February 2011
57 posts
Figment: …that could be my womprat.
(I could get to like this guy)
January 2011
53 posts
Simpson's Paradox » How To Tell If It’s Snowing →
Allow me to translate: I work a lot. I hate people. I make an exception for Figment.
Also, weather doom is coming to New York!
Episode 13 - Dick Jokes - Friday Jan 21, 2011 →
Entirely Different →
“I gotta hang up and get back to work,” I told Marcus the other day.
“Right, you have to slay monkeys and rescue new players.”
“No, no, the boars are killing newbies in this area. The talking …
Wanting. | thesmartly.com →
I’ve got a new piece live on Smartly:
I want the new Cosmo in the airport, I want every book in the Strand. I want cupcakes, I want a Starbucks cup constantly in my hand, but I want to be thinner. I want to be someone healthly and health-conscious, but mostly I just want pinot grigio and black-and-white cookies. I want a manicure with square-tip nails and dark cranberry polish, but I...
Quotes from work
Work contact: You’d be a lot more useful to us if you watched more reality tv.
Meg: Can’t. Gotta read the gaming blogs.
“Next Island itself was demonstrated at length by Neverdie Studio’s developer...”
– Monday Musings: Attending the Next Island media launch event | Default Prime | Default Prime
1) That’s right, “popular Facebook page.” I’m awesome.
2) The internet is on to you, Michael Ray.
In Which I Do Not Fail At Romance
Figment: You’re in my monkeysphere.
Meg: I like you too!
Funniest Screenshot Competition
Over on the Next Island forums, Enzo is running a Next Island Funniest Screenshot Contest. You don't have to have any particular ingame skills, just snap a screenshot of something funny and give it a Read more at the source: Funniest Screenshot Competition
Angry Birds →
“Ever since we played Angry Birds in Maine,” Marcus said on the phone the other night, “I’ve been seeing it everywhere. I guess it’s becoming pretty popular.”
I just barely restrained myself from…
Why I Suck At Dating
I went out with a guy the other night, and we had a great chat over coffee about 90’s music and listening to Seattle bands in high school and blah blah blah.
“Wow, this is great!” he said. “It’s been so long since I went out with a girl my own age!”
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Every time I’m tempted to think about Bad Idea Name$, I check my virtual buildings or water my virtual crops. I’ve never been so good at craptastic games.
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.… We look for the sermon in the...”
– Joan Didion, The White Album
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Killer Monkeys Are My Day Job →
Oh, Tumblr, I know you’re broken half the time, but I love you anyway.
SXSW Non Sequitor.
amberdemure:
Who I Am, What I Want
Things I’ve learned:
Parents always love me. It’s like my superpower. (Aquaman and I are starting the Oddly Specific supergroup)
I don’t like to watch sports. You go, have a good time, and we’ll meet up later. (I mean it. But if you’re wondering if it’s a passive-aggressive “you go”, let’s save ourselves some time and aggravation, and just...
DJ Michael Ray | Myspace Music →
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Not Fooling Anyone
Coworker: I just saw that OtherColleague cut his hair!
Meg: It was so much better longer. Not that I care or noticed or anything.
Coworker: Of course you didn’t.
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Episode 11 - The TSA Episode - Friday Jan 7, 2011... →
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Start-up Life
Boss: Meg used to ask me before she did something, now she just tells me what she did.
Meg: Yeah, well. You don’t read those emails either.
Boss: I’m busy.
Max’s Brain →
Games blogger (and my housemates’ college classmate) Kurt Kalata is coming out with a book based on his retrogaming blog. My awesomely artistic housemate Kate is making a shrine to Roberta…
my hair smells like smoke
What Keeps You Playing? →
I have a new editorial on player motivation up on The Game Effect. I’m quite pleased with this, it took me a while to process through why some mechanics keep me one-more-turning and others just…
Snooki had a novel published.
inthefade:
I’m going to kill myself now.
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Further Work Discussions
Boss: <project> looks amazing! How did you manage that?
Meg: I don’t drink coffee and flirt with boys ALL DAY, you know.
Boss: Could have fooled me.