I love these renderings from Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, showing bad guys Bane, the Riddler, and Two Face! Over the next few weeks we’ll be posting exclusive villain shots from the game. Stay tuned for more baddies! Click through to see them. Bane Real Name: Unknown Base: Gotham City ...

You're building a zoo, so you need to get some animals to fill your enclosures — but you only have three enclosures and you can't just mix and match animals, so choose wisely. Animals that don't fit will have to go into the barn, which costs you. Zooloretto Mini is ...

For his first birthday, my younger geekling had a flaming robot. For his second, he chose Angry Birds. This year he was committed to celebrating his third trip around the sun with Star Wars. Here’s how we did it: The cake There’s so much to love in Star Wars, it’s ...

Is there a prime age for "What Were They Thinking?" moments with your kids? If you're a parent, I think you'll know what I'm talking about. Those things your progeny do that are utterly beyond your comprehension. The ones that take maybe all of two seconds to pull off, but ...

Kickstarter is pretty big business these days. In 2011 nearly $100 million was pledged, and I can imagine it's only going to keep growing, at least in the immediate future. Musicians, filmmakers, board game designers, actors, painters, illustrators, writers ... the list of folks who have benefited from Kickstarter is ...

As we fast approach the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we’ve got two videos to give away to one lucky commenter. Post a comment with a short explanation of why the story of the Titanic interests you and we’ll pick a random winner from all comments submitted ...

As you may have noticed, yesterday was Easter. Our egg hunt was understated: we hid a couple dozen eggs in the field behind our house and set loose the kids...and hounds. And for whatever reason, the full-family bonus trip to the field broke loose something in what there is of ...

Flickr user Si-MOCs has created 3 awesome scenes in Lego that depict Asimov's three laws of robotics. I'm impressed with this on a few levels, but most of all as a fan of Asimov's writings. Anything that might encourage someone to pick up the Robot series is good in my ...

Too many children still grow up in armed conflict zones where their psychological well-being is severely affected. Luckily, non-governmental organizations such as War Child contribute to re-introduce a psychological, social and emotional balance for those children who lost it long ago.

Many many years ago I was given a small box of cards by a family friend who know I was into science fiction. Opening it up, I was grinning ear-to-ear as I looked at a nice collection of Mars Attacks baseball cards. I don't think I had the entire collection, ...