Author Archives: Meg

Houston! Pick up! Now!

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Meg

When I was younger, I really wanted to be an astronaut. I’m still fascinated by space travel, and I get excited when I read about the possibility of a Mars colony. I hope it’ll require not just the scientists and survivalists but the essential … Continue reading →

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Spirited Soul Review: RPG Meets Tower Defense Meets Yawn | Hardcore Droid

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Meg

New piece about “RPG” Spirited Soul over at Hardcore Droid. Everything one can say about Snailteeth’s new tower defence/RPG Spirited Soul  is colored by the game’s poor localization. The translated game text is usually a bit awkward, lacking punctuation and … Continue reading →

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#TCDisrupt Press Pass

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Meg

Obligatory press pass photo!

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The Lost Husband

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Meg

The Lost Husband by Katherine Center. Originally written for Yahoo. In The Lost Husband, Katherine Pannill Center somehow combines a list of fairly generic chick lit tropes into an original and compulsively readable story. Sure, the protagonist, Libby, is a … Continue reading →

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Bookcase

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Meg

When I was in Brooklyn, and I asked Harold to come over and help me put my new bed together, I assumed he’d be done in a few minutes, and probably make a few modifications and improvements on the design. … Continue reading →

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Avernum: Escape From The Pit

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Meg

I’m working on a review for Hardcore Droid of Avernum: Escape From the Pit, and as I played through, I took some screenshots of things I wanted to remember to include in my article. I took more than a dozen … Continue reading →

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Default Settings, Again

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Meg

My baseline feeling in Chapel Hill is that it’s not too bad, if I make a constant effort  to look for things I can enjoy, and to not think too much about the drawbacks. Sometimes living in North Carolina makes … Continue reading →

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Human Innovation

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Meg

I spent the last few days at TechCrunch Disrupt, checking out amazing cyberpunk tech to improve every possible aspect of our lives, like BitPonics, to automatic hydroponic gardening,  InBetweenJobs, to gameify job hunting, and Magisto, an artificial intelligence for automatically editing videos. … Continue reading →

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Greenheart Games On Game Piracy

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Meg

My Geek Insider colleague, Mohseen Lala, covers the fantastic story about Greenheart Games’ Game Dev Tycoon‘s anti-piracy message in the pirated version of the game. Game Dev Tycoon allows players to run a virtual game studio, hiring devs and trying to … Continue reading →

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Please Get Ready For Your Arrival

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Meg

I really like getting the chance to help Chinese visitors find their way. First, it’s a nice karmic balance for all the times kind Beijing and Yantai folks helped get me where I wanted to go, despite my awful Chinese. … Continue reading →

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