Category Archives: Chapel Hill

JPodding

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Meg

 So it turns out that I don’t love JPod as much as I previously thought. Sure, there was a completely genius part where our hero, Ethan, can’t quit his job because he’s been kinda-sorta-promised a promotion to assistant production assistant … Continue reading →

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Memorable Activities

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Meg

I was assigned a new team at the core studio, and found this at my new desk.

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Blog Birthday

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Meg

April makes ten years that I’ve been blogging, which is longer than I’ve done just about anything. I even blogged from behind the Great Firewall of China for two of those ten years. In honor of my decade writing my … Continue reading →

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Grab It Magazine

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Meg

I have a new piece in Grab It Magazine talking with Nate about his amazing work in game audio. (He has more to say about sound design than I do.) Grab It is a new iPad magazine focusing on indie … Continue reading →

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Grape Lemonade Gum

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Meg

This is a new grape-lemonade gum, and it’s pretty much the best thing ever. The purple part tastes like the grape Bubblicious I wasn’t allowed to have when I was a kid because it has too much sugar, plus the … Continue reading →

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Codeswitching

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Meg

I’m currently working on a core game, and I also teach programming for preteens. Today at the core studio, our server crashed in a way that meant hours of work for the whole team. While colorful language erupted around the … Continue reading →

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Miles and Miles

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Meg

I ran a mile! Twice! Any by that, I mean that I ran successfully for a mile, and then was a able to replicate my results on a second occasion, not that I did anything crazy like run for two … Continue reading →

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Spring Jade

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Meg

After barely surviving this winter, my McGovern jade plant has just decided to thrive, branch out, and take over the world. (That’s kind of how I feel about winter and spring, too.)

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Hipster Shirts

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Meg

One of the side effects of tech blogging and games blogging is the endless assortment of branded graphics t-shirts I own.  Like everyone else in gaming, I have an extensive collection of shapeless XL black t-shirts with game logos, all … Continue reading →

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Polygon on the Changes at Epic Games

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Meg

From this week’s Polygon article on all the changes at Epic: The company’s only currently announced game, Fortnite, was revealed in late 2011, and Epic has been relatively quiet about its development. Epic has released new titles since then, including … Continue reading →

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