One year ago today, I decided to participate in Project 365. Project 365 is a photography project where participants take one photo every day for 365 days. It’s self-directed, so participants can set their own standards, use whatever tools they want, whether it’s taking photos with a smartphone or DSLR or even film camera, and post their photos to whatever…
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Speaking at PAX 2013
I’ll be speaking at a panel at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo. The convention is happening from 30 August – 2 September in Seattle. This panel has a lot of super smart industry professionals on it, and they will be primarily be focusing on things that people can do in the creative process to create compelling content without blindly falling…
Animal Crossing: New Leaf: 11 Days In
It has been about eleven days since I started Animal Crossing: New Leaf, so I’d like to do a small review of my progress. Like my other Animal Crossing towns in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, I named my town ‘Wayreth.’ One of the new features in New Leaf is that you are the mayor of…
Anticipating Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Next month, Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS will be hitting stores in North America and Europe. I’ve been playing Animal Crossing since getting hooked on Animal Crossing: Wild World for the Nintendo DS. Whilst I did play Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii, I did feel that Animal Crossing was better suited to a portable system.…
Signs of Change
I’ve been banging on the drum of inclusivity and diversity in games culture for nearly a decade on this blog and for over half a decade on Twitter. I have often felt as if I was one of a few who cared about these issues. Worse, I felt at times that it was only women who cared about issues of…