Tag Archives: New York City
Entirely Different
“I gotta hang up and get back to work,” I told Marcus the other day. “Right, you have to slay monkeys and rescue new players.” “No, no, the boars are killing newbies in this area. The talking monkeys have capitalization … Continue reading
How To Tell If It’s Snowing
Wait until someone asks you if you’re going into the city tomorrow, and then, just as you begin to go into your Hulk rage, because obviously you go to the city for work every day (and twice on Sundays, as … Continue reading
Wicked Awesome
Boss: What’s our login for <site>? Meg: Oh, you can sign in as MegIsWickedAwesome. Boss: Was <company name> taken? Meg: No. Why do you ask?
What Keeps You Playing?
I have a new editorial on player motivation up on The Game Effect. I’m quite pleased with this, it took me a while to process through why some mechanics keep me one-more-turning and others just piss me off, but I … Continue reading
Larger Than Life
Spike VGA, by Simpson’s Paradox Saw this coming out of Penn Station this morning (since I didn’t take DeCamp today). I thought of my awesome time at the VGAs, and my recent cyberpunk ad sighting, and, well, if you saw … Continue reading
With Benefits
Almost as soon as I moved back north, I got into this… situation. I hesitate to call it a “relationship” because the other party made it pretty clear that I couldn’t make any demands. We’d see each other when we saw … Continue reading
Original Sims
I was a freshman in college when my hallmate and soon-to-be best friend Kristin introduced me to the Sims. While other freshmen were passed out on Frat Row, I was playing Sims. (Which isn’t to say I wasn’t on my … Continue reading
My Cyberpunk Life
I think taxi TV is about as cyberpunk as you can get without getting a corporate logo tattoo (Not going to name any names, Caterpillar Mike!) or a flying car. Watching the news while commuting is a pretty solid Clarke … Continue reading
