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Here are a few of my favorite things: Nintendo, Penny Arcade, The Legend of Zelda, Mario, Pokemon, Harvest Moon, Fallout, Dungeons and Dragons, books, dice, Professor Layton, Shadow of the Colossus, Minecraft, and so much more. I'm going to talk a lot about video games, I sincerely hope you don't mind.

Newest paper sculpt project!

Sonic Screwdriver trio for my friend's birthday.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Buffy and Whedon - the power of talented writing.

When I was much younger, my sister and I really enjoyed Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The movie. I'll pause a moment for you to unleash a comedic snort, because whenever I tell that to people in person they need a moment to recover. After all these years, I'm finally watching the series. Willow is telling the world for me. Source. Full disclosure: it makes me cry. I start to tear up almost every time Buffy cries about Angel, and whenever Willow...

Monday, May 28, 2012

50 years of Spider-man.

I didn't realize it, but this August Spider-man turns fifty! While I was at WonderCon I attended a Marvel presentation about upcoming projects and story arcs, and there was a brief interlude where audience members asked tons of questions regarding Spider-man's half-a-century celebration. He looks great for his age, don't you think? The panel members couldn't give out any specifics, but they heavily hinted at many exciting projects. They did...

Friday, May 25, 2012

Archery - the baddest of asses.

When I was twelve I played Ocarina of Time for the first of many, many times. Some of my fondest memories involve Link, Epona, our trusty bow and arrow, and the shooting range in Gerudo Valley. I felt inexplicably awesome in those moments, and I daydreamed of eventually learning archery myself. Maybe even some horseback riding! But that's a different story. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"] I feel more inspired already.[/caption] When...

NBC replaces Harmon as showrunner of ‘Community’

You've all heard the news that NBC has replaced Harmon, yes? What gives NBC the right? How can they think that replacing Dan Harmon makes sense? What, they just looked at the success of Community, saw that Dan Harmon did the writing, renewed for season four and then went, "Hey, we don't need this guy. It already has a following now! WE can make the show from here on out!"  A creative asset isn't something that is easily replaced. Harmon...

A Bit of Geek TV Episode 6!!

A screenshot, for your pleasure. It's video time!! Are you watching it yet? :D ...

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Archery - the baddest of asses.

When I was twelve I played Ocarina of Time for the first of many, many times. Some of my fondest memories involve Link, Epona, our trusty bow and arrow, and the shooting range in Gerudo Valley. I felt inexplicably awesome in those moments, and I daydreamed of eventually learning archery myself. Maybe even some horseback riding! But that's a different story. I feel more inspired already. Source. When I was fifteen I read Fellowship of the Rings,...

Monday, May 21, 2012

NBC replaces Harmon as showrunner of 'Community'

You've all heard the news that NBC has replaced Harmon, yes? What gives NBC the right? How can they think that replacing Dan Harmon makes sense? What, they just looked at the success of Community, saw that Dan Harmon did the writing, renewed for season four and then went, "Hey, we don't need this guy. It already has a following now! WE can make the show from here on out!" A creative asset isn't something that is easily replaced. Harmon isn't...

Friday, May 18, 2012

Why can't technology just get along?

Dearest readers, I have a gripe. No no, not a grape, a gripe. Source. It's a candid one, one that tosses aside worldly problems, one that ignores the greater issues. Its focus is intent and fierce, and in order for it to be understood it must have full attention. It dives into a specific sort of problem, one that has currently overridden my mind. Let it be known that I do gripe over much larger and more important things, but in this moment...

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

200 posts! *party horn*

Hello and a very happy Wednesday to you all! Today marks my 200th post here at A Bit of Geek, and I am just so pleased about that. I love this website. I am dedicated to it, I think about it a lot, and I'm regularly pondering over ways to improve it. I'm always so happy when a post that I've written has struck a chord with readers; to see comments and views on an article that I've put a lot of effort into is such an immense payoff. It's a pleasure...

Monday, May 14, 2012

Classroom MMOs to aid learning!

Who all has heard of Class Realm? It's a great Kickstarter project (that's awaiting full monetary backing) to build an MMO style game to put in classrooms. Just replace "quests" with "lesson plans"! From the Class Realm Kickstarter page. You can get the full rundown over here, but I'll put in a few key points: - lesson plans created by teachers - custom characters for students - login privileges for parents to monitor their children's work -...

Friday, May 11, 2012

Would you like a fully automated life?

So I read this article about a practice perfect city in New Mexico. It sounds pretty cool, all perfect streets with self-driving cars and what-not. A city where water turns on, toilets flush, and technology communicates device to device, all without human interference. This almost sounds like The Jetsons! Who else is fond of the moving platforms in airports? They really speed up all of that pesky walking we have to do. Why aren't all sidewalks...

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

I'm back, and I missed you!

My brain feels all spongy and my fingers are flopping all over this keyboard. You’d think that using technology would be like riding a bike, but after two and a half weeks I’m feeling very out of touch. The first few days were great: open space, no technology, and freedom.  Pretty, but completely unhelpful in terms of technological wonderings. Then I started to wonder what everyone else in the world was doing. Had anyone posted new cat...

Monday, May 7, 2012

Completing New Super Mario Bros. Wii was an enormous triumph.

This is the last post for my strangely long vacation. Please tell me that I didn't lose readers in the mean time. You all mean so much to me! Don't leave!! I really love this post for today, just so you know. Have you read it before? It's all about playing New Super Mario Bros for the Wii! ------------------- August 2011 Our house of many mushrooms. 11:59 AM  MIRANDA EUBANKS  NO COMMENTS Before I left for Washington in...

Friday, May 4, 2012

An unending love for Harry Potter.

This is one of my favorite entries. It's sappy, it doesn't have any pictures, and I wish that more people had seen it. Harry Potter was and is a huge part of my life. I love it. So much. ------------------------- July 15th, 2011 The Story That Lives 3:49 AM  MIRANDA EUBANKS  3 COMMENTS Harry Potter.Book releases. Movie premieres. Friends, chats, dressing up. Speculation, anticipation, discussion. Age thirteen to twenty-five.I've been up at 4am to line up at 6am to get bracelets to be first in line for midnight book releases. I know well staying up into the next day, reading frantically with a group of fellow Potter...

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The day finally came when I hated Farmville.

Is it Wednesday? I think I'm still away from computers and internet. Are you worried about me yet? Are you enjoying my mean-time posts? Have I lost all my readers? I promise some really exciting stuff when I get back, really! Will this post about me disliking Farmville make up for it? ------------- August 10th, 2010 The infatuation has ended and now it's just stupid. 8:46 AM  MIRANDA EUBANKS  3 COMMENTS I think I may be finished with facebook games. I still accept and "return the favor" with regards to Farmville gifts, but I haven't tended to my farm in well over a month. I was enthusiastically playing Frontierville...

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