Author Archives: Meg
Political Backstabbing and Handsome Men in ‘Everlove’
I recently reviewed Everlove, Silicon Sisters’ new romance / adventure game for Hardcore Droid. This game contains great dialogue, with both intrigue and snark. And the handsome, single men all over the kingdom really highlighted how often mainstream, for-everyone games … Continue reading
What My Completely Honest CV Would Say
I did some stuff for games, some of them shipped. I wrote some stuff for magazines, some are still in business.
The Tragedy of Internet Marketing
Having a blog often brings me strange emails. Usually from well-meaning marketers, who’ve found me on some list of female bloggers and would therefore like to offer me the exciting opportunity to review their sippycups or diaper bags or something … Continue reading
Jesse Petersen’s “Monsters In Your Neighborhood”
Monsters In Your Neighborhood is Jesse Petersen’s sequel to Club Monstrosity. In Club Monstrosity, we met a collection of Manhattan monsters. Swamp Thing, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Blob, the Invisible Man, a mummy, a vampire, and Alec, the … Continue reading
#marriedintocomics (and horror)
This is me, having a lovely evening at the county fair with Harold, completely unaware that while I was thinking about funnel cakes, Harold was plotting a horror story set at the fair.
But I Kept Reading
After I wrote about some of the amazing books I’ve read, a friend asked me if I’m done getting awful books and from now on, I’m just reading and reviewing awesome novels. I’m quite pleased with my recent ARCs, but … Continue reading
Professional Discourse
Meg: I love that! And the students would love it too! But I’m afraid to link to Tumblr because Tumblr’s always two clicks away from porn. Coworker: Isn’t that the entire internet? Meg: You win.
Geek Girl Con
The Geek Girl Con event schedule is up and neither of my talks is scheduled for first thing in the morning or last thing at night! I’m on a panel about women working in games at 11 on Saturday morning, … Continue reading
Action Figures
My friend Tricia Lupien, who writes and draws the webcomic Swiftriver, has just done the cover for a new book, Action Figures: Issue 1 – Secret Origins (Volume 1) by Michael Bailey. Really proud of you, Tricia! (I just bought … Continue reading
Disease
Colleague: I’m glad your project is going viral. Meg: That’s a very kind exaggeration. (But I am happy that someone outside our office has seen it.) Colleague: It’s a cold now, but we’re on the way to Ebola.
