Author Archives: Meg
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
Solid Citizens by David Wishart
Man, I’m excited about the books I’ve been getting to review recently. Before receiving David Wishart’s new novel Solid Citizens, I’d already read Ovid, Germanicus, and Sejanus, also Roman mysteries by the same author. I discovered that Solid Citizens is actually the fifteenth Marcus … Continue reading
Giant Grumpy Goats
Showing off Grumpy Goats to my game design students.
No Other Gods by John Koetsier
John Koetsier’s debut novel, No Other Gods opens in a futuristic Valhalla, where a collection of supersoldiers fight and feast an endless cycle. Or it seems endless, since none of them really remember any other life than waking up in … Continue reading
