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New Captain Action Card Game

The game features classic art from legendary comics artists such as Murphy Anderson and Carmine Infantino, and fan-favorite comics artists, including Jerry Ordway, Paul Gulacy and Kerry Callen.

The game offers 3-in-1 gameplay, just like the classic Captain Action card game. Continue reading

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Nasty Women

I’m delighted by the number of women agreeing that we don’t have to return endless insults with niceness. I was reluctantly With Her, but I am honestly pleased to be among other nasty women. Continue reading

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Blogging on Blogging

And you’re not even getting paid for it? And there are only three or four people watching, and two of them are snickering behind their hands? Continue reading

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May Fit The Requirements

Indeed wants me to know that I’m probably qualified to be an unpaid intern. Not definitely or anything. It’s not an offer. But they’ve reviewed my resume, and think I’m probably qualified to work for free. Continue reading

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Captain Prototype

Remember that Captain Action game I started working on last year? We got the first prototype this week, and it looks so good. After so long on index cards and in shared docs, it’s great to see it looking like … Continue reading

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Turing Test, HSK Test

You know that philosophy puzzle called the Chinese Room about the definition of AI? It basically ask if you don’t speak Chinese, but have sufficient dictionaries and translation resources to fake it to people who don’t see your 老外 face, … Continue reading

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Adult Collector

These nerd toys are labeled adult collector so that kids can’t accidentally open it and  decrease the value by playing with it. These are for grown men to keep NIB and then swap and sell on toy collecting message boards.  … Continue reading

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Break

Some of my students from my last session at Chinese school came back to visit me between classes, but I only have a very short break in 6 hours of class (and my break was already eroded by school admin … Continue reading

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Nancy Drew: Code and Clues

In the new iOs game Nancy Drew: Codes and Clues, tween Nancy Drew, along with her usual pals Bess and George is about to enter their robotic puppy into the school tech fair. (Sound familiar? A robotic puppy was also … Continue reading

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Mid-Autumn Festival

On my early-morning walk to Chinese school, I saw barriers closing off a Chinatown road, and wondered which Chinese holiday was  coming up. The lunar calendar means that even though Moon-Viewing Day snuck up on me last year in Shanghai, it snuck up on me … Continue reading

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