Author Archives: Meg
Tokyo Hosto
Via Tokyo Hosto – Animation Starts | Baller Industries. I recently finished a project writing and editing dialogue for Baller Industries’ upcoming Tokyo Hosto iOs game. As you can probably guess from the box art, Tokyo Hosto isn’t exactly the type … Continue reading
The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley – IndieReader
A fairly common tech blogger topic is asking rhetorically if a specific mid-size city with more than three start-ups could be the next Silicon Valley. Using The Rainforest’s guide to the factors that create start-up innovation can help answer … Continue reading
9th Dawn on Hardcore Droid
New piece on Hardcore Droid! ValorWare’s new game 9th Dawn offers so much to love for fans of old RPGs. The world is huge and open, allowing your little adventurer to explore a pixelly fantasy kingdom, protecting the weak and … Continue reading
Dickwolves, Still
After Dickwolves, I decided not to attend PAX. This is not an idle decision, or a ragequitting of a fairly underwhelming webcomic. I’m a freelance games writer who regularly covers E3, SXSW, GDC, Casual Connect, IndieCade, TechCrunch Disrupt, East Coast … Continue reading
One Big Beautiful Thing
I was pleasantly surprised to discover my games journo friend Marie Flanigan, from Games Industry News, has released a novel! One Big Beautiful Thing tells the story of Kate Abernathy, an artist who returns home from New York City after … Continue reading
Indie Games On Amazon!
It might have gotten lost in all the E3 / XBONE / PlayStation 4 craziness, but retail giant Amazon has just started selling indie games. This has major applications for both indie games developers and smaller games publications, so I … Continue reading
Impostor Syndrome
I have such awful impostor syndrome that when a colleague described my bio to students, telling them that one of their teachers had worked on casual games and MMOs, and this person brought so much industry experience to help them … Continue reading
MakerFaire NC
I have a new summer job, which is full-time teaching at Youth Digital Studios in Durham, so I’m getting up earlier and earlier to come in, and staying at work later and later to get ready and take notes on … Continue reading
iPlay Gamer June Issue
I have three pieces in the June issue of iPlay Gamer Magazine! This one is a snarky review of the new Fast & Furious game spinoff of the new Fast & Furious movie spinoff, and the magazine also includes my reviews of … Continue reading
Amy Shearn’s ‘The Mermaid of Brooklyn’
The advert on this book — “sometimes all you need in life is a fabulous pair of shoes” — signaled sassy airport chick lit to me, and so I put off reading the book until I was in the right kind of … Continue reading
