Author Archives: Meg
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
Animazement Conversation
Faith from Geek Insider and I both covered Animazement, which means we had this conversation a couple of times: “I just talked to someone you already talked to!” “Who?” “In the artists alley… With the cool business cards…” “Not narrowing … Continue reading
Skinny Bitch In Love
Skinny Bitch in Love is out today, and I wrote about this frothy chick lit crossed with a vegan cookbook over on Yahoo.
Club Monstrosity: Classic Monsters In Manhattan
When I got a pitch about Jesse Petersen’s new novel Club Monstrosity, I was fascinated because it had so many similarities with my fiance’s book, Screamland. When the Invisible Man is killed, the rest of the real-life horror movie monsters … Continue reading
