It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas —
And the Geek in Heels household has officially commenced its holiday movie marathon. 😀
Although many movies remain perennial favorites (see: It’s a Wonderful Life), I prefer the neo-classics from the 1990s to the early 2000s. My top five favorite holiday movies, in no particular order, are:
Love, Actually
Need I say more?
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Brought to you by Hasbro Game Night, these mashups are nothing short of uproariously accurate! My favorite is Reddit as Hungry Hungry Hippos — as soon as I read it, I didn’t even need to look at the picture because I was already thinking, “Yep, exactly!”
Facebook as Operation:
Watching little minds learn is fascinating. Even when you try your best to stay impartial and unprejudiced, you can't help but notice the vast differences between each and every person. Take Aerin, for instance. Now that she has officially conquered infancy and is starting to really soak in, process, react, and regurgitate what she learns, we have noticed something peculiar about her style of learning: she tends to take her lessons a little too literally. As in, when I was trying to teach her to clap on demand using the word "박수" (bak-soo, or "clap" in Korean), I would say the word, clap, say the word again, then grab her hands to get them to clap. Easy, right? This is the exact technique I had used...
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72pins is a place where “the past and present collide into 8-bit awesomeness.” Using classic NES cartridges as a canvas, various artists contribute to transform today’s popular video games, movies, television, and other pop culture references into 8-bit, NES-style art.
Skyrim? Absolutely. Angry Birds? You betcha. Game of Thrones? They’ve got two!
And, just recently, they’ve released a set of six NEStalgia by Jesse Eisemann which celebrates one of the greatest television shows in history: Arrested Development!
Each title is cleverly invented with games I would love to play in real life, especially since I used to be a Dr. Mario fiend and can surprisingly put aside my normally spazzy nature when doing DDR (2 mats in expert mode WHUT). Here’s the full list:
As a special bonus, each cartridge includes a QR code, when scanned, reveals an animated version of the designs. And because I know my readers can be as lazy as me when it comes to this stuff, I’ve uploaded the GIFs here for your perusal:
ETA, 12.24.2012:Today's the last day to enter this giveaway! As an extra bonus, you can gain THREE more entries by sharing this post with your Facebook friends! (The easiest way is to click on the Facebook share button a the bottom of the post.) Once you have shared the post, please indicate that you have done so via Rafflecopter (the last option) and enter the permalink to the share (see here to fine out how) so that I can verify the share. Last week, I asked you, my readers, to choose what you would like me to offer for the 2012 Geek in Heels Holiday Giveaway. And in trying to be mysterious (did it work? ;-) ) I only provided clues...
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