Category Archives: Gaming Culture

Revisited Game Review: Women’s Murder Club

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Meg

Originally written for ThumbGods, a coupe years ago, but I recently dug out my DS for visiting some old favorites. James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club has been a successful series of novels, a TV show and a series of casual mystery PC games before … Continue reading →

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Failing The Turing Test

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Meg

  A copy-paste of my chat with Delta Airlines It went on like that for a while, while I tried to handle my frustration by imagining the conversation as a moment in text-based Adventure, trying endless variations on Open door … Continue reading →

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Games & Capitalism

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Meg

IndieCade was surrounded with snow-related disasters, but one of the nice effects of that is Paolo Pedercini’s (from Molleindustria) talk was given remotely, and it’s available to watch online here: Videogames and the Spirit of Capitalism from paolo pedercini on … Continue reading →

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The Perils of The Lady Gamer: A Graphial Diversion Regarding Women and Games

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Meg

I wrote about this hilarious and sad comic on female gamers by Shaenon K Garrity for The Absolute. You may have seen it by now — this is actually the 4th time* I’ve covered a story right before a Gawker … Continue reading →

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Indie Games Blog Carnival

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Meg

I would just love it if you’d submit indie game pieces and encourage friends to submit! This includes reviews written for magazines, communities or personal blogs, as well as essays on indie games, thoughtful dev blog pieces, and related creative writing. You can also submit indie games, too. Continue reading →

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Retro Adventure Game “Read Only Memories”

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Meg

Retro art and style in a narrative cyberpunk adventure game? And the player doesn’t have to be a Straight Male protagonist? I couldn’t cover this one fast enough. The game resembles beloved classic adventure games by using character dialogue and … Continue reading →

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23 Cents

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Meg

Look, I’m not condoning Indie Game Mag’s new policy of charging developers for reviews (now revoked, but the damage to IGM is pretty much done) in an attempt to make the magazine profitable. I think charging for reviews is a … Continue reading →

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Player Fantasy

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Meg

My friend Chris wrote me to tell me about a game in which you play as a pediatric optometrist. Ugh. “What kind of player fantasy is that?” I wrote back. “How is giving pretend eye drops to pretend squirming kids … Continue reading →

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Audio Design

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Meg

Complete text of the lesson I gave my students on choosing sounds for their games. (Parents can thank me later.)

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Mining and Crafting with The Blockheads

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Meg

The Blockheads is a free-to-play iPad and Android game, in which players explore a sandbox-style, procedurally-generated world, where they can build with with blocks. The game has a strong resemblance to another, very popular game full of, um, mining and … Continue reading →

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