. The beta version of Fashion Solitaire looked like Barbie’s Magical Dream House had leaked all over it, but when I … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews
Tagged beta, Fashion Solitaire, game culture, Game Reviews, games, gaming, girls play that too?, Large Animal Games, LOST, mail, new game, Sims, Stick, superheroes, why's it gotta be pink?
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Home Cooking
Stick’s parents asked what we were eating, and the short answer is that I’m trying to cook at home.For example, here’s our dinner the other night. It might not make a magazine cover, but this is some hardcore polenta. I … Continue reading
Famous International Brand
Although I still have 3 weeks left of classes, it’s definately summer in Amherst. Stick decided to spring for an air conditioner instead of a fan, and he picked up and installed the new box with amazing speed. Actually, we … Continue reading
Nightlife
“Oh no! There’s that girl coming up the path to give me flowers!” Stick announced. I looked up from my book and told my boyfriend that I didn’t want to hear it. “I really thought that after I hooked up … Continue reading
