Author Archives: Meg
Player Fantasy
My friend Chris wrote me to tell me about a game in which you play as a pediatric optometrist. Ugh. “What kind of player fantasy is that?” I wrote back. “How is giving pretend eye drops to pretend squirming kids … Continue reading
Biblical Numerology
My mom recently inherited some kind of special flatware (sorry, forks all look like forks to me) from my dad’s side of the family, and asked me to check and make sure there are enough for all the Christmas guests. … Continue reading
A Little Cheating on ‘The Facebook Diet’
Very often I’ll write something that I think is perfectly clear, and be amazed by what readers take away from it. Sometimes this is educational for me, and helps me improve my work by discovering areas where my words were … Continue reading
Solstice Flowers
Is it spring yet?
Review: Prehistoric Park on Game Industry News
Just did a guest piece over at Game Industry News about Prehistoric Park. GiN is a great outlet, with a great team, and it was awesome to be part of it! Sadly, I wasn’t quite as impressed with the game … Continue reading
Audio Design
Complete text of the lesson I gave my students on choosing sounds for their games. (Parents can thank me later.)
I Heart Chaos — New What Would I Say? app
Surprising no one, I make a pretty snarky bot. New What Would I Say? app pulls and respins your Facebook updates into new updates. Think Darius Kazemi’s @TwoHeadlines mashup bot on Twitter, but thoroughly infused with your Facebook personality. Users need to sign in … Continue reading
Mining and Crafting with The Blockheads
The Blockheads is a free-to-play iPad and Android game, in which players explore a sandbox-style, procedurally-generated world, where they can build with with blocks. The game has a strong resemblance to another, very popular game full of, um, mining and … Continue reading
