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Chinese Newspaper
Roy and I were making our way back after a happy hour for Next Island and friends… that turned into several hours. We got on a mostly-empty 7 train, and found an abandoned Chinese newspaper on the seat, so of … Continue reading →
Acts of Stunning Maturity
Next Island moved to a new office today, and my first act of stunning maturity was to call Harold’s desk from my desk to tell him I have a phone now. (I am not entirely sure why he puts up … Continue reading →
Casual Success
For questwriting at work today, I needed a map of the Next Island tropical continent. We don’t have a giant printer, so I printed out pages of map sections. Then, I looked at the unlabeled squares of terrain that I … Continue reading →
Posted in Gaming Culture, New York City
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Tagged casual games, New York City, Next Island
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NYGaming June Roundup
A few weeks ago, I went to the NYGaming June meeting. I wrote on Socks, Inc. over at Indie Game Mag, and on Cloud Assassin over at I Heart Chaos. I also really enjoyed the Herograph demo, I’ll have more … Continue reading →
Posted in Gaming Culture, New York City
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Tagged Herograph, I heart chaos, Indie Game Mag, New York City, Next Island
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More Than Meets The Eye
In the last few frantic days and hours getting our Transformers content together, there was a flurry of emails with “Transformers Final” in the subject line. Each time, I kept thinking I was going to be tested on Autobots and … Continue reading →
Posted in New York City
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Tagged New York City, Next Island, problems only I have, Transformers 3
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Transforming
Second Wave arrival, Melissandra “Sandy” Lutra, has begun a business offering Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon clothes and accessories to Next Island pioneers. Her first product is a long-sleeved T-shirt, featuring the well-known Autobots symbol. The Autobot shirt … Continue reading →
Posted in New York City, virtual life
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Tagged New York City, Next Island, not a f*cking waitress anymore, Transformers 3, virtual life
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Career Skills
I wrote the script for this video for work. (I also do a pretty rocking computer girl voice.) I’m not completely happy with it — I can never look at my creative projects without seeing a thousand improvements to make … Continue reading →
Posted in New York City, virtual life
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Tagged Elysian transmission, my virtual life, New York City, Next Island, Tom Lupien, virtual life
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Entropia Times Magazine
The March issue of the Entropia Times magazine is out, and the ET staff has done a beautiful job, once again. There’s a pretty awesome piece about some of the crazy things I do for a living. After it went … Continue reading →
Posted in New York City, virtual life
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Tagged Entropia Planets, Entropia Universe, game culture, New York City, Next Island, social media, virtual life, weird
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Daily Grind
This is my to-do list. (crossposted to my work blog, Next Island News)
Internet Famous
I didn’t usually post work press here, but Default Prime just did a story on Next Island, and mentioned me. Next Island itself was demonstrated at length by Neverdie Studio’s developer Michael Ray, who answered journalists’ questions and showed character … Continue reading →
Posted in New Jersey, New York City
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Tagged Default Prime, New Jersey, New York City, Next Island
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