Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, questionable geekcake

Occasionally I come across a well made geekcake and have to think long and hard about whether or not to post it here.

Why?

Sometimes the original link site has material not family friendly. I have tried to make sure all my posts and linked sites are suitable for all. I think the topic of cake should always be all inclusive !

Sometimes the topic of the cake is something I just don't understand the logic behind - I found a topless Lara Croft cake once, and no I'm not providing the link. :D

Sometimes the inspiration for the cake is - well shall we say adult themed - like the Legend of the Overfiend cake I once found, and no I'm not posting the link to that one either. :P

Today's cake, is none of the above, but I do question the wisdom of making such a cake for a 4 year old.

Originally found on Geekologie

Grand Theft Auto ^(TM), is a well crafted, multi-series console game which deals with adult themes. It's always deal with adult themes. The creators revel in thier ability to make the game as edgy as they like with no fears of upsetting their intended adult audience.

The games official website frontpage has looped welcome messages. Some examples of which are:

Welcome to Liberty City: A social experiment gone terribly wrong.
Welcome to Liberty City: Where the American Dream goes to die
Welcome to Liberty City: Criminals and Degenerates welcome
Welcome to Liberty City: The center of the known universe, for egomaniacs
Welcome to Liberty City: Overpriced real estate in a cultural wasteland
Welcome to Liberty City: Great to visit, even better to leave

The "hot coffee mod"  caused a controversy in 2004,  but in reality the 'cut scene' did not siginificantly deviate from the style of authorised game play.

Please don't misunderstand me, I have no problem with adults playing any GTA game. The 
Video Game Rating Content system of all participaing countries seems to largely work, but it is deinately not a game for 4 year olds.!

Still, an most excellant geekcake don't you agree?

See you all on Friday !

"A Long time ago, in a galaxy far far away".. Starwars Geekcakes

Ahh Starwars. The original trilogies are fondly regarded by an entire generation of Geeks. Star Wars, first release in 1977, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back,  first released in 1980, and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, released in 1983

The saga of Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Yoda, and other unforgettable characters inspires lots of geekcakes, and below are what I think is a choice selection:

Firstly, Adam and Rae loved Starwars so much that they decided their wedding cake should be  a chocolate Jabba-The-Hut. 

Found via greatwhitesnark.com 

Of all the characters that you could make into cakes I would have thought that Jabba was the most un-appealing figure, but this cutout section shows the chocolately goodness. 

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Over at Confectionary Delights, the talented cake creator Michele, has created  a cakey tribute to the scenes depicting Han Solo frozen in Carbonate:

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Finally (and only because this post is getting to be on the longer side):  

Yoda!

Also originally found via the greatwhitesnark blog

The torso is cake covered with buttercream, and dressed with fondant clothing, arms, and feet. The ’skull’ is made of “brown crunch,” which is like Rice Krispies Treats. But… brown. Fondant makes up the features of the head, including those distinctively-Yoda-ish ears.

The creator has her own blog which gives you step by step instructions on how to create your own Yoda cake here:

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The new trilogies: The Phantom Menace - 1999,  Attack of the Clones - 2002, and Revenge of the Sith - 2005, have  not inspired any geekcakes that I've been able to find, but there must be some out there, and if I find any I shall be sure to share them with you.

See you Wednesday!

Boy Wizard Geekcakes

The Wikipedia for Harry Potter, opens by saying: 

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British Author J.K. Rowling.

It's a simple statement, but it doesn't *quite* cover the fantasy phenomena that is Harry Potter.  

Seven novels, one (to date) spinoff novel, five films (at time of writing), twenty video games, one theme park (due to open in 2009), one proposed musical and almost enough merchandising to challenge the star wars commercial juggernaut. None too shabby considering the first book was only published in 1997.

Oh - and  two most excellent cakes as found on Flickr.  The first is by debbiedoescakes, and the second is by whiplashgirlchild. Check out both of their Flickr galleries for more cake art.

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Thats all for today. See you again on Friday.

