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Weekend Puzzle #6

It’s Friday, so here’s your weekend puzzle. (click on the image to enlarge it.) — Q: Nancy is always prepared for one of these. — Good luck! -Novel et al, exeunt-

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The Importance of Sugar Rationing

Protector of the Candy! Never underestimate the power of chocolate in an office of game designers! -Novel… et al-

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Packing it all up.

So I’ve been doing a lot of work with packaging this week. I can’t spoil which game just yet, but I will tell you that the process is a bit crazier than I had at first imagined. There is so much to be done. Copy and color proofing, print matching, fact-checking, and tons more. My […]

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On the “new” Industry trends

Today there were some inter-office emails sent around that linked to a discussion on women and technology. The article was written from a panel at South by Southwest, a convention celebrating film, music, and other entertainment and artistic mediums. The panel was speaking about how females get into technological fields by first playing video games […]

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The Answer to Weekend Puzzle #5

I have to say, I’m impressed at how quickly this one was solved. I would have thought this one was a bona-fide stumper. For those of you who would like to know the solving steps, you can look below: Clue #1 Start just past the “Monkey Center”: (this tells you which paragraph to start in) […]

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Weekend Puzzle #5

Okay, so this week’s puzzle is really difficult… be wary. We had two designers team-up to create this one. Thanks to Mari and Rob for their collaborative effort on this one. Use the March HI newsletter, Preparing for a Crisis in the Caribbean, to find out an activity you’ll be doing in RAN. Clue #1 […]

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HI Snapshots #8

Anyone speak Russian? I always thought it was pretty amazing that such a small company would be able to produce and translate their games to so many languages. It’s great to think about people all over the globe playing the same game… and probably getting stuck on the same puzzle. 😛 -Novel:End-

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Do you Hacky?

If you read Friday’s blog about burgers, then I’m sure you’ll understand the need for some of the office to get up and get moving. Another fun office tradition is to play a bit of hacky-sack for exercise (and a nice healthy break, weather permitting.) It’s been an office staple for much longer than I’ve […]

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St. Patrick’s Day

Did you remember to wear green today? There have been a couple “pinchers” around the office on the prowl, but thankfully I’m in suitable fashion. I did manage to stumble upon an interesting item I thought I’d share with you all today (given its obvious context with the holiday.) This is a keychain passed around […]

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Answer to the Weekend Puzzle #4

Okay sleuths, it’s time to find out the answer to the riddle. Were you able to solve it? March 8th = Daylight Saving Time March 17th = Saint Patricks Day March 20th = First Day of Spring Unscramble the letters to get: “Danger at a Spa” That’s a Dossier reference I believe, pretty excellent! Don’t […]

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