Author Archives: Meg

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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Redress Raleigh

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Meg

I was really excited to interview Mor Aframian from Redress Raleigh for arts mag thalo. Mor and I worked together a few years ago at a fashion-meets-tech startup called Thimbler, and I am so pleased with her success! RALEIGH, NC … Continue reading →

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East Coast Game Conference

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Meg

I first attended Raleigh’s East Coast Game Conference in 2010, when it was Triangle Games Conference. (I’m a gaming convention hipster, apparently.)  Now in it’s fifth year, ECGC offers seven programming tracks, allowing attendees to focus on Design, Programming, Art, Writing, Serious … Continue reading →

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Motherlode

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Meg

When the new SimCity came out, and crowds of gamers leapt to vilify EA for the problems with a new always-online “feature”, I kind of laughed at players getting so wound up over launch-day issues. I even snarked about how worked … Continue reading →

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Vanished: The Island

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Meg

Recently started beta testing on Sky Horse Interactive’s upcoming iPad game ‘Vanished: The Island‘, as part of my ongoing quest to play every tropical island adventure game ever.

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Card-Carrying Geek

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Meg

Obligatory press pass photo! I don’t usually cover a conference for one editor. Usually I’m freelance, which means going a little crazy trying to hit multiple deadlines, with different wordcounts, different styles and different readerships. This felt a bit like … Continue reading →

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‘Cow Crushers’: A Message Game Done Right

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Meg

New piece on IGM about Cow Crushers. Auroch Digital  has released a new relevant game, Cow Crushers, around the recent scandal about fast food beef tainted with horsemeat. I’ve written about GameTheNews’ previous titles, My Cotton-Picking Life and Endgame Syria, and mostly concluded that although I … Continue reading →

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Not Just Another Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Meg

New interview with Sarah Northway from Northway Games. I asked Sarah about the growing freemium trend. “I’ve been hearing some real cautionary tales of indie games releasing only a free version with IAP.” Sarah says, “Free-to-play is territory best left … Continue reading →

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