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Mii and my Wii

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Gaming at Large, My Gaming Life | 2 Comments »

Hello Jetgirl,
This is your Wii. How are you
today? Come back soon so wii can
play. Take care,
Bonnii

I must confess, I am in love. Her name is Bonnii. And shii is biiutiful. The most biiutiful console you have ever siin. It’s been hard to forumlate this post, since there is so much I’d like to say [...]

The Wind Whispers Wii….

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Gaming at Large, My Gaming Life, Sharing is Caring | 2 Comments »

Come to momma you hot little thing!
Only a few weeks left! Are you as foaming at the mouth ecstatic as I am??
As you might recall, some time ago I exclaimed with longing and adoration that this was going to be the best thing since sliced pumpkin toast. It might have taken awhile, but now [...]

SF IGDA 10/03

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
Events, Gaming at Large, My Gaming Life, Visit my Brain | No Comments »

What follows is mostly a stream of conciousness brain dump as I get ready for bed. Please don’t hold it against me.

Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time - New York Times

Thursday, July 27th, 2006
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Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time - New York Times
This is a really good article. It discusses a breadth of games and developers of serious political games. It also has some really good quotes by some of the people involved in this phenomenon.

This is my kind of summer school

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
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Kids + video games does not = juvenile delinquency. (Not neccessarily anyway).
When I first came back to San Francisco from Georgia and was looking for a job, a couple summer workshops for teaching about games caught my interest. Unfortunately they were mostly very 3D art based rather than game design based. But I think [...]