Sculpt Video - Kuribo’s Shoe

It has been TOO LONG, but here, finally, is another paper sculpt video! This one is dedicated to the highly popular (but for some reason extremely neglected by Nintendo) one-time-use Mario power up: Kuribo's Shoe! I haven't made a stop motion video in a full year now and I'm feeling a bit rusty on editing. I tried a few different export options, but the video looked a little choppy every time. If anyone has any tips for me they'd be greatly appreciated! ...

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Gotta Collect Them All - PAX Buttons!

Last week's article about PAX panels included a brief snippit on buttoneering, and today it's time for a full blown reveal! The A Bit of Geek team will be storming the convention center, armed with one hundred special buttons apiece, and we'll be all set to trade! The "rules" of buttoneering entail that you give a button to get a button, but we're not picky! You don't have to be a buttoneering participant, just ask us for one! We want to spread the...

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Video Game Character Spotlight: Star Wolf

Every story needs a good villain. Someone to oppose the protagonist at every turn, possibly throw in a villain-themed pun or two. And if they are really effective, they are able to match the hero turn for turn. This rivalry is what pushes the villain forward, to prove themselves the better of the two. Amongst the realm of video game characters, you have the great rivalries: Cloud and Sephiroth, Mario and Bowser, Pacman and those damn illusive dots....

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Planning for Geek Paradise: PAX Prime 2013

Next week will see geek joy rain down on the streets of Seattle in the form of PAX Prime 2013. For the first time since its inception in 2004, PAX is extending to a full four days: Friday, August 30th through Monday, September 2nd. A Bit of Geek will be there (some of us the whole time, others only Saturday and Sunday) and we are incredibly excited! It will be Rachel and Zach's first attendance, too. We plan on making the most of our time between...

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Glasses as an Identity, or, Why I’m Afraid of Lasik.

I have worn glasses since I was eight or nine, and it all started with a vision test. I remember that day in elementary school so clearly! Every year eye and ear doctors would come to the school and we'd get free hearing and vision testing. As a child, I thought glasses were cool. Just like I thought braces, casts,and crutches were cool. Spoiler: I have had all four of those things, and none are cool. On this particular testing day, I decided to...

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Turn Driving into a Game! Sort of.

While cruising around in your car, have you ever thought to yourself, "All of this driving business is great, but it would be evenbetter if it were a game!"? I'm going to go ahead and guess that yes, many of you have thought that, because we're all gamers and that's what we do. When you were little and in the back seat did you ever play visual games with mail boxes, tree tops, and power lines? I definitely did! But, now I'm a dull grown up who has...

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Kentucky Fried 'Justified'

OK, so that's a ridiculous title, but bear with me! Two weeks ago I was in the Ohio/Kentucky area for a family reunion, and part of the trip involved visiting Kentucky because Morgan here is a huge fan of the show 'Justified'. I asked if he'd be willing to guest write a little something for you all, because I've never seen the show but I hear that it's good. If you already watch the show then you should leave a comment telling us your favorite part...

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Late to the Game: The Wind Waker

I haven't been spending a whole lot of cash on new video games lately. This is mostly due to few new releases that I have been itching to play. That, and the fact that I've got a pretty extensive collection of games (some of which I, admittedly, have not beaten) to comb through and conquer. Whether it's a game that I never accomplished as a youngling or something that never sparked my interest right away, I definitely have more than enough material...

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Video Game Character Spotlight: Scorpion

Ninjas are awesome. This is a fundamental truth about the universe and long after the human race is gone, other civilizations will arise to practice their own form of ninjutsu and B-rated Kung Fu movies. Being a ninja requires skill, strength, and an inborn desire to walk up walls to make gravity your bitch. But more than this, a ninja needs a purpose, something to drive the ninja to become the very best badass they can possibly be. And what better...

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Fun Find: Casetagram

Today's Fun Find from the Internet is Casetagram, a fully customizable phone case made out of your Instagram photos! Actually, not just your Instagram photos. Users can also pull over Facebook pictures, and upload images from their computers as well! The website offers a wide variety of phone cases to choose from, too, so this isn't an Apple Only club! Thrown together from casetagram.com Prices are reasonable, with iPhone 4/4s cases being only...

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10 Reasons I’m Still On the Fence About Xbox One

Okay, I know this is a very sensitive subject, whether you're an avid Xbox fan, a PlayStation fan, or you just don't give a shit and just want to play Pikmin 3 on your Wii U all day. The announcement of the Xbox One and all it's...ahem...accoutrements is the most controversial thing that's happened in the gaming world since PSN got hacked in 2012. I hoped so hard that when the announcement of the new platform from Microsoft came I'd want to jump...

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Starz ‘Outlander’ Series in 2014

At the end of June, Starz announced they would be doing a 16 episode TV series adaptation of Outlander, an internationally popularbook series written by Diana Gabaldon. As an avid fan of this epic, seven-book-going-on-eight-book-as-soon-as-the-next-one-releases, time traveling, science fiction, historical fiction, romance adventure series (what a mouthful!), I immediately freaked out. In a good way.Whenever I meet a self-proclaimed book lover or...

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