Putting together a gingerbread house with someone you love is a holiday tradition, but let's be honest. Most of us either bake a few slabs of gingerbread and paste them together with frosting in some very basic configuration, or else just buy the prefab kit. But there are other nerds out there—crafty nerds with serious baking game—who won't settle for the same old gingerbread.

Part of the fun of watching Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey unfold will be getting to see all the familiar faces returning to Middle-earth. Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett and even Elijah Wood have made their way back to New Zealand to be a part of the epic production.

It's been a good year for video games. In 2011, sequels, trilogies and anniversary packs dominated the market. And when it comes to shopping for gaming gifts, there are plenty of amazing titles to choose from.

Last month, we asked you to pick up a carving knife and hack and slash some pumpkins into works of sci-fi art for a chance to win a Syfy-branded iPod nano in our pumpkin-carving competition. Now that you've flooded us with entries, and Halloween is over, David Hewlett aka Dr. Rodney McKay from Stargate: Atlantis has chosen the winner!