Category Archives: North Carolina

Codeswitching

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Meg

I’m currently working on a core game, and I also teach programming for preteens. Today at the core studio, our server crashed in a way that meant hours of work for the whole team. While colorful language erupted around the … Continue reading →

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Miles and Miles

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Meg

I ran a mile! Twice! Any by that, I mean that I ran successfully for a mile, and then was a able to replicate my results on a second occasion, not that I did anything crazy like run for two … Continue reading →

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Spring Jade

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Meg

After barely surviving this winter, my McGovern jade plant has just decided to thrive, branch out, and take over the world. (That’s kind of how I feel about winter and spring, too.)

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Hipster Shirts

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Meg

One of the side effects of tech blogging and games blogging is the endless assortment of branded graphics t-shirts I own.  Like everyone else in gaming, I have an extensive collection of shapeless XL black t-shirts with game logos, all … Continue reading →

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Polygon on the Changes at Epic Games

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Meg

From this week’s Polygon article on all the changes at Epic: The company’s only currently announced game, Fortnite, was revealed in late 2011, and Epic has been relatively quiet about its development. Epic has released new titles since then, including … Continue reading →

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Spoiler: Aristotle

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Meg

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 →

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Reviewing School

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Meg

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 →

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Video Game Industry Rant — luckysipe’s old man blog

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Meg

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 →

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Local Search Terms

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Meg

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 →

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Inspiring

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Meg

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 →

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