This weekend, we had a Doctor Who TARDIS-themed birthday party at Geeks Of Doom Headquarters for our own Dave3. We decorated the wall with a TARDIS and gathered together a few of the many Doctor Who collectibles throughout the place. We had popcorn crunch, milk, and “fish fingers” and custard, but the piece de resistance was a custom-made TARDIS birthday cake!

Below is the low-down with photos of the desserts and decorations; at the end, there’s a full photo gallery with even more pictures from the party.

Allons-y!

Universal Studios Orlando announced today their plans for a Diagon Alley expansion for The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter section of their Florida theme park; today also happens to be National Peanut Butter Day, so I thought I’d suggest a way for everyone to celebrate both occasions at once — make your own Harry Potter-themed Strawberry and Peanut Butter Ice Cream!

In the second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets, while Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione are in Diagon Alley shopping for school supplies, they “happily slurped” three large strawberry-and-peanut-butter ice creams. The dessert is currently available at The Three Broomsticks restaurant at Universal’s The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter area, but for those of you who can’t get to the Orlando theme park, you can make your own ice cream at home thanks to the Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook and the helpful instructions by Nikki over at the In The Kitchen With Harry Potter blog.

The holidays are here, and perhaps you’re hoping for a white Christmas, but if you can’t wait for snow, then it’s time to make your own snowflakes!

We’ve wrote about various Star Wars-themed patterns available (here and here), but now, there’s Game Of Thrones-inspired snowflake patterns!

If you’ve not yet seen the 2012 movie take on the Judge Dredd character, simply titled Dredd, you really should. Unless you’re easily put off by violence, in which case you should still totally watch it. It’s all cuddles and rainbows and sugary sweet treats, I swear.

One particular scene involves a trippy slow-motion shootout in a drug den that’s bound to leave your jaw at least a little dropped. As part of their DIY Effects series, Epix decided to recreate this same scene, only using puppets.

The results, which you can watch in the video below, are both funny and still pretty awesome.

Sure, I have my Darth Vader dress ready for Halloween, but it looks like the winner of the best Darth Vader costume has already been chosen, hands down.

The photos above and below are of a 3-year-old girl dressed in a fairy princess Darth Vader costume, complete with TIE Fighter wings and sparkly tutu.