Author Archives: Meg
Good Manners
At the airport gate for my flight north, the cultural division of good manners is terribly pronounced. Smiling and chatty Southerners spill their bags across the aisles, taking over extra chairs for purses and fast food bags, resting their feet … Continue reading
Tipping The Cows
My friend Greg from college is now a game development professor, and I’m a games journalist, so I interviewed him for thalo about his students, his projects (which sometimes involve tipping cows) and indie games in general. Guess all that time we … Continue reading
Airline Math
My thought process as I get ready for a trip: $25 for a second bag? That is highway robbery! I can’t believe airlines can charge that much for doing practically nothing! $15 for in-flight internet? Here’s my money!
Tokyo Hosto, Reviewed
“A rebuke to everything that Derp Of Duty stood for, this shows that you can make a great comedy adventure game with a non-existent budget. In other words, this is surprisingly awesome.” Ok, actually all I did was replay the … Continue reading
Evolve, Transcend and Flourish
Jerry Bonner, the new Indie Gamer Guy over at Indie Gamer Chick, is amazing games journalist and really insightful games writer. Like here, in his latest piece: I believe that more entirely narrative driven games where there are no weapons … Continue reading
Nightswimming
Harold and I live in a lovely, classic apartment building, with a small, rounded pool just outside our door. He goes to swim at lunch every day, and sometimes I go to the pool just to put my feet in the … Continue reading
Social Gaming
After I showed Grumpy Goats to my game design students, we had a discussion about elements of Facebook games, and I showed them World of Secrets. One might not think a Facebook hidden object game lends itself well to a … Continue reading
Traffic Circle of Hell
Now there’s a roundabout on my way to work. I’ve been working offsite for a couple weeks, driving to Raleigh, and while I loved the school, I’ll admit to looking out at the 40 traffic sometimes and feeling like a … Continue reading
Star Trek: Rivals
Harold and I were reading in the coffeeshop when he came across this little feature on “Star Trek: Rivals” in Star Trek magazine. We were so thrilled to see it! We’ve been writing social content for the game for a … Continue reading
But What About People Who Aren’t Mermaids?
I stumbled across this interview of Amy Shearn, the author of the amazing novel The Mermaid of Brooklyn, which I loved and couldn’t recommend more highly. Here, she’s asked a particularly inane question, and responds cleverly about the power of … Continue reading
