Tag Archives: North Carolina

The Time Tribe

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Meg

My friend Jerry wrote to tell me he’s working with a new game, and he thought it might be a good fit for me. “Oh yeah? Why’s that?” “Because it’s a point-and-click adventure game, with historically accurate game settings, edu … Continue reading →

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Cary Hellscape

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Meg

Tonight I went to meet with some local game developers in an office complex in Cary. I was very excited to go, but not excited to drive through Cary. Cary is a special kind of terrible. About a third of … Continue reading →

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Longform

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Meg

My editor at Geek sent all the writers a group email suggesting that we all feel free to go over our wordcounts whenever the subject warrants a longer piece. I responded with a longform essay on serious, indie games, because who … Continue reading →

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Text-Based Space Opera in ‘Choice of the Star Captain’

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Meg

I’ve talked a lot about text-based games like Heroes Rise, To The City of the Clouds, Choice of Romance, Choice of The Vampire, Choice of the Dragon, and now, I’ve got a new piece on Geek talking about Star Captain. Choice of the Star Captain … Continue reading →

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Fiction and Family

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Meg

“I found my extra copy of A Torn Page when I was packing,” I told Harold, “I think I might give it to your mom — she was asking me about my work, and a fiction anthology is probably better … Continue reading →

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New York Gaming

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Meg

While I was in Brooklyn, I went over to the NY Gaming demo at Microsoft, checked out the games my NYC neighbors are building, and wrote it up for Geek Magazine: New York Gaming tends towards electronic games, so  I … Continue reading →

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North Carolina

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Meg

In Chapel Hill, doing a little betatesting for the iOs build of Gemini Rue, and giggling.

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Lost, Revisited

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Meg

Watching the first season of Lost again is like looking at photos of an old boyfriend. Everyone’s so young! Such great memories! So many laughs! I loved it so much! But… what the heck happened at the end?

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The Facebook Diet

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Meg

New piece on Geek Magazine, in which I am thoroughly confused by a “Facebook humor” book: The Facebook Diet by Gemini Adams promises to highlight all the hilarious and strange things in the world of Facebook. I was excited to read this … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Is Yours

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Meg

Amazing old ad for D&D from one of Harold’s old comic books.

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