Category Archives: Gaming Culture
Secret Sauce
So we launched our first game, Captain Action, with careful plans for a social media campaign in the beginning of November 2016, but, guess what happened then? Weirdly hard for a little comic-themed card game to get any attention for … Continue reading
Takeout, After BFIG
We showed my card game Takeout at Boston FIG yesterday as part of the Tabletop Showcase. I’m so happy we got in, so happy we went, and I had a lot of interesting conversations all day… but it was emotionally exhausting … Continue reading
Women in Games: From Designing to Playing and Nurturing the Next Generation
I was delighted to be part of this panel for LadiesCon! Such a great time talking with other ladies about gaming and game dev. It’s always so inspiring to talk with other game creators. Women in Games: From Designing to … Continue reading
Takeout
Takeout, my new card game, was chosen for Boston FIG’s Tabletop Showcase this September! I’m really excited (and also terrified) to show my game. Takeout is a social setbuilding game about American backpackers trying to order Chinese food. Each player … Continue reading
In Which I Push My Feminist Agenda
Over the years that I’ve been working in games, I’ve been accused of slipping a feminist agenda into game creative. Usually this means I objected to Smurfetteing, or pinking, not that I was actually trying to sneak female empowerment into a … Continue reading
Takeout
A post shared by Meg (@simpsonsparadox) on May 12, 2017 at 5:21am PDT Our new game is actually starting to look like a game! Harold is at work on the card art for our next (!!!) card game. I’ve worked … Continue reading
Jack Up Pharma Prices In New ‘Epipen Tycoon’
In Epipen Tycoon, you play as a pharma CEO who’s struggling to turn lifesaving medical technology into personal millions. This game is basically a clicker, which makes it extra clear that you’re playing as the invisible hand of the free … Continue reading
That Pokeyman Thing Your Grandkids Are Into
In That Pokeyman Thing Your Grandkids Are Into, you play as Grandpa, who borrows grandson Billy’s phone and leaves the old folks’ home for a Pokeyman hunting adventure. This game uses all the tropes of old-school RPG games, with a … Continue reading
Invisible Monsters
I’ve been having so much fun playing Pokemon Go on campus. I don’t even care that much about the Pokemon franchise, and there’s not a whole lot of gameplay, but being part of such a large-scale augmented reality is amazing. … Continue reading
Twitter Eggs & Moving On
I wanted to write about how I’m done with game reviewing, and I’m really sick of being caught between obviously you can’t expect to make money at it and obviously if you write about games (while being a woman), people … Continue reading
