This cake of the week is from my 21st birthday: Pacman! This cake is sure to bring back memories of feeding token after token into the arcade so you could just beat one more level. This geek cake is made by me out of fondant, chocolate cake, with vanilla buttercream for my birthday last year.

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This weeks cake is based off of one of my favorite games: Dead Space! I finally beat it about a month ago…I know, that’s terrible. This cake was made for my brothers birthday back in December. I made it out of red velvet cake so that when you cut into it it looked like he was bleeding. Of course it was also made with my home made marshmallow fondant and vanilla buttercream. This cake turned out to be a lot easier than I had expected the only difficult part was making the cake the correct helmet shape.

Most of us grew up watching Pokemon and playing the games for Gameboy every day. Many of us still do play the Pokemon games as they continue to come out, and one of those fans is my friend. This cake was made for Pixelated Geek’s very own Rachel!

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Rube Goldberg contraptions have always fascinated me.  From OK GO’s music video to a complex way to sell a car, there is just so much creativity and time put into these things.  Below is a video of a contraption made entirely from LEGO bricks, LEGO Technic parts, and LEGO Mindstorm computers (I know my LEGO).  If you have eight minutes to spare, press play below.

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Recently the World of Warcraft community was given a challenge to make real life WoW weapons in The Weaponsmithing Fan Art Contest. The winner’s creations have just been posted on the battle.net website and they do not disappoint!

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LEGOLAND California opened their newest miniland area for Star Wars.  LEGO Master Builders, LEGO fans, and celebrities were all in attendance for the big event.  The Star Wars Miniland in LEGOLAND California, is the only one in the world.  Each set were very intricate.  At first glance, you’ll see awesome models.  But, the longer you stare at each set, the more you notice.

The LEGO Master builders have really out done themselves. Check out all the photos from this morning’s ribbon cutting ceremony. We’ll have a video montage as well as some video interviews posted shortly.

Thanks again to the LEGOLAND crew for having us!

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Today is opening day for the Star Wars Miniland at LEGOLAND California. We’ll be live streaming the ribbon cutting ceremony and everything else we see on this post at 8am (PDT).  Of course, if you miss it, we’ll also have a video montage posted in the near future.  Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post if you have any questions for Carrie Fisher.  We might be able to ask her your question(s).

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This Thursday, March 31, LEGOLAND California will be opening its newest addition to the park, STAR WARS Miniland. After using more than 1.5 million LEGO pieces to create over 2,000 models, LEGO Master Builders have created scenes from all six episodes as well as one from The Clone Wars.

Pixelated Geek crew members Andrew and I will be on hand for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony.  Join us here at PixelatedGeek.com, at 8am (PDT), as we live-stream it.

Last March, artist Len Peralta set out to interview a different well-known or influential geek each week for a year and create an online “trading card” for each geek. 52 geeks later, ThinkGeek took Peralta’s idea to the next level by making actual physical trading cards out of them.

The first set of 8 cards became available yesterday on ThinkGeek.com for $9.99. It features the likenesses of and facts about musician Jonathan Coultron, cartoon TV executive Fred Seibert, tech hostess Veronica Belmont, Sci-Fi author John Scalzi, the comedians of RiffTrax (Bill Corbett, Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy), senior editor at Lucas Online Bonnie Burton, nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot and web Moriarty Ken Plume. The remaining cards will be released in additional sets throughout the year until all 52 cards are out.

Additionally, to coincide with the launch of the trading cards, Len Peralta and ThinkGeek have begun a charity auction on eBay to benefit Child’s Play and EFF. Many of the geeks interviewed as part of the Geek A Week project have contributed autographed memorabilia to be auctioned off. More information about the auction can be found on ThinkGeek’s blog.

MusicSkins showcased its variety of different vinyl skins available for almost any device you can imagine. While at the company’s booth I was able to see the different pieces available for gaming guitars, iPads, iPhones, Xbox 360 consoles, Wii consoles, and Playstation 3 consoles. Kindly, the booth operators gave me my own skin for my iPad; the piece is called, “I Hate Technology.” The skins are fully removable, and prices range from $15-30. Read On