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"Bioshock" Creator Ken Levine Tapped to Write "Logan's Run" Reboot

Bioshock creator and Irrational Games co-founder Ken Levine has been asked to put his considerable talents towards writing a reboot of the 1976 sci-fi classic Logan’s Run. According to Deadline, Logan’s Run is a “passion project” for Levine, but, despite his new gig, he will continue to work on games with the fine folks over at Irrational, which is great news, because we don’t want to wait three more years… more

Make Cool Stuff: Links from the GeekDad Podcast

Oh, my nerdy friends, how fantastic was the GeekDad podcast from Father’s Day? To quote our nerdy host, “ah-maze-ing!” Ken covered so many fantastic projects and I want to make… more

Make Cool Stuff: Digi-Comp II

Nerds! I’m so excited I can barely contain myself! Why? I’ve been catching up on the various feeds in my reader and finally got to reading a couple weeks worth… more

Course of the Force Episode 2: The Wrath of Han

The search for the lightsaber continues, as Kyle Kinane joins the cause in Episode II of the Course of the Force webseries. As we saw in Episode I, Matt Mira… more
 

News From The Homemade TARDIS Bureau

Oh, yeah, that “Where’s the TARDIS?” contest BBC America ran to promote this season of Doctor Who? They picked a winner: The Bull family of Madison, Wisconsin’s ice fishing shanty… more

Make Cool Stuff: The Green Lantern Edition

Green Lantern fans, this one’s for you! We’ve got instructions for your very own power battery, five versions of the ring, and logo graphs for your needlecraft needs. The Power… more

Make Cool Stuff: World Wide Knit in Public Day

Commenter Stormarela reminded me that June 11 is World Wide Knit in Public Day! Knitters and crocheters get together and practice their craft in public. Personally, I love any opportunity… more
 

DIY: A 16-Bit Urinal

You have a bunch of old and broken Super Nintendo video game cartridges. What to do with them? Well, there’s this: Yes, a urinal composed of SNES video game cartridges… more

Malibu Wild Wings

Have you ever dreamed of living under an airplane? No? Me neither, but this woman in Malibu has a different idea of luxury: She bought a retired 747 in the… more

Make Cool Stuff: Robots

Exciting things are happening in robots, my friends! Meet ROS, the Robot Operating System. ROS is an open source platform for robotics development that originated at Stanford. The awesome folks… more