Tag Archives: Next Island

Chinese Newspaper

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Meg

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 →

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Acts of Stunning Maturity

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Meg

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 →

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Casual Success

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Meg

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 →

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NYGaming June Roundup

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Meg

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 →

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More Than Meets The Eye

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Meg

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 →

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Transforming

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Meg

  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 →

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Career Skills

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Meg

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 →

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Entropia Times Magazine

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Meg

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 →

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Daily Grind

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Meg

  This is my to-do list. (crossposted to my work blog, Next Island News)  

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Internet Famous

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Meg

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 →

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