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Casual Droid

“Aah, Android! It did a thing! Is it broken?” –One of my coworkers, trying to look at a photo on my phone.

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“Alice In Tumblr-Land”

Tim Manley’s Alice in Tumblr-land: And Other Fairy Tales for a New Generation tells the stories of fairy tale princesses and heroes, as twenty-somethings navigating relationships, friends, sex, careers and social media. The Tortoise and the Hare Facebook-stalk each other … Continue reading

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Geek Girl Con Adventures

Short recap:  Geek Girl Con was an amazing group of female game developers, science fiction writers, and comic artists, all running into each other to say “I love your dress / hair / blog!” So great. Long recap:  I spoke … Continue reading

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Times I Wear Yoga Pants

Either I’m exercising at yoga or pilates class, stretching, pushing myself, striving to be healthier, basically being as active as I ever am. or I’m lying on my bed, reading a book, basically moving as little as humanly possible. Same … Continue reading

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Monorail Espresso | You Gotta Eat This!

While I was in Seattle for Geek Girl Con, I finally went to Monorail Espresso, instead of just running past it on my way to the convention center. It was amazing, even in a city with great coffee everywhere, and … Continue reading

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Political Backstabbing and Handsome Men in ‘Everlove’

I recently reviewed Everlove, Silicon Sisters’ new romance / adventure game for Hardcore Droid. This game contains great dialogue, with both intrigue and snark. And the handsome, single men all over the kingdom really highlighted how often mainstream, for-everyone games … Continue reading

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What My Completely Honest CV Would Say

I did some stuff for games, some of them shipped. I wrote some stuff for magazines, some are still in business.

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Jesse Petersen’s “Monsters In Your Neighborhood”

Monsters In Your Neighborhood is Jesse Petersen’s sequel to Club Monstrosity. In Club Monstrosity, we met a collection of Manhattan monsters. Swamp Thing, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Blob, the Invisible Man, a mummy, a vampire, and Alec, the … Continue reading

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But I Kept Reading

After I wrote about some of the amazing books I’ve read, a friend asked me if I’m done getting awful books and from now on, I’m just reading and reviewing awesome novels. I’m quite pleased with my recent ARCs, but … Continue reading

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Professional Discourse

Meg: I love that! And the students would love it too! But I’m afraid to link to Tumblr because Tumblr’s always two clicks away from porn. Coworker: Isn’t that the entire internet? Meg: You win.

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