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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

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At IndieCade

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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

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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

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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

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My Top Books of 2014

So, this was blatantly stolen from Alice at Reading Rambo, who stole it from Emily at As the Crowe Flies (and Reads). Although, I only answered the questions I felt like answering, and I waited until weeks into 2015 to do so, because you … Continue reading

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With Those We Love Alive

his is a screenshot, of sorts, from Porpentine’s With Those We Love Alive.  I discovered this game through friends on social media sharing photos of their own symbols. I immediately wanted to play it, but put it off until I … Continue reading

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Ugh, Adulting

So I didn’t post a Wednesday picture last week, and today’s screenshot is pretty much the reason why. I’m doing some new things at work (like always!), but this newest assignment involves facilitating creative content from others, both setting in editorial expectations, … Continue reading

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Apps That Need To Exist: PreDoctor

Since Google knows pretty much everything about us, I can’t wait for it to apply what it’s learned from our checkins and sleeping hours and steptrackers to answer our medical googling. “Google,” I might ask it, “do I have that … Continue reading

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Fangirl to Influencer at Carolina Blogging

Carolina Blogging’s first skillshare and blogger meetup will be this March, and I’m going to be talking about review blogging, specifically about writing on books and games. But I totally described it in a professional way! Fangirl to Influencer: Turn Your … Continue reading

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