Fun and games - toys and kits for nerds

Anyone who's even remotely interested in electronics and tinkering would probably take a bath in LEDs, batteries, transistors and other parts Scroo...

To survive in battle, you need the right equipment. Knights and soldiers in the Middle Ages knew this too. They often carried a sword in one hand t...

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 ...

Pluto isn't just chronically lonely - far away from the sun, the Earth, and the other celestial bodies of our solar system - the poor orb has even ...

In the Studio Ghibli movie “My Neighbour Totoro”, a small family moves to a house in the country – and quickly realises that the land and adjacent ...

As we all know, Schrödinger's cat is both dead and alive at the same time, at least as long you don't look in the box ;). Our Schrödinger's Cat Plu...

A Niffler, like the one Newt Scamander has, is a cheeky little creature, about the size of a cat, with the appearance of a mole. Despite its incred...

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...

The frightening, mysterious Night Fury that terrorises the village Berk in the movie “How to Train Your Dragon” turns out to be a cute and rather s...

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...

Haunted houses don’t have to be scary. We’ve known that since “My Neighbour Totoro”. The phenomena that the sisters Satsuki and Mei encounter might...

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...

The little soot sprites are an invention of Hayao Miyazaki and can be seen in Ghibli movies such as My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away. The soot ...

If anyone knows about sleeping, it’s the Grand Old Cthulhu, who has been slumbering in R’lyeh for aeons, waiting to finally bring the world under h...

While the little guardian spirit Ori explored the forest of Nibel in the first part of the video game series Ori and the Blind Forest he explored t...

Persona 5, or Persona 5 Royal, is an incredibly versatile game with countless different possibilities. Whether turn-based combat, role-playing or l...

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...

Don’t worry, a roaring Totoro isn’t dangerous at all! He is merely calling his bus cat. Otherwise, he is a rather quiet but very cheerful contempor...

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...

The Resident Evil series from Capcom has been the epitome of survival horror for decades. To make it alive through the games and save humanity, you...

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...

The only thing more prominent about Rick Sanchez than his intelligence is his personality. Charismatic, kind, altruistic- sike! Rick is an egocentr...

In the guise of a white wolf, the sun goddess Amaterasu roams the magical world of the video game "Okami" and frees the people of Nippon from the c...

Vampires have always fascinated people. They are dangerous, bloodthirsty, undead and, with a little benevolence, perhaps even darkly attractive. Bu...

Is there anything more boring than school? Hours and hours of teachers’ monotone babbling, unnecessary homework and, of course, the daily attempted...