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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.
“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
Posted in Books, Brooklyn, Chapel Hill, Los Angeles, New York City
Tagged Alice in Tumblr-land, Book review, Books, Brooklyn, Chapel Hill, coffee, Los Angeles, New York City, The Oatmeal, Tim Manley
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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
Posted in Chapel Hill, Seattle
Tagged Animazement, Carly Kocurek, Chapel Hill, coffee, games, Geek GIrl Con, Harold, Seattle
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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
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
Posted in Chapel Hill, Seattle
Tagged Brooklyn, Chapel Hill, coffee, Geek GIrl Con, monorail espresso, Seattle
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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
Posted in Chapel Hill, Game Reviews, Seattle
Tagged Chapel Hill, everlove, Game Reviews, games, Hardcore Droid, Seattle
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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.
Posted in Chapel Hill, Gaming Culture
Tagged Chapel Hill, games, Geek GIrl Con, prepping for Geek Girl Con
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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
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
Posted in Books, Chapel Hill
Tagged Book review, Books, Chapel Hill, expat life, games, Karma Gone Bad, 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.