FourTwenty- A Retrospective- Part I
How It Started It started with a meme. A stupid Facebook meme challenging everyone to create 10 pieces of art before a year was up. I decided that my art …
Gamification and the Existential Crisis
A long time ago, before you were born (if you were born in 2010), there was a man named Jesse Schell. Jesse had a vision for the future he shared …
Everything I Know About Leadership I Learned from Gaming
Sometimes, when people learn that I am a gamer, I get a funny look and the comment “Wow, you don’t look like a gamer.” Appearances aside, I tell them that …
4 Tips for Live Action Game Design
The way I got started doing game design was not the typical path. It started with building Live Action Roleplaying events, 11 years ago, now. Over those 11 years, I’ve …
Callie Crossley Show on WGBH Boston
I spoke on the Callie Crossley show on Boston’s Public Radio Station, WGBH, on April 3rd, 2012. It was a lot of fun! You can listen to the podcast of …
Speaking at NE Games SIG on March 21st
I’m really looking forward to speaking on this upcoming panel, Launching Great Games with Limited Marketing Spend, on March 21st at 6pm! More on the panel, from the NEGamesSIG website: In …
Dr. Radio Show!
Wow, was it ever fun to record this episode of the Dr. Radio Show! We talked about what it’s like to work in the games industry, the secret life of …
Interviewed on GirlGamer.com!
I attended CES in Las Vegas between January 5-10, 2012, and while I was there I talked to GirlGamer.com about my company, Brass Monkey! Here’s a link to the article, …
Cheating vs. Gaming
Cheating is not gaming. When we say we’re “gaming” a system, what we’re doing is cheating or exploiting a loophole. I believe that these sorts of negative connotations with our …
Game = Ert?
The game community was abuzz a couple months ago after Roger Ebert’s famous “Games Are Not Art, and Never Will Be” blog post. It’s all a matter of opinion, of …