Author Archives: Meg
Noodles and Robots
When I lived in China, I often ate shou la mien, those noodles that are stretched by the cook’s hands. Shou la mian (手拉面) literally means Hand Pulled Noodles. (I am excellent at Mandarin words for food I like.) I … Continue reading
Non-Ironically Loving The Subway
I’ve been spending more time in Brooklyn since I no longer have to go into Manhattan everyday, and it’s been pretty great. I love Brooklyn, and I’ve been enjoying visiting all the hipster coffeeshops and seeing my neighborhood during daylight … Continue reading
Youda Survivor
Youda Survivor is a time-management adventure from G5 Entertainment. The story begins, as all good island survival games do, with the player washing up on the shore of a tropical island. An ancient prophesy tells the tribe of the arrival … Continue reading
My Internal Monologue, #2
Could I sell you my kidney for this position? — Things I did not actually say when asked if I had any further questions for the interviewer. (I’m too polite to ask who I need to sleep with to get … Continue reading
My Internal Monologue, #1
Your magazine has 80 Twitter followers? Man, you can double that by tweeting “naked” and then “iphone”. —Things I did not actually say today. (I did not take the offered position, even though the “magazine” in question offered to handle … Continue reading
Casual Connect Highlights
One of my first Casual Connect meetings was with a developer who talked about writing up docs, several years ago, of an interactive gameworld made up of cubes, like cubic water and cubic plants and cubic minerals. Players would collect … Continue reading
Winston, The Facebook Butler
Yesterday at Dreamit day, when Winston was described as an audio assistant to present stories from social networks like Facebook, I picked up my phone to play games until the presentation was over. I could not have been less interested. … Continue reading
Heroes Rise: The Prodigy
I have a new review up on IGM: Heroes Rise: The Prodigy is an interactive fiction game for PC, Kindle, iOS, Android, and Linux. You play as a young would-be hero, in the Powered world of Millennia City, but when the … Continue reading
Green Space
Green Space is a new Facebook game from RocketOwl Inc, in which players are presented with futuristic environmental challenges and an environmental message. I became interested in Green Space because I think the social connections through Facebook have the potential … Continue reading
How Not To Network
I’d planned to go to Casual Connect as a writer, but after I lost my job, I had a new second agenda. That’s why I was forcing myself to attend mixers, swap business cards, mention what I do, and ask … Continue reading
