Monthly Archives: February 2015
Still Life With Yggdrasil
My friend Allison has this on a necklace, she wore it a lot in college. Actually, I’m not sure sure if she wore it every single day, but that’s how I picture her in my head, and so, every time I see … Continue reading
Oddly Accurate Fairy Sim
My Sims’s goals are to talk about her job, work on her novel, become a better writer (because writing skill is distinct from actually completing assignments, isn’t it?) and be worth $20,000. In case you’re wondering if I’m going to … Continue reading
I’m really enjoying taking more photos, playing around with Instagram and Pixlr, and finding a good one to post here every week. It’s a good mental practice to keep my eyes open for small details of everyday life that are … Continue reading
Still Life With Alcohol
Lifehack: Eat small portions of diet food all day, so that you take one sip of the house cocktail, and are immediately hammered.
The First Hero: Saving the World on a Grecian Urn
The First Hero, from BeGamer, is a short point-and-click adventure about a young champion on a Greek urn, I mean, a young champion in mythical Greece. You’re not, as far as I could tell, any particular mythological hero, just a young champion … Continue reading
At IndieCade, Part 2
I ran into Nate, and then he ran into one of his friends, and introduced me. “Oh, is your last name Stivison?” Nate’s friend asked. “Yeah, it is.” “You reviewed my game!” I’m always so terribly nervous when that happens, and I was … Continue reading
Not All YouTubers
Part of my work involves creating video content, managing the creation of video content from others, and building a friendly fan community around games, all for students ages 8-14. Sometimes, working on gaming videos really highlights how inappropriate and angry YouTube gamer culture can be. It ranges … Continue reading
Chestnut Street
This is Maeve Binchy’s last book, Chestnut Street. It’s a collection of short stories, most of which I read about an hour after I got it, but there are a couple left and I really don’t want to read them … Continue reading
MyFitnessJerk And The Constant Error Message
I’ve started using MyFitnessPal, an app to track food and exercise. I’m aiming to lose about 5 pounds before summer, but more importantly, I want to make sure my stressful-day fries and my just-this-once candy don’t become everyday food. The process of recording my … Continue reading
