She has published three fantasy novels, and been the lead designer on multiple games such as Kung Fu Panda World, GoPets: Vacation Island, and Frontierville.

Her anonymous post as a disgruntled "EA Spouse" in 2004, based on the working conditions of her husband who was an Electronic Arts developer, led to industry-wide awareness of the frequent use of "crunch time" overtime work to complete games in the video game industry.

[1] In 2010, she was appointed to the board of directors of the International Game Developers Association,[2] a position which she held until early 2011.

[1] The post, made on November 11, 2004 to LiveJournal, sharply criticized the labor practices of Electronic Arts.

[9] After the affair and the court action, Hoffman and Hasty founded GameWatch, a watchdog organization meant to facilitate discussions between employees at different companies.