Tag Archives: Chapel Hill

Gemini Rue

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Meg

The iOs build of Gemini Rue is out today! The iOS version is very true to the original’s point-and-click interface, while still taking advantage of the touchscreen’s capabilities. Players will navigate similar screens and will tap to investigate areas or … Continue reading →

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Slow Boat

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Meg

Got a review copy from an editor today. Sometimes Harold tells me that Brooklyn isn’t all that far away, but seeing a book that took two weeks to come from New York, and somehow got smashed, creased, and water damaged on … Continue reading →

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In Which I Am Fairly Shallow

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Meg

The Christmas before last, my parents asked me what I would like for Christmas, and I said I wanted some money towards a new winter coat. My dad reacted with fatherly concern for my financial state and my health, and … Continue reading →

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What The Heck Am I Going To Do With A Vegi-Magical Degree?

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Meg

Another of my favorite screens from Lili.  Just used this as the accompanying art for a piece on the possible definitions of indie games, because I giggled to see an indie game character wondering if her education is a good … Continue reading →

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A Design for Boring: The Freemium Model Problems

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Meg

New piece talking about freemium games on DragonBlogger.  Bad freemium frustrates me, although I think games have value, developers should be paid for their craft, and freemium is not automatically evil. After many rounds of editing, and many discussions with … Continue reading →

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Dunning-Kruger Effect

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Meg

  I came across this photo from my game design class last spring. I shared it at iheartchaos a while ago, but I don’t think I ever shared it here. We covered this in a discussion about cognitive biases. I … Continue reading →

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Recent on IGM

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Meg

New short piece on my New York neighbors, Golden Ruby Games and their new Worm Run over at Indie Game Magazine. Their new game is a casual runner in which players help save space janitor Zeke Tallahassee from a space monster. … Continue reading →

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Longform

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Meg

My editor at Geek sent all the writers a group email suggesting that we all feel free to go over our wordcounts whenever the subject warrants a longer piece. I responded with a longform essay on serious, indie games, because who … Continue reading →

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Amity & Sorrow

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Meg

New piece over on thalo about Peggy Riley’s amazing new novel, Amity & Sorrow. I don’t love every book I end up reviewing (AHEM), but I’d really recommend this one for lovely prose revealing a thoughtful and sometimes dark story.  Peggy … Continue reading →

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North Carolina

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Meg

In Chapel Hill, doing a little betatesting for the iOs build of Gemini Rue, and giggling.

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