Tag Archives: Casual Connect

Dickwolves, Still

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Meg

After Dickwolves, I decided not to attend PAX. This is not an idle decision, or a ragequitting of a fairly underwhelming webcomic. I’m a freelance games writer who regularly covers E3, SXSW, GDC, Casual Connect, IndieCade, TechCrunch Disrupt, East Coast … Continue reading →

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Casual Connect Highlights

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Meg

One of my first Casual Connect meetings was with a developer who talked about writing up docs, several years ago, of an interactive gameworld made up of cubes, like cubic water and cubic plants and cubic minerals. Players would collect … Continue reading →

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How Not To Network

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Meg

I’d planned to go to Casual Connect as a writer, but after I lost my job, I had a new second agenda. That’s why I was forcing myself to attend mixers, swap business cards, mention what I do, and ask … Continue reading →

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From Casual Connect

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Meg

New pieces up on Indie Game Mag, from last week’s Casual Connect conference. Charley Price, from Hidden Variable Studios, spoke at last week’s Casual Connect on Marketing by Design: Building IP with Reach. He used Bag It! as an example, … Continue reading →

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Big Fish Unlimited

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Meg

Big Fish Games first got my attention by offering one-hour-free trials of their casual titles, before that was a terribly common distribution method. It was a pretty appealing alternative to driving to a GameSpot and buying a CD in a … Continue reading →

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Social Games Today

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Meg

Korby Sears from Social Games Today and I talked at Casual Connect. I’ve been wanting to work with Korby for a while now, and it was pretty awesome to finally meet in person and chat about how TVs suck free … Continue reading →

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Casual Connect

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Meg

At Casual Connect. (Thanks, Paul!)

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In A Name

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Meg

At Casual Connect, Nicholas Berry from DataGenetics gave a really fascinating lecture on data mining and inference. The most interesting part was on names, using proper data to back up exactly the implications names give in fiction. (My words, not … Continue reading →

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Long Walks In The Cloud

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Meg

Long Walks In The Cloud, by Simpson’s Paradox Saw this at the Microsoft table at Casual Connect. The other shirt is “You Compute Me” — apparently these guys missed the memo that all game conference shirts must be XXL and … Continue reading →

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Entirely Work-Related

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Meg

“Hey, Meg, you got something else about your swingers’ vacation!” –My mom, whenever I get a mailing from Casual Connect

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