Tag Archives: games

Inspiring

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Meg

We have new teachers starting at my work, including my friends Mor and James (Phase one of my plan to have every single person I like in North Carolina come work with me!). After class one day, we were talking … Continue reading →

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Indie Game Blog Carnival #1

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Meg

Hello everyone! I’m at SxSW right now, and I’m either listening to an amazing session, drinking with friends, or completely lost on the complete opposite side of where I mean to be going. (That is how conferences go for me.) … Continue reading →

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Revisited Game Review: Women’s Murder Club

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Meg

Originally written for ThumbGods, a coupe years ago, but I recently dug out my DS for visiting some old favorites. James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club has been a successful series of novels, a TV show and a series of casual mystery PC games before … Continue reading →

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Games & Capitalism

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Meg

IndieCade was surrounded with snow-related disasters, but one of the nice effects of that is Paolo Pedercini’s (from Molleindustria) talk was given remotely, and it’s available to watch online here: Videogames and the Spirit of Capitalism from paolo pedercini on … Continue reading →

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Adventures, Games, Harold

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Meg

Sometimes it’s challenging to work in games and have a partner who also works in games. Sometimes the very idea of having two stable game jobs at two different studios in the same city seems completely insane, impossible and ridiculous. … Continue reading →

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The Perils of The Lady Gamer: A Graphial Diversion Regarding Women and Games

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Meg

I wrote about this hilarious and sad comic on female gamers by Shaenon K Garrity for The Absolute. You may have seen it by now — this is actually the 4th time* I’ve covered a story right before a Gawker … Continue reading →

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Indie Games Blog Carnival

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Meg

I would just love it if you’d submit indie game pieces and encourage friends to submit! This includes reviews written for magazines, communities or personal blogs, as well as essays on indie games, thoughtful dev blog pieces, and related creative writing. You can also submit indie games, too. Continue reading →

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The Future of Games Journalism

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Meg

…is turning out 1000 ~ 2000 not-quite-original words, in 6 hours, for $1. Looking someone to rewrite 100 to 200 word game news. Each 100 to 200 word game news is priced at $0.10 Please include these words in your … Continue reading →

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Surfer, Muppet, Gun, What?

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Meg

My App Design 3 students are doing a math-heavy assignment, and as I explained what they were doing, I threw out a couple of Chinese  number handsigns, meant to emphasize that there were 6 sides on a die so 7 … Continue reading →

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Improve Your Twitter Engagement with ReTweet.ly | (The) Absolute

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Meg

I’m mostly covering indie games for (The) Absolute, but I’ve also been writing about interesting tech startups, too: Web app retweet.ly aims to trade related retweets between users. Retweet.ly users sign in with their Twitter accounts, choose one of their … Continue reading →

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