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Summer Sky Nails from Beauty Without Cruelty

I received this Summer Sky nail polish from BWC’s line of lovely, bold nail colors.  Beauty Without Cruelty is a line of cosmetics created without animal testing and without using any animal products, I think I’m supposed to write about … Continue reading

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Snow By Night: Fur-Traders and Magic in the Frozen North

New piece up on thalo: Snow By Night is an independently published comic (as seen in photos 1 – 3) about a fantasy alternate history. Instead of being set in a generically medieval, Euro-ish kingdom, though, Snow’s alternate history takes … Continue reading

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Tipping The Cows

My friend Greg from college is now a game development professor, and I’m a games journalist, so I interviewed him for thalo about his students, his projects (which sometimes involve tipping cows) and indie games in general. Guess all that time we … Continue reading

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Lili on thalo

I often insist that games can be artistic, but rarely get to talk about why and how. I got the chance to discuss Lili, an iPad game I really like, for arts mag thalo. The island is full of strange … Continue reading

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Redress Raleigh

I was really excited to interview Mor Aframian from Redress Raleigh for arts mag thalo. Mor and I worked together a few years ago at a fashion-meets-tech startup called Thimbler, and I am so pleased with her success! RALEIGH, NC … Continue reading

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Amity & Sorrow

New piece over on thalo about Peggy Riley’s amazing new novel, Amity & Sorrow. I don’t love every book I end up reviewing (AHEM), but I’d really recommend this one for lovely prose revealing a thoughtful and sometimes dark story.  Peggy … Continue reading

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Elsewhere

New piece up  on thalo about Elsewhere in Greensboro. Still seems weird seeing a North Carolina dateline on my pieces… GREENSBORO, NC — At first glance, Elsewhere looks like another Greensboro, NC, antique shop or gallery, open late in the evening for … Continue reading

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Still Life With Engagement Ring and Chinese MMO Text

This past year, Harold and I got engaged! I still can’t really believe it, and saying “my fiance” and “after we’re married…” makes me laugh hysterically. In 2012, I contributed to three shipped games, Grumpy Goats, Next Island and Empire Online Lakoo. I started writing for … Continue reading

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IndieWalls on thalo

I have a new piece up on thalo today, talking about IndieWalls: NEW YORK, NY — In the creative world, promised exposure for one’s work can be secret code for unpaid labour.  Therefore, I was understandably intrigued but a bit … Continue reading

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