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Monica Gesue
Monica Gesue is an American writer and illustrator best known for her work with Theresa Duncan on the 1995 video game ''Chop Suey Chop suey (usually pronounced ) is a dish from American Chinese cuisine and other forms of overseas Chinese cuisine, generally consisting of meat (usually chicken, pork, beef, shrimp or fish) and eggs, cooked quickly with vegetables such as bea ...''. Illustrated works *''Chop Suey'' (1995) *''The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining'' (2000) *''The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: The Declaration of Independence'' (2000) *''Astrology Rules!: Every Girl's Dream Guide to Her Stars'' (2001) *''The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: Have Wheels, Will Travel'' (2001) *''The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: The Pen Is Mightier than the Sword'' (2001) *''The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: Look Before You Leap'' (2001) *''The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: Two Heads Are Better than One'' (2002) *''The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: Everything Under the Sun' ...
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Theresa Duncan
Theresa Duncan (October 26, 1966 – July 10, 2007) was an American video game designer, blogger, filmmaker and critic. By the late 1990s, she was recognized as one of the most critically acclaimed game designers for young girls. Career Duncan created three influential CD-ROM computer games for young girls in the second half of the 1990s: ''Chop Suey'', ''Smarty'', and ''Zero Zero''. These games were designed as alternatives to her traditionally male-oriented field where the few "girls' games" created embodied a "model of boy-catching self-fulfillment". Duncan spoke out against market-tested girls' games characterized by an "earnest blandness" and a "perfunctory feminism ikeslapping the pink bow on '' Pacman''". All three games created by Duncan are story-based and revolve around search and discovery. 1995's ''Chop Suey'' is an interactive storybook, where two young girls explore the town of Cortland, Ohio. ''Smarty'' (1996) tells the story of the titular young girl's visit ...
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Chop Suey (game)
''Chop Suey'' is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Magnet Interactive Studios for the Macintosh in 1995. It was developed by Theresa Duncan and Monica Gesue to be a story disc for girls. Art is by Monica Gesue with additional art by Ian Svenonius, music and sound is by Brendan Canty, and narration is by author David Sedaris. Gameplay The game is presented as a colorful interactive storybook, intended for girls aged 7–12. Two little girls explore the small town of Cortland, Ohio. The player clicks on the map of the town to explore buildings, houses and roads. Whenever everything in an area has been examined, the cursor changes to a moon, and a pointing finger appears on the screen to lead to another location. The locations are narrated by David Sedaris of National Public Radio. Plot The girls, Lily and June Bugg, eat too much chop suey at the Ping Ping Palace, then daydream while staring at the clouds which turn into different shapes. While exploring th ...
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ReadWrite
ReadWrite (originally ReadWriteWeb or RWW) is a Web technology blog launched in 2003, covering Web 2.0 and Web technology in general, and providing industry news, reviews, and analysis. Founded by Richard MacManus, Technorati ranked ReadWriteWeb at number 12 in its list of top 100 blogs worldwide, as of October 9, 2010. MacManus is based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, but the officers and writers of RW work from diverse locations, including Portland, Oregon. Around September or October 2008, ''The New York Times'' technology section began syndicating RW content online. RW also has many international channels such as France, Spain, Brazil and China. RW was acquired by SAY Media in 2011. On October 22, 2012, RWW redesigned its website, rebranded as ReadWrite and hired Daniel Lyons as the new editor-in-chief. Dan Lyons left ReadWrite on March 20, 2013, replaced by Owen Thomas. SAY Media sold ReadWrite to Wearable World in February 2015. In June 2015, the company announced a crowd ...
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The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the ''Post'' had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the List of newspapers in the United States, third-largest among U.S. newspapers after ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer (financier), Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine Graham, Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post ...
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