Category Archives: Boston

Dungeons of the Endless

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Meg

New review of roguelike  Dungeons of the Endless up on iOs Strategy Games: Each room contains random, pixelated art of alien blossoms, glowing slime, broken crystals, or other space debris, and a random chance of having a reward, like extra resource … Continue reading →

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Cool Noodles

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Meg

Me in China: I’m so tired of la mian, I can’t wait to get home and eat a sandwich. Me in Boston: Ok, I want the noodle bowl minus everything but cucumbers, and add cilantro, and peanut sauce, and how close can … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Eligible

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Meg

You guys. I read another Pride and Prejudice reinvention. I like these, a little too much maybe, and they’re either wonderful or delightfully awful.   Curtis Sittenfeld’s Eligible is one of the wonderful ones. This novel tells the story of … Continue reading →

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North Carolina Strikes Down LGBT Protections Statewide 

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Meg

North Carolina lawmakers voted overwhelmingly today to strike down all existing LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances in the state, during a special legislative session called in response to Charlotte passing a trans-inclusive ordinance. The state’s Republican-led House of Representatives passed House Bill … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction & Strategy in “Star Trek: Timelines”

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Meg

Star Trek: Timelines from Disruptor Beam is a mobile strategy game with fan fiction elements.  Since the overall game premise is a time paradox, all different characters from all different Trek series appear, and they’re almost all able to join … Continue reading →

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Some Sympathy For Seneca Crane

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Meg

There are two major conversations happening around games and creativity. One is an amazingly positive conversation around the value of representation and allowing players of all different identities to find themselves in creative media. This is such an exciting conversation, … Continue reading →

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#ClinkSavings Is Out of Beta

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Meg

A few months ago, I wrote about Clink, a new financial app that was still in beta. Now Clink is out of beta and officially launched! This app allows uses to be what Yahoo! Finance calls “passive savers” and automatically save and invest a chosen … Continue reading →

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Americanah”

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Meg

I got this from Cambridge library because I recognized the author’s name from the NPR story on We Should All Be Feminists, and also because I love expat and travel stories. I couldn’t recommend it more, both as an excellent, sympathetic expat account … Continue reading →

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Things Forgotten

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Meg

I forgot how excited everyone in Massachusetts gets over a mild spring day. All it takes is a tiny bit of sunshine, and everyone is grinning and striking up conversations. Actually, first I forgot how bitterly cold New England is, and how … Continue reading →

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Walking Dead: No Man’s Land

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Meg

New post over on iOs Strategy Games: In The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land from Next Games Oy, high production values and solid combat mechanics help this stand out from the crowded field of freemium zombie battles. The zombie apocalypse setting will be … Continue reading →

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