Birthday gifts

Several generations of teenagers poured all their passion and pocket money into these little plastic boxes with tape inside. There was no better an...

Simple computer games are still the best! Right? That's why after 30 years, the arcade classic with the colourful tetrominos is still one of the mo...

Many have long since realised it: Floppy disks are simply no longer an adequate storage medium. They are very fragile and simply don’t offer enough...

Keys are an important part of our daily lives. Who doesn't use them a few times a day to get into their house, office, car, cupboard, safe? Th...

We're pretty sure we know what Guybrush Threepwood would say about this example of a three-headed monkey from the monkey island. It's just too bad ...

He wanted to become a real, rough-and-ready pirate. The most notorious pirate ever. Only everything kept going wrong! No one took him seriously as ...

The stereotypical nerd never leaves his mom's basement, is anti-social and only eats cold pizza and drinks warm soda. This image of our subculture ...

Whilst others are still ranting about the resolution of Fallout 4, we remember that an epic game doesn't need too many pixels. Alright, a litt...

If there is one location where you certainly would not expect Godzilla to show up, it's your kitchen. After all, the famous giant lizard is usually...

Imagine running, jumping and diving through hazardous levels while malicious turtles and devious mushrooms have it in for you. And now imagine the ...

During his adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom, Super Mario has to face a multitude of dangers: hazardous obstacles, carnivorous plants and Bowser&#...

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...

Letting high-explosive materials near you doesn’t sound too tempting, does it! But don’t worry – this bomb is quite harmless :). The Bomberman Soft...

What does a hero truly need? A magic sword, a mithril shirt and magical powers? Well, those and a proper jacket, of course. After all, what good is...

When it comes to charms, we nerds usually think of powerful spells in pen-and-paper games, the counterpart to the Strange Quark or simply a certain...

Do mods more real than reality just annoy you? And is completing the 300th side quest less than a thrill?Or maybe your internet connection isn'...

Collectible figures are nice to have, but sometimes they miss a certain Je ne sais quoi. And what might that be, you ask? Well, yellow rubber and a...