Tag Archives: New York City

Guessing

“Guess what I did while you were away?” Harold asks, when I get back from E3. “Read a Star Trek novel on your iPad?” “Um. Well, yes. But I was going to say something else.”

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Airport Camping

I was delayed at LAX on the way back from E3.  I camped out by an outlet, with my laptop and my Starbucks cup and about ten thousand press kits, all the paraphenalia of my awesome life.  Ok, so I … Continue reading

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Obligatory Press Pass Photo

  Freelance Media, by Simpson’s Paradox   …and then I cracked myself up, thinking that I’ve gone to enough conferences and shows to say “obligatory press pass photo”.

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The Knifefight Principle

So Figment has an idea for a social game with optional premium content. The basic concept is a multiplayer knifefight on the Facebook platform. Anyone can play free, but getting a knife costs extra. For a gold membership, he explains … Continue reading

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Between New York and Los Angeles

I wrote this piece, Wanting, for TheSmartly a few months ago, but traveling between the two cities reawakens the same feelings. LA and New York make me want. That’s not a transitive verb here, I don’t have something in particular … Continue reading

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Linguistic Circuits

I sent my parents my travel plans for conferences and conventions I’m covering this summer, and my dad wrote back: Well done, Meg! Now add these phrases to your vocabulary: (1) “Stop the presses!”* (2) “But the people have a … Continue reading

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Why I Should Never Talk Business

Potential Investor: So, the target market for this game would be guys with a high-end gaming rig and experience with MMOs. Meg: Or would be GIRLS.

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Red Bull Augmented Racing

When the demo for Red Bull augmented racing began at NYGaming‘s local games demo, I was just getting warmed up for a rant on how much I hate branded games. Corporate sponsorship almost always means a mediocre casual game, minus … Continue reading

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Factually Accurate

“If we don’t get this content release out, I’m going to be like John the Baptist!” Harold pauses here, unsure if I’m following him. “Do you know who that is?” “Yes. I do. You know what my dad does for … Continue reading

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Hockey Stick Growth

One of the speakers at TechCrunch Disrupt was David Karp from Tumblr, who was talking about “hockey stick growth”, massive increases in the users and site traffic. I thought it would be hilariously meta to take a picture from the … Continue reading

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