Author Archives: Meg
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
Not Intended For Children
Dear Chicago Public Library, This isn’t a children’s book. You are making a terrible mistake. Via Harold’s blog
I’m (Not) Sorry: Thanks, Indie Game Magazine
I’m Sorry: The Rise And Fall Of The Indie Game Magazine is written by Mike Gnade, the founder, former owner and former E-I-C of Indie Game Mag, and posted by Chris Priestman, another IGM alum, over at Indie Statik. This … Continue reading
Fire Alarm
Today the fire alarm in our building went off, so my entire office shrugged, took our laptops and chairs out to the parking lot, and used the wifi from the coffeeshop next door. I think these are my people…
8-Bit Miss Elizabeth Bennett in ‘Stride and Prejudice’
(The) Absolute has asked me to point readers to awesome underground and indie games. Here’s a literary twist on the endless runner: [pullquote]It is a truth universally acknowledged that adding Jane Austen to anything will make it better[/pullquote], and … Continue reading
