Tag Archives: Cyberlore
Lights, Camera, Curses!
When Stick and I are shopping, we like to look at the PC games for sale and see how we’re connected to each one. Stick will point out games that he worked on, or that his friends and former Cyberlore … Continue reading
The Awesome Party
Last night we went to Awesome Street for a party. I was a little nervous since I didn’t know anyone, but that dissipated when we arrived and saw a couple of backdoor smokers, wearing white fuzzy bunny ears. “If I’d … Continue reading
More Unpacking
Something else I found while unpacking. Stick won this at the Cyberlore party a few years ago for reading more Playboys than anybody else, I mean, successfully answering Playboy trivia questions.
Blogs I Read
A gaijin, a megook and a laowai walk into a bar… Mutant Frogs is my friend Roy’s blog about Japan, and MantisBot is Garan’s blog about Korean life. Interesting that three of us from my high-school crew ended up in … Continue reading
Jeb on Playboy, Bully and more
Sometimes I have girl-gamer blinders on, and I forget that there are other subcultures in video gaming. This interview with Jeb Havens (formerly of Cyberlore) on gay content in games talks about the testosterone zone of game design and game … Continue reading
A Professional Yenta
For the last six years of my life, people have looked at me funny and asked “Oh, classics… and what are you planning to do with that?” I would mumble something about teaching or my secret plan to be a … Continue reading
Cyberlore
On Saturday night, Stick wanted me to go to the Cyberlore 12th anniversary party with him. It was in the Cyberlore offices, they have a cool loft-y space anyway. One room was blacklit DDR, another was just booze in coolers, … Continue reading
Playboy: The Mansion
“I got a job,” Stick says proudly. “I’m going to be playtesting for Cyberlore!” While I’m shrieking “That’s great, honey!” my gamergirl gears take a second to catch on. I almost wish I hadn’t. “Aren’t they doing that Playboy game?” … Continue reading
