Category Archives: Chapel Hill
No Troglodytes Were Harmed
I just finished reviewing the Knights of Pen and Paper 2 for Hardcore Droid (where I reviewed the original Knights of Pen and Paper), and man, Behold Studios really knows their audience. So many tabletop jokes in this game!
Beginning Chinese
Just finished my Chinese class! I took the beginning Chinese class from 北京大学 through Coursera, and now I can do basic things in Chinese, like say the days of the week or ask about favorite television shows, instead of just ordering food. I … Continue reading
Exploding Limes and Fractal Cabbage
A few weeks ago, I covered the browser version of Enchanted Cave 2 for my students, so I was pretty excited to review this roguelike treasure grab for adult gamers over on Hardcore Droid. Lots of meta-jokes for RPG gamers, and silly … Continue reading
DO IT OR YOU FAIL!
In one of my classes, our syllabus proclaims that the correct heading must be name, date, and course section number, and threatens that students will receive an AUTOMATIC ZERO if the course section number is above the date. This isn’t the only formatting mistake for … Continue reading
Comic Conspiracy
Went with Harold for a Free Comic Book Day signing at The Comic Conspiracy, Asheboro.
A for All Done
I’ve not exactly enjoyed everything about my online class, but I passed with an A, because 90.0000000001 is an A. I was obsessively checking, so I saw this in the grades section of my online “classroom”. Then I got an … Continue reading
No Pineapples Will Be Left Behind!
Alternate Title: Even More Thoughts Around Games and Education A while ago, I posted about No Pineapple Left Behind, a serious game Seth Alter from Subaltern Games is working on, all about standardized testing and school systems. I was really disappointed to … Continue reading
Enchanted Cave 2
I recently played and loved the web version of Enchanted Cave 2, and covered it for Youth Digital’s students, so I jumped at the chance to review the new mobile version for Hardcore Droid. I really love doing reviews for … Continue reading
Writing About Writing, Again
On Monday, I gave a talk at Davidson College about games and education. It was a really great day. the campus is beautiful, and it was lovely to talk with Anelise, about her work in digital media (old texts + … Continue reading
Secrets of ‘High School Story’ #hssgame
A few weeks ago, I was at a homeschool education conference for my work, and I got chatting with a twelve-year-old about our favorite games. (This was a theme of the conference weekend, and I got quite a few game … Continue reading
