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Fording The River
Stick called today, partly to catch up and partly as just another step in the hellish process of separating ours into his and mine. I haven’t really known what to say about him here, because I still have a lot … Continue reading
Passionfruit Hutong
New development studio Passionfruit Games contacted me the other day about beta testing their new puzzle/adventure game Tiger Eye Curse Of The Riddle Box. Passionfruit is made up of many HER Interactive veterans — the team who worked on Nancy Drew … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Gaming Culture, Raleigh
Tagged beta, China, chinese, Chinese life, dating, games, Her Interactive, hutong, mandarin, my boyfriend, nancy drew dossier, Passionfruit Games, Raleigh, resorting to danger, Sims, TE: COTRB, ThumbGods, Tiger Eye, Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box
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Game Review: My Boyfriend
I was way too excited for the new My Boyfriend game. I anticipated all the fun of Sim dating, plus my favorite guilty pleasure (changing my avatar’s clothes every five minutes), without all that tedious eating and sleeping and meter-watching … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews
Tagged dating, flops, Game Reviews, games, my boyfriend, nancy drew dossier, nintendo DS, resorting to danger, Sims, Sims 3, ThumbGods, why's it gotta be pink?
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Xyzzy
I have a new piece up on In-game dating: Not just for basement-dwelling nerds up at TechCoquette. Like online dating on Match.com, eHarmony or other matchmaking sites, couples who meet through World of Warcraft first connect entirely through their words. … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged colossal caves, dating, game culture, gaming, my family is crazy, my other writing, nerd, Raleigh, tech, TechCoquette, WarCraft, World of WarCraft, xyzzy
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Bluestone, Red Face
My dad and I drove back to Montclair from Middletown last night. This morning Scep and Katie came to get me and we went to the Bluestone Cafe in Watchung Plaza. We walked past Watchung Deli as we waited for … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey
Tagged Bethie, coffee, dating, e3, Garan, General, Grace, Katie, Montclair, New Jersey, Scep
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King Henry VIII Joins Twitter
King Henry VIII joins Twitter tomorrow, according to the Brand Republic News today. LONDON – One of England’s greatest kings Henry VIII will be Tweeting from beyond the grave, updating Twitter followers about events from 500 years ago which helped … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged dating, Facebook, henry viii, Raleigh, social media, twitter
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No Surprises
“Hey, Stick, do you know what the day after tomorrow is?!?” “The day after Ea—The day Cadbury eggs go on sale.” “Oh. Guess you already knew then.” “Meg, we’ve been dating for five years.” Related: Last year’s post on Cadbury … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, cadbury eggs, dating, Raleigh, Stick
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Happy Meal
“When we first started dating, did you ever think we’d go on a romantic date to McDonalds?” Stick asked me. We were in line at the Kan Dan Qiao 24-hour McDonalds, getting milkshakes in what is likely to become a … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged Chinese life, dating, Hello Kitty, letters, mail, McDonalds, Stick
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Night Elf Seeks Gnome for LTR
On a completely unrelated note, I just found out there’s a World Of WarCraft dating site, where WoW gamers can, er, hook up. I’m not making this up, it’s called World Of DateCraft. The site’s pretty new, with beta warning … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming Culture
Tagged beta, dating, ThumbGods, WarCraft, World of WarCraft, WoW
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What Else?
I’ve got another article up on 15 Minute Date, on dating and MMORPGs, you know, what I always talk about!