Category Archives: North Carolina
Hidden Object Adventures
Harold came in while I was sprawled on the couch, immersed in a new game for a Hardcore Droid review. “Are you playing a hidden object game?” he asked, with a certain amount of shock in his voice. Harold and … Continue reading
ReviewerCard: A Card For (Unethical) Reviewers
I’ve written before about times I feel like a real writer and times I wish I could carry all my clips around with me so I don’t feel like a hack and how great it is to get official confirmation in a … Continue reading
But Brooklynites Do Things Ironically
Potential Work Contact: My email is *noun* followed by *number* at Yahoo dot com. Meg: Well played, retro hipster! Want my fax number? Potential Work Contact: What? Meg: Oh. You weren’t kidding. Uh…
The Lasting Value of a Classical Education
Harold and I drove past this shop tonight, and I started giggling. “Cato Fashions!” I laughed, “I mean, it’s no Gatsby luxury haircare, but it’s pretty great, right?” “What?” Harold asked me. “What’s so funny about a women’s clothing chain?” … Continue reading
Also, I Have Terrible Taste In Music
I just did a story on MySpace’s re-re-re-relaunch, which allowed me to have a laugh at a failed social networker getting some new investment capital to relaunch as a shiny new social networker, and also allowed me to enjoy some of … Continue reading
It’s Numbered, Too.
Harold: Oh, wow! Is this for me? Were you trying to hide this to give it to me later? Meg: No! That’s, um, that’s my Star Trek action figure that I was, um, storing in an unmarked box in the back of … Continue reading
Spaceteam!
I played Spaceteam with some friends this weekend. When you have a group of people who work in games and think critically about games, sometimes it’s easy to get caught up talking about mechanics, but I had so much genuine … Continue reading
Author, Publisher, Entrepeneur
APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book is Guy Kawasaki’s new self-published ebook on, well, self-publishing and ebooks. The book opens with a short narrative about Kawasaki requesting 500 ebook copies of Enchantment from a traditional publisher, who was unable to … Continue reading
This Is Why I Can’t Tell You Things, Facebook.
Nothing good comes of the relationship status on Facebook. At least I still have a WarCraft targeted ad too.
Osmos in Lili
I’m playing BitMonster’s Lili, and just discovered a cute reference to another favorite, Hemisphere Games’ Osmos. Here’s Lili in Shoppington’s, noticing it too.
