Author Archives: Meg

NYGaming June Roundup

A few weeks ago, I went to the NYGaming June meeting. I wrote on Socks, Inc. over at Indie Game Mag, and on Cloud Assassin over at I Heart Chaos. I also really enjoyed the Herograph demo, I’ll have more … Continue reading

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Power Play

I was really excited when I saw posts on my Tumblr feed announcing Reilly Brown and Kurt Christenson’s new comic Power Play: Our story revolves around Mac, a college student in NYC who suddenly finds himself with superpowers.  Does he … Continue reading

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Long Walks In The Cloud

Long Walks In The Cloud, by Simpson’s Paradox Saw this at the Microsoft table at Casual Connect. The other shirt is “You Compute Me” — apparently these guys missed the memo that all game conference shirts must be XXL and … Continue reading

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Gamification

The other night, I was having a drink with Harold and the awesome Francesco Marconi from Herograph when we got talking about gamification. I was at a total loss for why hearing “gamification” sometimes makes me want to kick people … Continue reading

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Dune Fire

Dune Fire, by Simpson’s ParadoxThere was a brush fire when we were at the beach this weekend, and my first action was to run up and take a picture for my blog. I’m not sure if this shows good journalistic … Continue reading

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Entirely Work-Related

“Hey, Meg, you got something else about your swingers’ vacation!” –My mom, whenever I get a mailing from Casual Connect

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Google+ Vs Facebook

From Google vs. Facebook: Should Human Rights Factor in Your Choice of Social Network? on Huffington Post Google Plus, which launched in beta last week, has been Topic One among the “digerati,” who’ve spent much of the week kicking the … Continue reading

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Life, Art, Whatever.

“Guess what?” I said to a certain guy I am decidedly not seeing. “Shirtless Man Magazine* just took my article! I’ve got a new piece coming out in the summer issue!” “That’s great, Meg! What’s it called?” my gentleman friend … Continue reading

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There, I Fixed It!

The hilarious There, I Fixed It! blog just released a hardcopy version. The book, There, I Fixed It: (No, You Didn’t), covers some of the best kludges from the blog, including my shower pictures. My usual method for dealing with … Continue reading

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Lucky

Of course, I’m for gay marriage and accepting queer relationships. I support gay rights in an obvious and distant way, the way straight people get to be supportive. Straight allies who’ll never be at risk over their sexuality, who can … Continue reading

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