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Go Miss Your Flight, Because You Need A Time Machine
There’s kind of a trend for writing and talking about how great events used to be, because the only thing cooler than being at an event is being in the middle of things while being unimpressed by it. Like being … Continue reading
Failing The Turing Test
A copy-paste of my chat with Delta Airlines It went on like that for a while, while I tried to handle my frustration by imagining the conversation as a moment in text-based Adventure, trying endless variations on Open door … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Chapel Hill, Gaming Culture
Tagged Adventure, Chapel Hill, SxSW, text-based games
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Dickwolves, Still
After Dickwolves, I decided not to attend PAX. This is not an idle decision, or a ragequitting of a fairly underwhelming webcomic. I’m a freelance games writer who regularly covers E3, SXSW, GDC, Casual Connect, IndieCade, TechCrunch Disrupt, East Coast … Continue reading
Posted in Boston, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Tagged Casual Connect, Chapel Hill, dickwolves, e3, East Coast Games Conference, games, games for change, GDC, indiecade, North Carolina, PAX, Penny Arcade, Serious Play, SxSW, TechCrunch Disrupt
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Author, Publisher, Entrepeneur
APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book is Guy Kawasaki’s new self-published ebook on, well, self-publishing and ebooks. The book opens with a short narrative about Kawasaki requesting 500 ebook copies of Enchantment from a traditional publisher, who was unable to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, North Carolina
Tagged alltop, APE, Book review, Books, Chapel Hill, Guy Kawasaki, North Carolina, reading, SxSW, writing about writing
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Continuity Issues
“Remember when you were at SxSW, and I got comics without you, and you were disappointed* that I didn’t wait for you?” Harold asked on the phone the other night. “What would you think if I didn’t wait until you’re … Continue reading
Deep Sea
When I was in Austin for SxSW, I got the chance to check outsome amazing indie games at Screenburn, and I wrote up my reaction to Deep Sea, over at Indie Game Mag: Deep Sea, Robin Arnott’s terrifying sound-based undersea … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Game Reviews, My Other Writing, New York City
Tagged Game Reviews, games, Indie Game Mag, my other writing, New York City, SxSW
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Persona Project
via Persona The CNN photo project at SxSW invited people to take a picture and show what they’re carrying, creating a snapshot of a SxSW day. My essentials are headphones, friends’ business cards, Allison’s house keys (on a Five College … Continue reading
Look Like Rockstar!
look like rockstar, by Simpson’s Paradox A rock star with a fondness for tea and computer games, but still!