Category Archives: North Carolina

Chirba Chat

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Meg

Meg: Today I received the greatest news in all the time I have lived in North Carolina so amazing I am not just trying to be happy about this I am legitimately thrilled about this news this would even make me … Continue reading →

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No Pineapple Left Behind

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Meg

Seth Alter, from Subaltern Games, has a released a trailer for upcoming indie No Pineapple Left Behind, a single-player PC game around education reform. (Seth’s the  developer of serious strategy game Neocolonialism and was also kind enough to do an … Continue reading →

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MYS ROB and MYS WIS

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Meg

After reading Finished Business, I wanted some more ancient Rome, so I picked up Parthian Shot from the library. In actual hardcover, because the Chapel Hill library doesn’t quite have the ebook collection that NYPL has. Across from MYS WIS, … Continue reading →

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NatGeo Collection

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Meg

Always exciting to see games I’ve worked on. Never gets old!

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An Incomplete List Of Things I Do Not Like At The Optometrist

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Meg

Pictures of eyes. What do you mean, look at the hot air balloon? This image is just some blurry colors. The color blindness test where you’re supposed to say you see red and green, even though it’s really more blood orange and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Finished Business

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Meg

Last summer, I posted about reading David Wishart’s latest Marcus Corvinus mystery, Solid Citizens. This summer, I received the newest one, Finished Business, which means more Roman mystery. YEAH! Marcus Corvinus is aging a bit now, and becomes a grandfather when his adopted daughter … Continue reading →

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Idyllic Hearts

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Meg

I learned to play Hearts from Scep’s mom, who is a magical card-playing wizard. This is because when she lived abroad in Tanganyika, her expat circle involved many, many evenings of card parties. When I lived abroad in Yantai, my … Continue reading →

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Block, Block, and Block

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Meg

I tweeted my link to my Depression Quest review the other day, and accidentally walked into the Zoe Quinn Twitter battle. I try to tweet my games journalism multiple times, because I’m a narcissistic attention whore, or working freelance writer, tick where … Continue reading →

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‘Rich Kids of Instagram’: Satyricon and the City

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Meg

Rich Kids of Instagram is a Tumblr of, well, rich kids posing with their expensive stuff. Whether it’s yachts, sports cars, resorts or dropping $10,000 on cosmetics, the Tumblr recalls late-Roman excesses. It’s hard to tear my eyes away, and … Continue reading →

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#BBlogger Review: Whiplash Eyelash Curler

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Meg

I recently received a Whiplash Eyelash Curler to try and review. At first, I thought this was a bit silly, because I’m hardly the target demo for people who want to get up earlier and put things near their eyes. … Continue reading →

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