Gifts for gamers

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...

Anyone who thinks that all nerds are the same has never witnessed a heated debate about whether D&D or Shadowrun is the better pen & paper role-pla...

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...

The saying "everything was better in the old days" does not apply at all to video games, if only in terms of graphics. Nevertheless, many of us rem...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

“It's dangerous to go alone!” These famous words from a video game don't just apply when you're a hero fighting dragons or rescuing princesses. Som...

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 ...

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We nerds often make a strange impression on other people. After all, in our free time we hack at monsters with swords or sit with our friends in fr...

The average nerd prefers his coffee black. No milk, no sugar, no frills. But from time to time, a latte macchiato, crema or some other fancy form o...

It doesn't get much nerdier than the retro video games of the 70s and 80s. And Pac-Man in particular is of course a classic. A greedy yellow circle...

Imagine Mewtu suddenly appears and you realise that you don't have a single Pokéball left. To make sure that something annoying like this never hap...

Let's be honest, in most role-playing games, style over substance is the name of the game. From Dark "Fashion" Souls all the way to MMO juggernaut ...

If you’ve ever played a pen-and-paper RPG or a good fantasy video game, you’ll have developed a healthy distrust of chests. Because it’s impossible...

Remember back when you had a coin bank or a jar full of change? After all, comics had to be bought, snacks had to be purchased and the newest video...

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

There's nothing more refreshing on a hot day in the wasteland than a bottle of Nuka-Cola! One sip and the fear of deathclaws, raiders and super mut...

„It’s dangerous to cook alone!”: A saying that video game fans will definitely recognize! But it's not only important to have the right utensils fo...

You're happily chipping away in your cave, looking for coal, iron, gold or diamonds, when a monster suddenly attacks you from behind, completely ou...

Few things are more iconic for the Fallout franchise than the ‘Vault Boy’, the mascot of the Vault-Tec Corporation. Whether as a bobblehead figure,...

In the extremely popular video game Minecraft, a pickaxe is widely considered to be the most important tool. No pickaxe = no mining = no Minecraft....

Have you ever wondered why the pocket monsters from Pokémon, Digimon and similar series participate in dangerous arena battles? Somehow the thought...

Some games stand out from the crowd so much that they are still remembered decades later. The first-person shooter about Gordon Freeman is a good e...

Pour tan dust into the brewing stand, take some water, a Nether Wart and the juice of a glittering melon slice and behold, a soothing healing potio...

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...

Creepers, the green monsters with four legs and no arms, are the most iconic character in Minecraft Every player has a certain love-hate relationsh...

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...

The cake is a lie – that’s the bitter realisation waiting for you at the end of a well-known teleportation video-game series. Fittingly, this messa...

Deep underground, close to the bedrock and often surrounded by dangerous lava lakes, you will find what is probably the most valuable ore in all of...

The Playstation has been around for about 30 years now. This means that everyone who has grown up with it is now an adult. Don't believe it? Well, ...

Gather round, all ye weary adventurers! Stretch your tired legs at the campfire and listen while we present the ultimate innovation in alchemy: the...

Few villains from the golden age of point and click adventures have risen to such prominence as the megalomaniac, Purple Tentacle! After the rather...

While Pokémon was a rather lonely affair on the GameBoy back then, it is now almost essential to team up with other trainers in Pokémon Go. Of cour...