Author Archives: Meg

An Unpleasant Combat Game

Quoted from Leigh Alexander’s blog. Posted without comment, because how could I improve this? What’s your favorite video game? Metal Gear Solid 3. It’s a game set in the Cold War that you can play however you want, but those of … Continue reading

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But I Really Like This Book

Harold: Look, I got Robocop on DVD! Will you watch it with me? Meg: I guess if it’s important to you — Harold: It is! Meg: Then I will read my book in the same room where you watch this … Continue reading

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My Kind Of Advertising

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An Etiquette Guide To The End Times

In Maia Sepp’s novella An Etiquette Guide to the End Times, Olive writes a blog answering etiquette questions for well-mannered survivalists in the semi-collapsed society. Just because the earth grows warmer every year, beachfront property is now underwater property, and … Continue reading

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Meteolojinx Recanto

I wrote this a while ago, right after it happened, but I thought it was too negative, and didn’t post it. Recently, I got into a discussion about whether we’d recommend our rental company to friends, and I had to … Continue reading

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Still Not Rome.

In which my love of the Rome series tricks me into reading another Colleen McCullough novel. I have mixed feelings on Colleen McCullough’s work. On one hand, Caesar’s Women and the rest of her Rome series are epic and well … Continue reading

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Facepaint

I didn’t really start wearing makeup until I was almost thirty. Before that, I’d thought of cosmetics as something one learned to applied skillfully to hide one’s flaws, or  something one should choose carefully to match skin tone and eye … Continue reading

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Success Marker

One of my current App Design students took Game Design with me last year, and today he asked if I would please tell him the story of Cow Clicker again.

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Apps That Need To Exist: Skipworthy

To improve the Facebook experience for the average user, this app will automatically hide everything shared from Buzzfeed or Upworthy from the user’s Facebook timeline.  Optional upgrades will allow users to block any posts with “…and you’ll never believe what … Continue reading

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Hello Kitty Around The Office

I’m not saying you should never have me run a meeting, I’m just sharing a photo of an assignment from the meeting I ran today.

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