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Still Lost In Blue
The other day I was googling for “I’m stuck on an island with a total moron,” er, I mean, reading a bit about Lost in Blue 2, and I stumbled upon this Guide 2 Games review of Jack and Amy’s … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming Culture
Tagged awesome, coffee, cooking, family, game culture, games, LOST, Lost in Blue 2, Merscom, nintendo DS, reading, Shutter Island
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Severed Heads
Halloween is coming, which means our local grocery store has put out bulk candy and decorated for the holiday. I’d usually focus on the M&Ms, but the severed head hanging over the candy bags got me thinking. It seemed, suddenly, … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged candy, China, Civilization, Eric, Halloween, LOST, packing, Raleigh
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Lost in Blue 2
I’ve been playing Lost in Blue 2 on the DS for a while now, and while I always love games about island survival, like MyTribe, Sims 2: Castaway, etc., there’s a lot of room for improvement in Lost in Blue. … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Gaming Culture
Tagged cooking, frustrations, Game Reviews, games, girls play that too?, Google, LOST, Lost in Blue 2, mail, MyTribe, nintendo DS, Sims, Sims 2, ThumbGods
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Microsoft Says To Give Up FireFox, Or Get Lost
In a move that sounds like a joke, Microsoft is offering $10,000 as a prize for using IE8. They specify that Firefox users need to switch, or get lost! I’ve been accused of blog hyperbole once or twice, but that’s … Continue reading
Liu Gong Island
I have no idea how I went from running to the mailbox each afternoon in hope and expectation, to utterly forgetting to mention this, but… I have a travel piece in the March-April issue of Adventures For The Average Woman. … Continue reading
That’s Beijing
I was interviewed a few weeks ago for an article about female expat bloggers in this month’sThat’s Beijing. Sadly, my story, URL and picture didn’t make it into the magazine, but I was quoted saying how great Lost Laowai and … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, Raleigh
Tagged bloggers, China, China blog, LOST, Raleigh, sinosplice
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Pretty, Pretty FusionFall
FusionFall is gorgeous. Wait, that’s not how to start a review. Let me try again. FusionFall, the new MMO from Cartoon Network, takes place a few years in the future. Players must help the Cartoon Network crowd, including older versions … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Gaming Culture
Tagged beta, cartoon network, e3, FusionFall, Game Reviews, games, Grace, LOST, tech, WarCraft, World of WarCraft, WoW
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Ancient Secrets
I recently heard about Ancient Secrets over on GameHouse. You play as Kate, a young archeologist, who is following her father’s footsteps in the search for the lost key of the Tekka. Kate needs to gather solves puzzles to gather … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Game Reviews, Gaming Culture
Tagged Ancient Secrets, Books, casual games, China, Game Reviews, games, hidden object, latin, LOST, mac, text-based, text-based games, travel, WarCraft, World of WarCraft, Young
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My Tribe
MyTribe, by Grubby Games, is a happy Lost-ish sim, with all the mysteries and none of that annoying Others soap opera. I downloaded the game mostly because Casualicious.com’s recent post made it sound like a civilization-advancement sim without that annoying … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Gaming Culture, Raleigh
Tagged casual games, Civilization, Facebook, Game Reviews, games, Grubby Games, LOST, My Tribe, MyTribe, mytribe mysteries, Raleigh, random, ThumbGods
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NY Renn Faire
On Saturday, Germaine invited me to go to the NY Renn Faire. Germaine is Bethie’s friend from high school, but being sisters means I get to steal her clothes and her friends. Score! I was really excited to go, since … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, New Jersey
Tagged allison, Bethie, games, Germaine, LOST, New Jersey, Renn, WarCraft, World of WarCraft
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