Author Archives: Adam Randall

Miiverse Screen Captures

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Adam Randall

Nintendo recently updated the 3DS so that you can access Miiverse on it. Miiverse is an online community where you can talk about and post drawings and screen captures of your favourite games. I have been especially happy with the … Continue reading →

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Christmas Fantasy Vs Reality

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Adam Randall

In the news lately I’ve seen a story about a vicar who received a lot of negative comments after he told some school children in an assembly that Father Christmas didn’t exist. There’s been a lot of talk about how … Continue reading →

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Puzzle Swap

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Adam Randall

Puzzle Swap is one of three free games that are installed on every Nintendo 3DS. This one happens to be my personal favourite of these games. The 3DS has a pedometer built into it (I absolutely adore that) and, until … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cards

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Adam Randall

There was a person in my ‘Researching and Writing a Novel’ class who I was concerned might have the impression that I didn’t think too fondly of him. As such, I thought it would be a good idea to give … Continue reading →

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The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Adam Randall

This is the first novel in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. All of these stories take place in a strange fantasy world on a giant disc on the back of four giant elephants which are on the back of a giant … Continue reading →

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Apology

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Adam Randall

Back in 2009, when I was in Year 11 (the final year of compulsory education), work was being done to create a year book. A contest was held to include a poem on the front cover and I decided to … Continue reading →

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Religion and Sexuality

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Adam Randall

I don’t believe that it is right to criticise anybody for their religious beliefs or for their sexuality. The way I see it, is that anything that is out of somebody’s control, is not something you can criticise them for: … Continue reading →

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Major and Minor Musical Reworkings

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Adam Randall

I recently stumbled across a rather wonderful YouTuber named Oleg Berg. What he does is, if a song was played in a major key, he alters it with a computer so that it is then in minor and vice versa. … Continue reading →

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Many Stabby Returns

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Adam Randall

Long-time readers may know that, several years ago, somebody threatened to stab me. Luckily, I was able to persuade him not to by pointing out that we were in quite a crowded public area and he’d certainly not get away … Continue reading →

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Super Mario World

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Adam Randall

When Nintendo came out with their second home console, the SNES, they also released an exciting new Mario game. Super Mario World is that game. This time the game isn’t set in the Mushroom Kingdom but, instead, in Dinosaur Land … Continue reading →

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