Author Archives: Meg

But First…

The entire post on barriers to diverse recruitment (over on Go Make Me A Sandwich) is quite good. It’s a thoughtful look at the overt and subtle ways that tech and gaming companies fail to encourage diverse hires, and also what a completely crock … Continue reading

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Travel Essentials

Bumped off my flight home (intentional) and separated from my luggage (…not so much). Fortunately, I have all the books on my iPad and my mom’s Christmas cookies with me in my carryon.

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Hello Kitty Menorah

My work Secret Santa got me Ms. Marvel comics!  (This is totally unrelated to the TMNT paper my other coworkers wrapped my desk in…) I’ve been aiming to take more pictures and post a photo every Wednesday,  but I guess it won’t break … Continue reading

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In Praise of Acceptable

I did some perfectly acceptable work recently, and I’m pretty thrilled about it. It’s not so difficult to write something great when I have a great topic, and time and space for creativity, and I’m feeling inspired. But turning out consistant … Continue reading

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IndieCade East, 2015

Quick post on next year’s IndieCade, over at Gosu Tech: IndieCade East, the annual festival and exhibition of independent video games, will return to New York’s Museum of the Moving Image this February. IndieCade began as an indie games festival … Continue reading

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Icewind Dale Port

I’m playing the Icewind Dale port on my iPad right now. While it’s not a perfect port — not everything works well with a touchscreen, and the instructions still ask you to hit a letter key to toggle different AI … Continue reading

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Blog Book Tour: Purgatory Origins

In Purgatory Origins: Powers of Darkness, archeology professor Harrison Standish, is investigating an Egyptian tomb, and discovers a set of messages, not consistent with when the chamber was supposedly sealed, and strange half-human skeletons. While he’s investigating the skeletons, he hears … Continue reading

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DNF: Driving’s Not Fun

So I’m giving up on a second audiobook, Blackberry Winter. It’s not awful, like my previous audio DNF, just flat characters doing predictable things, with a dash of melodrama. Also there were some weird moments where I couldn’t quite picture what was … Continue reading

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From Clippings to the Cloud with Recifoto

ReciFoto was described to me as the secret lovechild of Instagram and handwritten, old recipes. Those are both things I like, so I had to check it out. Users can add recipes by scanning or photographing recipes from handwritten index cards, magazines, old … Continue reading

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Seventy-Five Rings

Gamer students are available to join your school in High School Story, but they cost premium currency. And girl gamers cost more, of course!  

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