Author Archives: Meg

Blinded Me With Science

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Meg

I’m writing a piece for Hardcore Droid about my work in games, which is turning out to be surprisingly difficult. I love talking about games but somehow when asked to describe my work and give career advice to future game … Continue reading →

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Latinists in Space

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Meg

There’s a new and ongoing Tumblr of gorgeous Mars probe images captioned in Latin. I love the immediacy of space image social media (like the Col. Chris Hadfield blog) blended with the medieval university feel of Latin descriptions.   COLLES TARTAREI  Via … Continue reading →

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The Vicar’s Wife

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Meg

The Vicar’s Wife, an upcoming novel by Katherine Swartz, tells two stories, both set in the same vicarage in the rural village of Goswell, but eighty years apart. One story is about Alice, who leaves Cambridge — one of my … Continue reading →

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Waiting To Meet My Sister

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Meg

I know that people don’t typically have nice things to say about NYC in August, but if there is anything nicer than reading in a sundress in an urban park, well, I haven’t found it. via SCVNGR – Mitchel Square … Continue reading →

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Good Manners

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Meg

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 →

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Tipping The Cows

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Meg

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 →

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Airline Math

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Meg

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!

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Tokyo Hosto, Reviewed

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Meg

“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 →

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Evolve, Transcend and Flourish

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Meg

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 →

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Nightswimming

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Meg

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 →

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