Author Archives: Meg

Stays In Vegas

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Meg

My dad picked me up at the airport coming home from Vegas, and he asked me how my trip had been. I complained that I couldn’t take full advantage of the endless free booze because I was working. I told … Continue reading →

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Active Users

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Meg

I was at a meeting in Vegas with my boss, talking about the future of casual, social games. Someone mentioned the growing popularity of CityVille, and wondered aloud how many people were playing. “CityVille just broke 85 million monthly active … Continue reading →

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Winning On Red

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Meg

Although my colleague Hiro is brilliant and amazing, we don’t exactly see eye-to-eye on some things. Most things. Ok, anything. (Hey, if you ever want to see a Quebecois turn funny colors, you should tell him that every problem you … Continue reading →

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Still Life With Jello Shots

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Meg

Ok, so maybe Vegas isn’t completely wasted on me. (Unless my boss is reading, in which case, I was working really, really hard. All the time.)

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Max’s Brain

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Meg

Games blogger (and my housemates’ college classmate) Kurt Kalata is coming out with a book based on his retrogaming blog. My awesomely artistic housemate Kate is making a shrine to Roberta Williams for the cover of Kurt’s book, so when … Continue reading →

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Wasted.

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Meg

So I’m heading to CES, the consumer electronics show in Los Vegas. I’m going to be working for the gameworld through Friday (I love that this wild virtual worldbuilding is my day job), and then staying on to see the … Continue reading →

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Atlas Shrugged

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Meg

On New Year’s Eve, I took the train to Boston, where I met up with Marcus to drive the rest of the way up to Maine. Marcus had told me a few days before that he’d looked up our route … Continue reading →

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What Keeps You Playing?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Meg

I have a new editorial on player motivation up on The Game Effect. I’m quite pleased with this, it took me a while to process through why some mechanics keep me one-more-turning and others just piss me off, but I … Continue reading →

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Did They Teach You That In Poet School?

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Meg

Marcus and I are drinking coffee at Harvard Square on a Sunday afternoon just before Christmas. Ok, I’m drinking enough coffee for both of us, and he’s regaling me with stories from academia. My friend Marcus is an actual working … Continue reading →

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Larger Than Life

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Meg

Spike VGA, by Simpson’s Paradox Saw this coming out of Penn Station this morning (since I didn’t take DeCamp today). I thought of my awesome time at the VGAs, and my recent cyberpunk ad sighting, and, well, if you saw … Continue reading →

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