Christmas gifts

The best scene in Harry Potter - both the books and the movies - is definitely when Harry decides to buy a piece of every single snack on the Hogwa...

These gloves look rather normal when used in daylight, but when it becomes dark, they start to glow in a green colour, which makes them the perfect...

If you still think of colourful plastic slides when you hear the word “marble run”, you're not necessarily wrong – but you're not quite right eithe...

Contrary to Luke's fears, the Millennium Falcon is anything but "just junk". In fact, behind the façade of the dilapidated YT-1300 freighter is one...

The droid R2-D2 appears in almost every Star Wars film, but still hardly anyone understands what his beeping sounds mean. However, maybe it's bette...

Whether for celebrations, important meetings with the family or negotiations with new business partners - the Garrison Pub is the Peaky Blinders' h...

This board game is probably not the number one choice for adult programmers of this world, but it is something the children might get a lot out of....

In the fabulous world of Harry Potter, the owl Hedwig is truly a marvelous animal. With her intelligence and dedication, she becomes far more to Ha...

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.Peter Jackson has taken this quote by Gandalf to heart and dedicated part of ...

As we all know, patience is a virtue. Especially, when it comes to solving the Star-Shaped Magic Cube! While it may look like a regular magic cube ...

Speak friend and enter! Hmm, for some reason, that didn't work. Maybe you made a mistake while deciphering the runes on your front door. Well, you ...

Finally there's a chance for pirates and Pastafaris to build their own shrine with the holy Flying Spaghetti Monster. In contrast to other non-prov...

In the Star Wars saga, there are several technically gifted hobbyists. Both Anakin and Luke are very successful at tinkering with droids or podrace...

The DC Comics Batman voice-controlled Batmobile proves that a smart speaker can also be a real eye-catcher. The Batmobile looks great on a desk or ...

Great plushies don’t just fall from the sky – but magical princesses do, at least in the movie “The Castle in the Sky”. And Laputa, the place where...

In addition to gaming and bingeing films and series, reading is one of the most beautiful and nerdy hobbies. Whether it's a fantasy or science fict...

Las Vegas before the war has little in common with Las Vegas after the war. Where once the gambling oasis of the USA beckoned with gold, glitter an...

These two tankards with the coats of arms of the houses Stark and Targaryen would also have made wonderful tableware at a wedding celebration. Unfo...

Battery-powered clocks are definitely easier to use and more convenient in everyday life compared to their mechanical counterparts. However, automa...

The bicycle is locked, but the USB stick with our most important and confidential data we simply carry around openly? Not so smart. Of course, a U...

Arcade machines, asteroids, spaceships, lasers… Ring any bells? Of course! After all, every child of the 1980s (and geeks who know their tribe’s hi...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.George Bernard ShawWho would know that better than the gamers among ...

The School of the Wolf is one of the most renowned Witcher schools, not least because of powerful representatives such as Vesemir and the protagoni...

When you stand at an ordinary bus stop on an ordinary day, an ordinary bus will come. Although, this changes when an odd forest spirit turns up! Wi...

Somehow, Spider-Man still feels a bit sidelined when compared to other Marvel heroes – even though the human spider has starred in dozens of TV sho...

Pirate treasures are usually hidden, buried or considered lost. So is One Piece, which was left behind by Gol D. Roger somewhere on the Grandline. ...

Mimics are mean: Before you even realise what’s happening, these malicious monsters are already using their goo to keep you in place and render you...

The fact that we as Muggles never got the chance to be sorted into one of the four Hogwarts houses by the Sorting Hat is something most Harry Potte...

Somehow regular jewellers just don't get the tastes of us geeks, right? C'mon, who believes in the lucky power of horseshoes or trefoils or upside-...

The video game series "Monster Hunter" by Capcom is one of the most successful in Japan. This could be due, among other things, to the incredibly c...

As fans of the indomitable Gauls, we don’t usually credit the Romans with much martial skill. And in fact, much of their knowledge originally came ...

Calling The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt a "good" game would probably be the understatement of the century. After all, the third instalment of the video-ga...

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is, in fact, blue. And actually there are only four of him. Or rather three, after the card that Yugi Moto’s grandfather...

With his big beady eyes and quizzical look, “Baby Yoda” quickly became famous from his very first appearance in the Star Wars spinoff The Mandalori...

Everyone who grew up with the Harry Potter books and films remembers how painful it was not getting the long-awaited Hogwarts letter on their 11th ...

Everybody knows Cluedo. This legend of a board game turns regular players into master investigators stepping into the footsteps of Hercule Poirot a...