Category Archives: New York City
Blast
Yesterday, a player wrote on the forums to tell me that every thing under my control is great, that they enjoyed solving my puzzles, had an emotional reaction to my story, and actually liked the content. Hey Meg, After the … Continue reading
GDC Monday
Monday morning, I went to the GDC press room to check in. I always think I’ve gotten a press invite as a mistake, so when there was some difficulty finding my name on the press list, I was absolutely sure … Continue reading
Walking Back
Harold’s been offered a job out of NYC and we were at a coffeeshop midway between our apartments, talking about it — Oh, sorry! I might not have expressly stated that where Harold lives and works has a direct impact … Continue reading
Pong Backlash
Atari‘s announcement of their upcoming $100,000 Pong Indie Developer Challenge came as a bit of a surprise to me, after their recent app-store cleansing of any indie games with any mechanics similar to existing indie games. Chris Priestman writes on … Continue reading
Internet Trendsettr
Harold, Chip and I went to a talk at The Yard, and then walked over to a nearby hipster spot for red wine. (Oh, and food.) We were, of course, talking shop. My friend Chip thinks in URLs and apps. … Continue reading
Director of Fancy Pants
My Swede-ified name and swanky job title appeared over my desk while I was out of the office. I’ll have you know that I did not write this, but the person who did surely shares my feelings on job titles … Continue reading
Comic Book Men
The other night, Harold wanted to give Comic Book Men a try. As far as I can tell, this show is about the staff of a New Jersey comic book shop, who make nerd culture jokes and dick jokes. There … Continue reading
Game Designer
Credit: Sheri Graner Ray Just for the record, my parents don’t think I fingerpaint all day. They know my job involves a computer. Edit: If there were room for one more, it would be “What some players think I do”. … Continue reading
Unclaimed Flowers
“While I was away from my desk, a dozen roses arrived with no delivery name, card just just reads Love, Jeff. If anyone has a significant other named Jeff please contact him to see if he sent you flowers.” –Mass … Continue reading
