Games and fun: toys and model kits for nerds

There is one thing that no action movie, zombie shooter or gangster series should be without: the good old pump-action shotgun. Or, to use the corr...

Pluto is not only chronically lonely, so far away from the SunEarth and all the others, the poor celestial body has also been cast out of the plane...

Anyone who enjoys playing classic role-playing games knows how dependent you can sometimes feel on the luck of the dice. But you are not completely...

Are you a role-playing gamer with heart and soul and a passion for table tops and pen & paper adventures?Then dice will probably have an almost mys...

As an introverted, shy person, you usually feel rather uncomfortable in large crowds. Ideally, you would like to put up a protective shield that pr...

The Japanese art of paper folding origami involves folding animals and other shapes, usually from a single piece of paper, with great dexterity. Th...

No, you didn't make a mistake. The game is really called"Butts in Space". And yes, it really is about butts looking for toilet paper in space. What...

From hunter to hunted: Now it's your turn to chase the Creeper! In his usual sneaky way, he's managed to hide well, but with enough time and an eye...

Circuit boards, capacitors, batteries, LEDs and the like - anyone who lives for electronics with heart and soul could bathe in these things. Unfort...

Is your computer not doing what you want it to? You haven't made a backup and your hard disk is smoking? The FBI is on your doorstep and you don't ...

These miniature houses are the dream of every detail-loving hobbyist. Choose one of the different sceneries and lose yourself in the design and dec...

As a nerd, you often have a hard time: you know so much better than other people, you know your specialty perfectly... And then some noob comes alo...

We've all been there: you need to loosen a screw, tighten a nut or open a bottle when you're out and about - and of course you have nothing with yo...

A troop of heroes and heroines set off to defeat monsters and search for treasures. They are all professionals and have mastered their various skil...

In the list of the most famous vehicles from film and television, the DeLorean from the great "Back to the Future" films should of course not be mi...

We all dream of building our own robot. Unfortunately, it soon turns out that anything beyond a robot fighting machine for Robot Wars is a bit more...

Unidentified flying objects, mysterious lights in the sky, people who have been abducted in their sleep and investigated - aliens are (supposedly) ...

Until now, anyone could simply call themselves a nerd, but that is now a thing of the past. Anyone who wants to bear this venerable title must now ...

Last night's burnt pizza is black in the oven, your socks and underwear seem to have found their favorite places on the bookshelf and your cat's fi...

The Airzooka is an air cannon with which you can shoot an "air ball" up to 6m. It consists of a large plastic tube with a diameter of almost 30cm, ...

Bring the magic of the Japanese Hanami festival into your home with the Magic Sakura - Magical Growing Cherry Tree! In Japan, the cherry blossom is...

The cute do-it-yourself robots from the varikabi series impressively prove that you can build a fascinating robot that will proudly crawl around wi...

Superheroes usually look absolutely flawless: Full hair, big muscles, perfect proportions... but doesn't that get boring at some point? Soap Studio...

"May the gods be merciful and the dice planets be favorable!" D&D, DSA or Shadowrun players probably pray like this on a regular basis. Because in ...

Depending on which realm of nerddom you hang out in, it's easier or harder to proudly present and live out your hobbies in everyday life. Science f...

Do you sometimes have the feeling that the weight of the world, indeed the whole universe, is on your shoulders? With the sun, moon and earth stres...

A simple card game can often still be the best way to pass the time. For example, when external influences push you towards analog amusement. Like ...

Bored in the office, restless hands during a coffee klatch, or just a bit nostalgic? No problem, there's the Brick Mug from getDigital. This versat...

When you represent the Empire, you have to be dressed accordingly. Unfortunately, we can't all walk the streets in full battle gear all the time, s...

The right weapon can make or break a fight. But a weapon is not always a sword, a bow or even a pistol. In pen & paper role-playing games, for exam...

Imagine you are in a train carriage that is hurtling along the tracks towards a fork in the track. On the left are two workers checking the track b...

An unknown AI sends you through different rooms with a teleportation device and gives you increasingly difficult tasks? No, thanks. An unknown AI s...

"Score, sunk!" This sentence will send a shiver down the spine of anyone who has ever been bored at school, on a long bus ride or during their lunc...

When scientists argue, it should really only be about facts. However, Pythagoras and Einstein may simply have got off on the wrong foot here. Other...

In the Studio Ghibli film "My Neighbor Totoro", a small family moves into a house in the countryside - and discovers that the property and the adja...

In IT, it's called a data center - the sacred place where servers hum and data races through cables. But what if the data center is meant literally...