Category Archives: Chapel Hill
Spoiler: Aristotle
My boss, in the midst of explaining why teaching is so important and how far teaching can reach, said sarcastically to my colleague, “Look how important Plato is. Everyone knows the teacher, but who’s ever heard of Plato’s students?” I … Continue reading
Reviewing School
A few months ago, I reviewed the novel School over at The Absolute, and the book is now out, with a quote on the back from my review! For some reason, they went with my summary and not with my … Continue reading
Video Game Industry Rant — luckysipe’s old man blog
Harold has a good post up about monetizing in games, and I wanted to share it here: So, I was at a game demo event a couple of years ago in NYC. This sort of thing was mostly attended by … Continue reading
Local Search Terms
Harold and I are in the car, when I notice a familiar name on a sign. Meg: Oh, that’s what *local business* is! I’ve been wondering who they are because they follow me on Twitter. I wonder how they found … Continue reading
Inspiring
We have new teachers starting at my work, including my friends Mor and James (Phase one of my plan to have every single person I like in North Carolina come work with me!). After class one day, we were talking … Continue reading
From #SxSWi: Gigg
SxSW Interactive always includes launches of amazing new apps (and, yeah, some ridiculous ones, but let’s not talk about that). With Gigg‘s new music app, users can make and share cute combinations of music, song lyrics, videos, and pictures. Choose … Continue reading
Indie Game Blog Carnival #1
Hello everyone! I’m at SxSW right now, and I’m either listening to an amazing session, drinking with friends, or completely lost on the complete opposite side of where I mean to be going. (That is how conferences go for me.) … Continue reading
Not Quite Legendary ‘Legend Online’
Legend Online is the second game I’ve reviewed over at GiN. My editor, Marie, assigned me the game and also sent me a very generous credit in Diamonds, the game’s premium currency, from the game’s publicist. But when I looked … Continue reading
Go Miss Your Flight, Because You Need A Time Machine
There’s kind of a trend for writing and talking about how great events used to be, because the only thing cooler than being at an event is being in the middle of things while being unimpressed by it. Like being … Continue reading
Book Review: ‘The Wives of Los Alamos’
The Wives of Los Alamos is out today, and I’ve reviewed it over at Yahoo. TaraShea Nesbit’s novel The Wives of Los Alamos is told in first-person plural, and yet it never seems like an experiment in a creative writing … Continue reading
