Category Archives: New York City

Impostor Syndrome

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Meg

I have such awful impostor syndrome that when a colleague described my bio to students, telling them that one of their teachers had worked on casual games and MMOs, and this person brought so much industry experience to help them … Continue reading →

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MakerFaire NC

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Meg

I have a new summer job, which is full-time teaching at Youth Digital Studios in Durham, so I’m getting up earlier and earlier to come in, and staying at work later and later to get ready and take notes on … Continue reading →

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Animazement Conversation

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Meg

Faith from Geek Insider and I both covered Animazement, which means we had this conversation a couple of times: “I just talked to someone you already talked to!” “Who?” “In the artists alley… With the cool business cards…” “Not narrowing … Continue reading →

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Skinny Bitch In Love

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Meg

Skinny Bitch in Love is out today, and I wrote about this frothy chick lit crossed with a vegan cookbook over on Yahoo.

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Club Monstrosity: Classic Monsters In Manhattan

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Meg

When I got a pitch about Jesse Petersen’s new novel Club Monstrosity, I was fascinated because it had so many similarities with my fiance’s book, Screamland. When the Invisible Man is killed, the rest of the real-life horror movie monsters … Continue reading →

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That Time I Had To Talk To Strangers

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Meg

I recently interviewed Emily Farquharson of the International Geek Girl Pen Pal Club for Geek Insider, as well as Spiderweb Software’s Jeff Vogel for Hardcore Droid, and Sky Horse Interactive’s Dave Stafford for Indie Game Mag. Even though I got … Continue reading →

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That Time Amy Poehler Told My Sister She’ll Cure Cancer

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Meg

My sister Bethie, a grad student at Columbia and the teller of my favorite joke ever, asked Amy Poehler if she’s going to cure cancer and Alzheimer’s. Here is the gif set going around Tumblr today: My sister is so … Continue reading →

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Movies & Manhattan

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Meg

Harold loves the old Incredible Hulk TV show. Last night, we watched an episode called Terror in Times Square, during which I ignored most of the plot to watch the lovely backgrounds of Manhattan. I liked trying to identify the … Continue reading →

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‘Electronic Games’ From The 1980’s

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Meg

Found a cache of Electronic Games magazines from the 1980s at a flea market. They were in surprisingly good condition and I’ve had a really great time reading through them. I wrote for Geek about what’s changed and what really … Continue reading →

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Because You Can’t Play Tabletop Adventure Games On The Subway

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Meg

New post on Hardcore Droid about adventure RPG Avernum: Escape From the Pit. While I did have a little frustration with the UI (Get back here, magic users! I tapped to shoot the enemy, not run up and hug him!), I’m … Continue reading →

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