Tag Archives: games

Future

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Meg

“Oh, you know,” I tell Eric, after a long discussion about our lives and our future plans, “I just want to work in games and not be worried about money.” “Yeah, well, I want to be an immortal sorcerer,” he … Continue reading →

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Not Entirely Flattering

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Meg

Stick and I are on the phone talking about work, which is a lot better for both of us now than it was in Raleigh. It’s better because we’re both working in games now, instead of stopgap jobs, and also … Continue reading →

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Some Thought Involved

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Meg

Caitlin, our brilliant QA lead, is testing one of the quests I wrote. Working in games has been my dream for a long time, but having a mission I designed currently in testing is sort of like the ego-bruising of … Continue reading →

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Things I Have Learned About Games

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Meg

Behind every bright pink videogame promotion is a female game dev headdesking in frustration.

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Magic Dating

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Meg

From the now-famous bad date story, between a desperately shallow girl and a guy who’s good at collectible card games: We started talking about normal stuff—family, work, college. I told him my brother was a gamer. And then he casually … Continue reading →

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Social Games Today

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Meg

Korby Sears from Social Games Today and I talked at Casual Connect. I’ve been wanting to work with Korby for a while now, and it was pretty awesome to finally meet in person and chat about how TVs suck free … Continue reading →

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Games, Life, Whatever

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Meg
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Write Flavor Text On Computer

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Meg

Man, it’s like even my social games are telling me to get back to work.

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Chinese Bingo: Using Games for Cross-Cultural Education

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Meg

So, I was recently invited to speak at the Serious Play Conference out in Redmond, where I totally tricked everyone into thinking I knew stuff about China and gameplay. It was pretty nerve-wracking, I spoke on the third day on … Continue reading →

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Power Play

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Meg

I was really excited when I saw posts on my Tumblr feed announcing Reilly Brown and Kurt Christenson’s new comic Power Play: Our story revolves around Mac, a college student in NYC who suddenly finds himself with superpowers.  Does he … Continue reading →

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