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Osmos Reviewed
My review of Osmos in Indie Game Mag, issue 10.
Posted in Game Reviews
Tagged Game Reviews, games, IGM, Indie Game Mag, indie games, Osmos
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Tiger Eye: Curse Of The Riddle Box
Passionfruit Games‘ first title, Tiger Eye Curse Of The Riddle Box> is out this week. This new game blends casual adventure gameplay with the paranormal romance novel Tiger Eye by Majorie M. Liu. I was in the beta last month, … Continue reading
How LOST Will End
I started watching LOST in Yantai, so it’s been years now that I’ve been hoping to get a job working for the Dharma Initiative. I’ve fallen a month or two behind on this season (which requires avoiding Twitter on certain … Continue reading
Lollicup
My friends are all big fan of bubble tea, and I was happy to go along to Lollicup, a bubble-tea spot, because wherever there’s boba, there are also delicious crazy juices. Like watermelon. Yum. We’d planned to take our drinks to … Continue reading
Posted in Denver
Tagged adventures with Stick, chinese, Denver, Diana, games, Hugo, reading, Stick
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Still Here
Perhaps I’ve mentioned this once or twice, but I was recently in Denver visiting my friends. And before that, I was at the Triangle games conference. I’m back working my usual shift in the restaurant now, with a refreshed appetite … Continue reading
Virtual Mooncake Exchange
A friend of mine, who’s going to go nameless in this post, called most Facebook social games “window dressing on the poke application.” He wasn’t specifically referring to FarmVille, but it fits. FarmVille’s genius is turning our contract with society … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Gaming Culture, Raleigh
Tagged chinese, coffee, Facebook, Farmville, Game Reviews, games, Grace, mac, MyTribe, Raleigh, random, Sims, social media, Zynga
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My Tribe For Facebook
Grubby Games’ My Tribe has just been turned into a Facebook social game. I played the original My Tribe about a year ago (yeah, I know, I love desert island survival games). The goal in the new Facebook game, like … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming Culture
Tagged BFG, Big Fish Games, Facebook, Farmville, Flotsam's Call, Game Reviews, games, Google, Grubby Games, jewel Vault, latin, mail, My Tribe, MyTribe, mytribe mysteries, new mysteries, reading, ThumbGods
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Colorado Or Bust
I have post-conference deflation. After a couple days filled with fascinating presentations and impromptu discussions on the nature of play and creativity, on using games to solve problems and change the world, it was deflating to be back at the … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Raleigh
Tagged d+d, Denver, Diana, Dunkin' Donuts, games, Hugo, Hugo and Diana's visit, latin, RACL, Raleigh, Stick
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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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Shutter Island
When I was back in New Jersey a few weeks ago, I mentioned to my parents that I’d helped a little bit with the spinoff game for Shutter Island. (I didn’t add that my particular brand of helping had a … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming Culture, Raleigh
Tagged credits, games, Harold, Merscom, my family is crazy, New Jersey, Raleigh, Shutter Island, things I'm not good at
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