Retro Nerd Merchandise & Fan Articles

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...

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...

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...

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...

The good, old cartridges from the NES video game console were (almost) built like tanks: The sturdy grey plastic managed to protect the electronics...

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 ...

USB flash drives, external hard drives and tiny memory cards have long since outpaced their predecessors. While those old media lacked modern memor...

Nerds can't be romantic? That's just a prejudice, of course. Or why else would we have gone to the trouble of creating a Candlestick lightsaber? Th...

Are you a retro gamer with a penchant for legendary point-and-click adventures? Or an aspiring politician? Then this sticker is just the thing for ...

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

Even if you always hated eating vegetables as a child, video games show that conscious eating can have a lot of positive consequences. For example,...

Like all villains, the dark side of the Force usually lures us in with empty promises. Who hasn't heard the famous quote from Darth Vader to Luke: ...

It is no coincidence that this tape dispenser is shaped like a cassette. Because in English, the word "tape" means both adhesive tape and audio tap...

If you’re wondering why a music cassette, of all things, makes such a good key rack, you were most likely born after 1999. Everyone else will know ...

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...

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

After the destruction of the Death Star at the latest, the X-Wing became the symbol of the Rebel Alliance. One can only imagine how upset those in ...

The year 1990 changed our lives forever when the first Gameboy came on the market. The absolute horror for parents and teachers, because it was dif...

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...

Remember [[The Legend of Zeldawhere the Old Man suggests that Link takes a sword with him because "it's dangerous to go alone"?This simple sentence...

Why do we actually assume that the aliens that statistically must exist in space are hostile to us? This prejudice is reproduced in numerous films,...

You bring security and stability to the entire galaxy. You don't expect fame or recognition in return, but there's one thing you won't do without: ...

To the question of whether Father Christmas really exists, we can unequivocally answer "Yes!". Unfortunately, he just never manages to deliver his ...

In the Upside-Down, many things are different than in our world. For example, it is permanently the year 1983 there. But that doesn't stop the Stra...