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Thoughts from a (girl) Gamer
Tara Voelker's thoughts. A lot about video games, a little about life
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The Things People Search – August 2011
Posted by on August 11, 2011
So, one of the things that I can do on the admin side of this blog is see the things that people have entered into search engines that have brought my blog up or that people have clicked to get here. And honestly, some are hysterical. Some are weird as fuck. So, I have compiled [...]
Zombie Tara
Posted by on January 21, 2011
After I was done presenting at Otronicon at the Orlando Science Center, I decided to participate in Zombie night. Check out my killer face paint. Love it.
I got some more tattoos.
Posted by on July 16, 2010
Also during my absence from Thoughts, I went and got some more tattoos, some more video game tattoos. On my right forearm I got the one pictured below. It’s a quote from the Silent Hill movie. And although I think that last 20 minutes of the movie completely sucked, I loved the series and wanted [...]
Where was Tara between GDC and Now?
Posted by on July 16, 2010
So, I’ve been sort of missing since… Well, GDC to be honest. I never posted my GDC notes, and now they’re just missing. I had some video of my presentation… but I can’t seem to find what I did with it and I fear it might have gotten deleted. My bad. I wish I would [...]
Where have Katie and Kristi Gone?
Posted by on July 16, 2010
Well, they’ve gone to the land of adults to work and pay rent and stuff. So, we have to things to clear up here. They aren’t gone for good. Right now Kristi is off having adventures with movies or something out east somewhere and Katie is busy getting tattoo horny wishing she had my bad [...]
GDC Update 2
Posted by on March 9, 2010
Mostly slow day for me, not much I was interested in seeing… big stuff starts Thursday. More videos to come. And here is the controller I showed quickly in the video.I didn’t mean to cut Cammi out of the picture… she was on the far right.
GDC Update 1
Posted by on March 9, 2010
At first I was upset that I forgot my camera cord… but then I remembered my new computer had a SD slot so everything was awesome. Now, I’m taking videos through out the day, but I don’t have time to sit down and upload them… so yeah. Later today (in the evening while I go [...]
And so it begins
Posted by on March 9, 2010
Good morning everyone! It’s time for my first day of GDC. I’m off to pick up my speakers pass and then his up some work shop things. I really have no idea which ones I want to hit up. I will most likely pick up the pass and see what time it is and go [...]
Yeap. Still moving slow.
Posted by on March 8, 2010
Totally missed my connector flight because my first flight was late. Now I have 2 hours to kill before I catch the flight they put me on instead. At least now I get to eat airport Chili’s and fix my hair via webcam. Maybe have a drink or two.
And we are off to a slow start
Posted by on March 8, 2010
Damn you fog, damn you. I’m bored and hungry, to an extreme degree. The weather here in Champaign is crazy foggy… so much that my flight has been delayed… buy 2 hours and counting. I hope all of this speeds up. I’m completely ready to take a nap- and eat. So, plan to check back [...]
Mary Poppin’s Bag – The Prologue
Posted by on March 25, 2009
by Tara I don’t really intend to put too many personal blogs on this site, by I felt these were ones that I should share. For this particular series of blogs I’m giving a bit of a briefing, because I know there are some people who will have no idea what I’m talking about. At [...]
The Mary Poppin’s Bag – or Do I Mean Candy Mountain?
Posted by on March 25, 2009
by Tara The following blogs are to be the chronicles of living in this house. This is the introduction to said blogs. I’m not sure how often they are going to be posted, just when ever I get the time or have an urge to write. I originally dubbed my house the Mary Poppin’s bag. [...]
Mary Poppin’s Bag and the Electricity Bill
Posted by on March 25, 2009
by Tara I apologize since these blogs don’t seem to follow any logical order, but it is hard to make them flow chronologically since all of these events seem to happen in unison. After living in the Mary Poppin’s bag for a month, our first electricity bill arrived. In the current living arrangement, utilities are [...]
Mary Poppin’s Bag and the Start of the War
Posted by on March 25, 2009
by Tara So, there is a war beginning in the Mary Poppin’s bag. It all began when I cooked catfish on the stove. It wasn’t that I cooked catfish*, but rather I left the oil in the pan, and left the pan on the stove. Now, if you are thinking “But Tara, you have cats. [...]
