Author Archives: Meg
Bennington Girls Are Easy
Bennington Girls Are Easy is about two best friends, and their wider circle of college friends. Actually, it’s about living in the city right after college. I love struggling-friends-in-the-city chicklit, and I love lifestyle porn, but I get extremely annoyed … Continue reading
Comic Conspiracy
Went with Harold for a Free Comic Book Day signing at The Comic Conspiracy, Asheboro.
A for All Done
I’ve not exactly enjoyed everything about my online class, but I passed with an A, because 90.0000000001 is an A. I was obsessively checking, so I saw this in the grades section of my online “classroom”. Then I got an … Continue reading
No Pineapples Will Be Left Behind!
Alternate Title: Even More Thoughts Around Games and Education A while ago, I posted about No Pineapple Left Behind, a serious game Seth Alter from Subaltern Games is working on, all about standardized testing and school systems. I was really disappointed to … Continue reading
Enchanted Cave 2
I recently played and loved the web version of Enchanted Cave 2, and covered it for Youth Digital’s students, so I jumped at the chance to review the new mobile version for Hardcore Droid. I really love doing reviews for … Continue reading
Writing About Writing, Again
On Monday, I gave a talk at Davidson College about games and education. It was a really great day. the campus is beautiful, and it was lovely to talk with Anelise, about her work in digital media (old texts + … Continue reading
Secrets of ‘High School Story’ #hssgame
A few weeks ago, I was at a homeschool education conference for my work, and I got chatting with a twelve-year-old about our favorite games. (This was a theme of the conference weekend, and I got quite a few game … Continue reading
Design Flaw
Recently, I’ve been feeling awful, just kind of dragging myself through things, and I have a great deal to do for class, regular work, freelance work and apparently if I don’t wash my clothes, they won’t clean themselves. Design flaw. … Continue reading
Continuity
“Easy to learn, hard to master” is usually considered the gold standard for a casual game. The more time new players must spend, learning how systems and items work, the less casual and accessible the game is. (I love a … Continue reading
Retro Mobile Ready
I recently changed my theme to make my blog mobile-friendly, and in doing so, I went to a very simple theme and then took out a lot of features. I’ll probably put the header image back, style up the sidebar … Continue reading
