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Category: Games

Memories of Game Dev: Playtest Notes #1

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Cheryl

Every once in a while, I come across a notebook with a series of scribbles from my past in game development. Playtesting one’s own game and taking notes was a daily occurrence, but the notes provide a little burst of humor when

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Games career, game development

Losing My Nintendo

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Cheryl

For most of my gaming life, I was a Nintendo girl (and a PC girl, but those are other stories.) Our first real gaming console was the Atari 2600, which was loved but ultimately met an untimely demise when my brothers left

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Games, Technology

Memories of Game Dev: The N-Gage

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Cheryl

Before coming to Microsoft and working on server software, I shipped quite a few video games during my time with Electronic Arts and Griptonite Games. Game development is a fickle mistress. Yes, you’re working on the things that you love, but slowly

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Games, Technology

What I Learned from “The Sims”

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Cheryl

For almost two years, I worked for Maxis, a division of EA, on various Sims games including an expansion pack for The Sims 1, game text for Sims 2, and game production and design for various console and handheld titles like The

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Biography, Games, Humor biography, pop culture
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