Bunnyscope

10Nov09

I think a bunny hijacked my account.

Filed under: Bunnyscope, Private, Uncategorized   |  7 Comments
Tags: blog, bunny, destiny, hijack, plush, rodent, toy

Being a Woman and Dealing with Press and Media

28May09

A few weeks ago I was asked to give an interview for a German online gaming portal that wanted to take a closer look at the company I am doing level design for and the product we are currently working on. Since it is a casual MMO that comes from an Austrian team the game and the team working on it has become…

Filed under: Fairy Tales, Game Design, Game Related, Gamer Girls, Level Design, MMO, Private, game, target audience   |  9 Comments
Tags: austria, development, female, game, Game Design, interview, IT, Level Design, media, misinformation, MMO, press, unprofessional, vienna, woman

I Dress in Black

12Mar09

I dress in black most of the time. I enjoy watching crappy and not so crappy horror movies. The music I listen to is often hard, heavy, or dark. My boots are high and heavy. My literature is dark and heavy. I read comics. I collect comics. I play video games. Violent video games…

Filed under: Comics, Game Related, Horror, Movie, Private, RPG   |  8 Comments
Tags: games, Comics, RPG, black, computer games, violent, video games, Graphic Novels, music, gun, weapon, school shooting

Bug Reports II

16Feb09

During my time in QA I have encountered numerous ways of reporting a bug. Be it from beta testers or from external parties that claim to have done QA before. No matter how experienced the bug reporters are…

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Tags: beta tester, bug, but, commercial, informative, non-profit, Private, problem, product, QA, service, solution, solutions

Gamer Girls and Nerd Boys

16Jan09

We all agree that gamer girls are a somewhat rare, but not that rare species, that is not, like the media would like to suggest, visually not…

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Tags: blog, boys, esther, female gamers, Gamer Girls, hardcore gamer, mmo couples, nerd, stereotype

Intelligent Artifice is 6

04Jan09

Happy Birthday Intelligent Artifice!

Filed under: Game Design Get Together, Game Related, Gamer Girl Pin Up Calendar, Gamer Girls, Private, game   |  4 Comments
Tags: anniversary, birthday, blog, calendar, Game Design, game designers, gaming girls, get together, intelligent artifice, pin up, stammtisch, vienna, wien

Secret Identity

02Jan09

Some of you already know that I am a fan and collector of graphic novels and comics.

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Tags: academic, berzerk raccoon, Comics, graphic novel, marvel, pin up, secret identity, superhero, thesis

Ode to The iBook And A Tale of Woe

31Dec08

Two days ago I was intensely working on a game overview document for a client when all of a sudden the screen of my iBook turned pitchblack and shut itself down without prior warning.

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Tags: apple, barbie suitcase, battery, dead, hd, iBook, logic board, Mac, mac hater, mac lover, notebook, PC, problem, screws, solution, solved

Knihyhi in Prahaha

28Dec08

Ok, the subject line will make two people giggle ecstatically – and only two people, I am afraid. It made you look, though, right? I knew it.

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Tags: art, bookstores, christmas, cubism, czech, dancing house, designer, facades, fashion, holiday, knihy, kottan, market, prag, prague, praha

Merry Christmas!

24Dec08

Fröhliche Weihnachten! God Jul! Joyeux Noel! Feliz Navidad! Mo’adim Lesimkha! Merry Christmas!

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Tags: christmas, greetings, jul, merry, season, weihnachten