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Tag Archives: Deirdra Kiai
Game of the Day: Dominique Pamplemousse in “It’s All Over Once the Fat Lady Sings!” by Deirdra Kiai
Happy Dominique Pamplemousse day! Deirdra’s newest game, a claymation musical adventure, is now available for iPad and Windows/Mac. You can buy it here or on the app store. Feel free to discuss the game in the comments!
Posted in Indie Games, Mobile Games, PC Games
Tagged claymation, Deirdra Kiai, dominique pamplemousse, game of the day, musical
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Game of the Day: The Little Girl Nobody Liked by Deirdra Kiai
We have featured Deirdra’s games in the past, but I wanted to bring up one of her older games, a little flash story called The Little Girl Nobody Liked. An interactive children’s book, it uses very simple gameplay to explore … Continue reading
Posted in PC Games, Web
Tagged Deirdra Kiai, game of the day, indie games, the little girl nobody liked
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Why you should support Dominique Pamplemousse
A version of this entry was originally posted at Deirdra Kiai Productions. Earlier this month, TBH signal boosted the Indiegogo campaign for my upcoming stop motion musical detective adventure game, Dominique Pamplemousse in “It’s All Over Once The Fat Lady … Continue reading
Recommended Reading (And Watching)
Got a lot of good things to read on the internet, stranger! Issue 8 – Ctrl+Alt+Defeat. Our own editor, Gunthera, guest edited this month’s issue of Ctrl+Alt+Defeat, which focuses on diversity issues. A number of Border House authors (including yours … Continue reading
Posted in General Gaming
Tagged cosplay, ctrlaltdefeat, Deirdra Kiai, fake geek girls, linkspam, noshowconf, recommended reading, satire
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Signal Boosting: Pamplemousse
Deirdra Kiai, one of the authors here at The Border House, has started a fundraising campaign for Dominique Pamplemousse in It’s All Over Once The Fat Lady Sings! Now, how to define Pamplemousse? I guess it would be best to … Continue reading
The Play‘s The Thing
Border House author Deirdra Kiai has a new game out called The Play. It is a browser-based choose-your-own-adventure-style text-based game about a disastrous dress rehearsal. You play as the director of the play and have to manage the attitudes of … Continue reading
Posted in PC Games
Tagged browser games, Deirdra Kiai, IFcomp, indie games, interactive fiction, the play
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Life Flashes By: A Conversation
One of our staff writers released a game last November. Considering it is a game that features a middle-aged woman as the protagonist, it seems odd that we never actually, you know, provided our readers here with a link. What … Continue reading
Posted in PC Games
Tagged community, Deirdra Kiai, diversity, game design, indie, indie games, interview, Life Flashes By, privilege, women
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