Category Archives: North Carolina

No Troglodytes Were Harmed

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Meg

I just finished reviewing the Knights of Pen and Paper 2 for Hardcore Droid (where I reviewed the original Knights of Pen and Paper), and man, Behold Studios really knows their audience.  So many tabletop jokes in this game!

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Beginning Chinese

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Meg

  Just finished my Chinese class! I took the beginning Chinese class from 北京大学 through Coursera, and now I can do basic things in Chinese, like say the days of the week or ask about favorite television shows, instead of just ordering food.  I … Continue reading →

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Exploding Limes and Fractal Cabbage

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Meg

A few weeks ago, I covered the browser version of Enchanted Cave 2 for my students, so I was pretty excited to review this roguelike treasure grab for adult gamers over on Hardcore Droid. Lots of meta-jokes for RPG gamers, and silly … Continue reading →

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DO IT OR YOU FAIL!

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Meg

In one of my classes, our syllabus proclaims that the correct heading must be name, date, and course section number, and threatens that students will receive an AUTOMATIC ZERO if the course section number is above the date. This isn’t the only formatting mistake for … Continue reading →

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Comic Conspiracy

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Meg

Went with Harold for a Free Comic Book Day signing at The Comic Conspiracy, Asheboro.

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A for All Done

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Meg

I’ve not exactly enjoyed everything about my online class, but I passed with an A, because 90.0000000001 is an A. I was obsessively checking, so I saw this in the grades section of my online “classroom”. Then I got an … Continue reading →

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No Pineapples Will Be Left Behind!

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Meg

Alternate Title: Even More Thoughts Around Games and Education A while ago, I posted about No Pineapple Left Behind, a serious game Seth Alter from Subaltern Games is working on, all about standardized testing and school systems. I was really disappointed to … Continue reading →

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Enchanted Cave 2

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Meg

I recently played and loved the web version of Enchanted Cave 2, and covered it for Youth Digital’s students, so I jumped at the chance to review the new mobile version for Hardcore Droid. I really love doing reviews for … Continue reading →

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Writing About Writing, Again

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Meg

On Monday, I gave a talk at Davidson College about games and education. It was a really great day. the campus is beautiful, and it was lovely to talk with Anelise, about her work in digital media (old texts + … Continue reading →

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Secrets of ‘High School Story’ #hssgame

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Meg

A few weeks ago, I was at a homeschool education conference for my work, and I got chatting with a twelve-year-old about our favorite games. (This was a theme of the conference weekend, and I got quite a few game … Continue reading →

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