Tag Archives: SxSW

Deep Sea at SXSW’s Screenburn

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Meg

Deep Sea, Robin Arnott’s terrifying sound-based undersea adventure pushes boundaries between game and interactive experience. Sure, there’s combat, a battle between the player and some sort of killer leviathan, but the focus is much more on an experience than a … Continue reading →

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Mayflies, Collage, and Music in Super Chop Games’ Ephemerid

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Meg

Super Chop Games’ new iOs release Ephemerid is a musical game, but fortunately, very little of it involves tapping in time with the background music (Ugh. How is that a genre?). Instead, players explore a paper collage world of flowers, … Continue reading →

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Rollers of the Realm

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Meg

I had the chance to check out Phantom Compass‘ Rollers of The Realm at this year’s SXSW , where it was a finalist for the SXSW Gamer’s Voice award. Rollers of the Realm is a pinball-RPG hybrid, which sounds a … Continue reading →

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Turning Gaming Passions into Profits at SXSW

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Meg

Anthony, one of my friends from The Phat Startup, was on a panel called “Turning Gaming Passions into Profits” at SXSW.  I would normally skip this kind of panel, because these usually talk about elevator pitches and personal brands and … Continue reading →

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Hipster Shirts

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Meg

One of the side effects of tech blogging and games blogging is the endless assortment of branded graphics t-shirts I own.  Like everyone else in gaming, I have an extensive collection of shapeless XL black t-shirts with game logos, all … Continue reading →

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From The #SXSW Gaming Expo

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Meg

South by Southwest is almost a month of interactive, film and music shows, held annually in Austin, Texas. The festival is known for emerging music, launches of innovative tech startups, professional development sessions, and A-list keynotes, as well as for … Continue reading →

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From #SxSWi: Gigg

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Meg

SxSW Interactive always includes launches of amazing new apps (and, yeah, some ridiculous ones, but let’s not talk about that). With Gigg‘s new music app, users can make and share cute combinations of music, song lyrics, videos, and pictures. Choose … Continue reading →

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Indie Game Blog Carnival #1

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Meg

Hello everyone! I’m at SxSW right now, and I’m either listening to an amazing session, drinking with friends, or completely lost on the complete opposite side of where I mean to be going. (That is how conferences go for me.) … Continue reading →

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SxSW Summary

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Meg

Got a little while between sessions? Here is a sponsored docking station with couches, free artisan cupcakes and free-trade fresh roasted coffee, gluten-free breakfast tacos, and organic champagne, and a promo model from another sponsor stops by bringing free beers every … Continue reading →

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Bigger on the inside! #sxsw #drwho #blog

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Meg

Bigger on the inside! #sxsw #drwho #blog

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