Category Archives: North Carolina
Checkpoint: Reflections on Gaming, Travel and Place
I’ve started a new project combining two of my favorite things, gaming and travel, and now I’m looking for contributing writers. This will be a collection of essays, vignettes and general reflections on games and location. I have, um, two … Continue reading
Impostor Syndrome, Yet Again
A number of days ago, I went to a, um, thing…. about blogging and, um, stuff for bloggers…. which was held at… a local place. Ugh. I’m trying to stay vague about the event because I had some good conversations with a … Continue reading
Building a better action figure with 3D Printing?
In which Harold goes to my work party, but is actually thinking about action figures the whole time. Mobile apps and games now occupy children from a very young age. In addition to consuming New Media, more and more children … Continue reading
The Lesser Richmond Convention Center
When Harold and I got into Richmond, we drove past the stylish restaurants, art galleries, and bookshops of downtown, and we were in payday loans and check cashing counter territory when we found our hotel. We also weren’t entirely sure it … Continue reading
The One and Only DNF
I recently learned that for book bloggers, DNF means Did Not Finish. What is this not-finishing-a-novel business? Seriously, I very rarely leave a book unfinished, and that is including some fairly dreadful self-published memoir and that time I thought I was reading a historical novel but it turned out to be Julius Caesar erotica. Continue reading
What, No Glitter?
Talking to my boss about what we can offer regarding girls and coding. He sends me this photo, tells me he ordered 10,000 of them for girl students, and that I am now in charge of the related pink-technology girls-in-STEM … Continue reading
Bik Review on Hardcore Droid
My new review is up, over on Hardcore Droid: Bik is a point-and-click (er, tap) adventure, offering all the best of the point-and-click genre: There are piles of bizarre items to be picked up and then used in unusual ways, loveable loser … Continue reading
Zyrobotics’ Turtle Invaders
Zyrobotics’ Turtle Invaders is a simple, undersea action game for young children, available for both iOs and Android mobile devices. The developers’ goal is to help young children and children with special needs to improve their motor skills with an … Continue reading
Thanks, Team
After working on projects where any office notes were passive-aggressive, and after struggling to produce good work with rapidly changing priorities, multiple rounds of “I’ll know it when I see it” approvals, and conflicting deadlines, I am especially grateful for … Continue reading
Godzilla is the Focal Point of Our Library
Harold has started writing about toys for Action Figure Fury, writing a toy collecting column for people who know the proper names for his monster dolls, or Barbie’s army boyfriend, or little Star Trek men. This recent post talks “finding … Continue reading