Geekcake cookies and cupcakes: Dice, Magic The Gathering and Guitar Hero!

Last week I received a lovely email from a lady called Renee who runs the The Domestic Scientist blog. I shall let Renee describe herself in her own words:

"I’m not a housewife, I’m a domestic scientist!

And a huge dork."

The Tag-line of her Blog is "Mad Scientist with a Hint of Nutmeg". That is the kind of Mad Science I can definitely endorse. So without further preamble, I am honoured to share with you some of Renee's creations.

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First up: D20 cookies.



Remember, D20s are not just for D & D.
Many other systems use them as well...

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Next we have some deliciously realized Magic The Gathering* Cookies:



Hmmm. Tasty land.




Hmmm. Volcanic icing.

* If you have no idea what MTG is, then this wikipedia page, should start you on the way to learning you everything you never knew you needed to know. This is the official catalogue of all printed cards... evah.

In short it started out as a Collectible Card game (or CCG for short), and is now an online game, (similar to WOW) and is pretty much its own mini self sustaining gaming industry.

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And finally... Guitar Hero cupcakes!



Remember, all the instructions for creating your own MTG or D20 cookies, or Guitar Hero Cupcakes can be found over at Renee's blog: The Domestic Scientist

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That's it for today. See you Wednesday.

Slayer geekcake!

Aaaah, Buffy*. Is there a geek out there who doesn't know of your vampire slaying influence on popular entertainment?

Originally airing from 1997 until 2003, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series seems to be Marmite TV for geeks. People either seem to love it or hate it, but everyone is aware of it.

Up until a few days ago, I had not seen even one Buffy geekcake in all my image searching, and then the Flickr group Special Day Cakes produced this crafted piece:


Check out the Flickr link above for a nice gallery of (mostly non geek) cake, but one lovely Tardis

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*If you don't know what the TV series was all about, this link should help, and here is the Wikipedia entry.

That's all for today folks. See you Monday, when I have some exceptional cookie treats to share with you ..

six, I say .., SIX Halo geek cakes !

As I've been building this blog, I have noticed that certain geek subjects seem to draw out the creative cake-makers out there.

Consoles are popular presumably because they are square/rectangular, and therefore easy to ice. Daleks also seem to inspire the cake makers. Mario and associated characters seem to draw out those who most want an icing challenge, and sometimes the dedication of the Star Wars cake-making fans has to be seen to be believed.

One thing has surprised me though, and that is the seeming popularity of Halo( 1,2 and 3) cakes.

The Halo symbol is a tricky thing to reproduce normally let alone in icing, and the Chieftain / Helmet shapes don't lend themselves easily to cake baking, yet time and time again, when I search for geekcake I find Halo yumminess on display.

So now, without further rambling, I present to you my (current) six most favorite Halo geekcakes.

Enjoy.

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Someone cares for Jason enough to not only make him this cake,
but work his face into the picture too!
Found on Flickr

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This intimidating creature is a Chieftain rendered in cheesecake!
Found over at the Layers of Love blog.

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The Mum Loves Cooking blog describes all the steps needed to create this chocolately beauty:

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Again over at Layers of Love, someone lucky called Nate gets a special Master Chief cake:

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From kotaku.com A wonderfully shiny Helmet cake:


Created at a local Bakery to order, the ingredients were not specified beforehand. Apparently Once the owners could bear to eat it, they discovered the Chief had Rice Krispie treats for brains!

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Finally this Flickr creation is so white it's almost magical:



Thank you for Jean-Luc David over at Flickr, for sharing pictures of that with the internet
That's all for now see you Friday!

The only ever accidental Geekcake?

Occasionaly I come across a cake and don't really need to know the story behind it. It's much more fun to image. I would guess in this instance, that the text required for icing was made via a web form with broken code. Code which the bakery mistook for the actual icing request...,



Accidental Geekcake?

Unfortunately I am not sure what language the code errors are in.

See you Wednesday when I have a larger than averge post planned..,