Nolan’s Batman universe is an altogether darker place than that depicted in previous big screen Batman adaptations and he eschews any hint of the camp and colourful characters and plotlines which may have tainted previous movies like a psychedelic residue from the camp 60s Batman TV series.

A legendary prestidigitator and his cohorts return from the grave to take control of Apple's magical tablet and challenge casual gamers in the story-driven, hidden-object challenge Midnight Mysteries: Haunted Houdini (MumboJumbo, rated 9+, reviewed for iPad 2, $6.99) . Developers honor the master magician with reasonably complex action mixing gorgeous animation ...

With the Tuesday death of author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, PEOPLE readers reflect on the classic book

Welcome to Growing Up Geek , an ongoing feature where we take a look back at our youth and tell stories of growing up to be the nerds that we are. Today, we have our new reviews editor, Sarah Silbert. I'm not your textbook-case geek. On that authoritative dork-geek-nerd venn diagram, I sit undeniably closer to the nerd quadrant. I mean, a childhood defined by penning mini-zines, banging on the ...