Category Archives: North Carolina
As Cultural Stunts Go
Old China Hand Imagethief, a blogger I followed with dedication during my Yantai and Beijng years, now writes thoughtfully about returning to American life after many years in Asia. As cultural stunts go, China was an epic win. I became … Continue reading
No Pineapple Left Behind
I was really excited to hear about Seth Alter’s new game project, No Pineapple Left Behind. When we’d talked last, he’d dropped some hints that his next project had to do with pineapples in school, but this was not exactly … Continue reading
Connect! (And Get Off My Lawn.)
So ever since Google Reader ended, I’ve been trying out different feedreaders and wishing Bloglines was still around. I’ve mislaid some of my feeds, and spent a while getting different formats and different services to work well together. If This … Continue reading
Rich Kids of Instagram: Satyricon And The City
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, … Continue reading
JPodding
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
Memorable Activities
I was assigned a new team at the core studio, and found this at my new desk.
Blog Birthday
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
Grab It Magazine
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
Things I Am Not Good At, Part 5,473
I’ve been taking 40 to work at the game studio. It’s about a 30-minute drive from my apartment, if I don’t encounter any traffic, accidents, construction, or Mercury being in retrograde, so I have to leave pretty early because apparently … Continue reading
Grape Lemonade Gum
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
