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Labyrinth (Muppets and David Bowie Not Included)
My childhood Christmases always involved playing Monopoly on the family room floor, and if that doesn’t sound enough like an idyllic Dylan Thomas evening (A Child’s Christmas in Wales, people, not “Rage, rage against the dying of th...
Waiting
Eight or nine years ago, I worked in a diner while on a, ahem, break from college. The Pioneer Valley is full of similar college-age breakers, finding themselves, forming bands, creating art, getting that awful first novel out of the way, or just dri...
A New One For The Baby Name Book
Our first-grader niece Isabelle asked Santa for a Snuggie (without irony) and a dreidel. We’d already gotten her a gift, but I’m hoping to spread the traditional Christmas latkes to the Malavette clan, so Stick went out searching for a dr...
Cake Mania 3
I have a new review of Cake Mania 3 up over at Casual Gamer Chick. Cake Mania 3 is an adorable time-management game for the Nintendo DS. Jill, our heroine from Sandlot Games’ PC versions of the Cake Mania imprint, is cheerfully preparing for her ...
Triangle IGDA
I went to the Triangle IGDA meetup last week, while Stick was away in Charlotte. It was a bit nerve-wracking going in, but I hadn’t even gotten my name tag before I started talking to a newly-local indie game dev, and inside I ran into Lex, som...
Standard Deviations
I went back to my old high school to see my old stats and programming teacher. He was supervising a study hall on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving when I came in. What I meant to say was, thanks for putting up with my moody high school crap, for ...
No Zombies Allowed
No Zombies Allowed, by Simpson’s Paradox Undead should park on the left. From the blog Simpson's Paradox, please comment here:No Zombies Allowed...
The Registry of Deeds
The other night, Stick and I went to a wine tasting, where I clarified my life goals. Um. Yes, I suppose that needs an explanation. We stopped in to a wine tasting at a small shop, just another thing I like about Charlotte. By the chardonnay, weR...
The Ancient Bracelet Of Detect Plot
I stumbled onto this list of writers’ guidelines over at Clarkesworld Magazine, and I thought this list of sci-fi and fantasy cliches was so impressive I had to share. Though no particular setting, theme, or plot is anathema to us, the followi...
Extreme Shopping
Cooking Mama 3’s shopping game is uncannily like shopping in a Chinese supermarket. I’m reviewing CM3 for ThumbGods right now, and I was expecting more of the chopping and frying fun of Cooking Mama 2, but a new shopping game has brought ...
Slide Colors
My latest review in Indie Game Mag. (Click for a larger version) Slide Colors, by Simpson’s Paradox From the blog Simpson's Paradox, please comment here:Slide Colors...
This Is Just To Say
Stick looked up from the fridge, disappointed. “Oh, are we all out of pears?” “Um. Yeah.” I said, “Well, there was only one left… were you saving it?” “Yes.” “Forgive me It was delicious so ...
No, I’m Just Oblivious
Random guy outside library: Are you an angel for Halloween? Meg: What? Guy: Is this your angel costume, baby? Meg: No, I… Oh! Wait! You’re hitting on me! Thus proving that the library really is the place to meet boys! From the blog Simpso...
NoDa, Charlotte
A few weeks ago, I was trying to pin down what I don’t like about Cary. I know some of it is feeling like Cary is an extended blank verso between the close of our Beijing adventure and the beginning of the next chapter. I’ve been trying to put in...
North Raleigh Optimist Club
Optimist Club Originally uploaded by Simpson’s Paradox This proves my theory that the people I hear talking about how great it is to live in the south and avoid winter, or how convenient everything is to the beltway are all secretly in l...
What I’ve Been Up To
So, I’ve been working on some other projects, and now I’m going to recycle snips of those articles into a blog post, I mean, share what I’ve been working on! First, I recently reviewed the new Nintendo DS game Women’s Murder...
My Problem With Yoga
I always leave happy and mellow, so I guess it’s a step up from my previous workout routine, but somehow yoga isn’t instantly making me thin and fit. Don’t know why. I think I’ll have a cupcake and try to figure that out. From...
Subdivision Superhero
I told Hal Jordan that maybe this isn’t the best way to maintain a secret identity, but he didn’t listen to me. From the blog Simpson's Paradox, please comment here:Subdivision Superhero...
Severed Heads
Halloween is coming, which means our local grocery store has put out bulk candy and decorated for the holiday. I’d usually focus on the M&Ms, but the severed head hanging over the candy bags got me thinking. It seemed, suddenly, like less o...
Leaf Subsides To Looseleaf
Reading poetry with teenagers can be such a random encounter, sometimes there’s a blank stare and complaints that no one really talks like that, sometimes they vibrate with the shock that someone from a dusty old century ever wrote a sexy poem....
Textbook Case
Look, another post where I hold up something to which I’ve contributed to in a tiny way! My Craftsman Farms blog and I are mentioned in this business communications textbook! I’m on page 5, so this will be covered early enough in the seme...
Scenes From Imaginary China
I came across this book when I was home in New Jersey cleaning out my old room. (Yeah, my mom said something about how I haven’t lived there in ten years and she’d really like a guest room and that piles of paperbacks are not her ideal wa...
Chana Masala
It’s really all Sanchaita’s fault. When I was visiting my sister Bethie, her friend Sanchaita invited us to dinner. She cooked the most amazing chickpea curry — as part of a feast of other amazing dishes, I should add — and wh...
In Development
I’ve been focus testing some new games for Merscom in Chapel Hill… I was a bit nervous going in, but they didn’t seem to hold my recent Create-a-Mall review against me. Merscom is a casual games publisher, I’ve played mostly h...
Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting To Danger
Resorting To Danger, by Her Interactive, is the second in the Nancy Drew Dossier series, following Lights, Camera, Curses!. This time, Nancy is investigating a series of bombs at the Redondo, a rejuvenation clinic for the stars. The bombs are more me...
Lights, Camera, Curses!
When Stick and I are shopping, we like to look at the PC games for sale and see how we’re connected to each one. Stick will point out games that he worked on, or that his friends and former Cyberlore coworkers worked on. I like to find hard cop...
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
I’m pretty sure ‘virile marketing’ is something else entirely. From the blog Simpson's Paradox, please comment here: I do not think that word means what you think it means. From the blog Simpson's Paradox, please comment here: I do ...
Cary Is Now Less Awesome
I just heard from Orin of I Heart Chaos (NSFW) that the Awesome Street sign was stolen! Cary has now become less awesome. PS I’m in New Jersey this week, I have an alibi! From the blog Simpson's Paradox, please comment here: Cary Is Now Less...
Green Thumb
“And how are your plants doing? Are they still alive?” my mom asked on the phone the other night. “Yes!” “Meg, that’s great!” “You didn’t have to sound quite so surprised, Mom.” From the blo...
Screwed By The Town Of Cary
We drove by this house on Maynard today. I’m just guessing here but I think someone’s unhappy. From the blog Simpson's Paradox, please comment here: Screwed By The Town Of Cary From the blog Simpson's Paradox, please comment here: Screwed...
