https://taylormichaelhall.com/tags/los-angeles/Recent content in Los Angeles on Taylor Michael HallHugoen-usSat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500https://taylormichaelhall.com/posts/merge-and-conversate/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500https://taylormichaelhall.com/posts/merge-and-conversate/<p>After visiting LA a couple of times and watching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCer2e0t8r8"><em>The Californians</em> on SNL</a>, I wanted to be able to rattle off LA freeway directions for fun. A very reasonable thing to build a whole game around.</p> <p>So I made <a href="https://taylormichaelhall.com/games/merge/"><strong>Merge &amp; Conversate</strong></a>, a little browser game for learning the freeways, neighborhoods, and slang of Los Angeles.</p> <p><a href="https://taylormichaelhall.com/games/merge/"><img src="https://taylormichaelhall.com/images/post-media/merge-and-conversate/atlas.webp" alt="The highway atlas with freeway names, connections, and a 3D LA miniature"></a></p> <p>There are route quizzes, neighborhood quizzes, and a slang quiz with a &ldquo;local or tourist&rdquo; mode. You can match freeway numbers to their names, build routes one freeway at a time, or poke around a freeway map, highway atlas, and slang glossary.</p>