Weihnachtsgeschenke für Nerds & Geeks

Some bookstores are more than just places to buy books. They are meeting points for stories, thoughts, and people – small literary universes betwee...

Between creaking floorboards, fluttering ravens, and signs that only insiders can interpret correctly, there are these alleys where you automatical...

After Voldemort's return, his followers gather again at secret meetings, planning Harry's downfall and the subjugation of the wizarding and Muggle ...

Im Ödland von Fallout wird nicht mit Gold bezahlt, sondern mit Kronkorken, und am liebsten mit denen von Nuka-Cola. Die Brause mit dem leuchtend ro...

Red or Blue? Since the first Pokémon games on the Game Boy, the choice of starter Pokémon has divided friendships and schoolyards. Bulbasaur fans, ...

In the Mushroom Kingdom the important things hang in mid air anyway: the Question Block that spits out a coin after a solid headbutt from below, an...

In Hyrule, they lurk everywhere: Bokoblins – the bony, red-eyed minions of Ganondorf, who hide behind every rock and in every ruin. Normally they g...

Kleopatra hat gewettet, dass ihre Ägypter einen Palast in nur drei Monaten hochziehen können. Baumeister Numerobis hätte diese Wette beinahe mit se...

Every house at Hogwarts has its own corner of the castle, and you can tell them apart by the colours alone: Hufflepuff sits in a cosy cellar betwee...

Lok'tar Ogar! In 2016, the Horde also conquered movie screens around the world when Warcraft: The Beginning, the first film adaptation of the Warcr...

Der Sturmtruppler trifft bekanntlich nichts, steht dafür aber in jeder zweiten Szene stramm im weißen Plastikpanzer. Was unter der Rüstung passiert...

Der Trick am Bahnhof King's Cross ist denkbar einfach: zwischen Gleis 9 und Gleis 10 zielstrebig auf die Absperrung zulaufen und bloß nicht bremsen...

There are these quiet Christmas moments that are almost more important than the big hustle and bustle: outside, snow falls quietly, inside, the fir...

There is this brief moment in spring in Japan when cherry blossoms drift through the air like pink snow. Entire streets transform into a sea of blo...

In some books, there are these small moments: a cozy side alley, a bookstore with a creaky door, somewhere the scent of fresh coffee. You sit at a ...

Ein Pling, ein Sprung, und der Tag ist gerettet: Kaum ein Geräusch aus einem Videospiel sitzt so fest im Ohr wie das des Fragezeichen-Blocks. Ein S...

Drei Pokébälle liegen auf dem Tisch des Professors, und die Entscheidung von damals trägt man länger mit sich herum, als man denkt. Auf dem Kopf is...

Every year the same ritual: pull the light chain out of the basement, untangle it, plug it in, and half the bulbs don't light up. This year, howeve...

Hardly any spot in the wizarding school is as sought after as your own four-poster bed up in the house tower: draw the curtains, put out the candle...

In the Hogwarts common room, nobody spends all evening on homework. Wizard's Chess sits on the shelf, and right next to it Exploding Snap, a card g...

A dark stare, two tightly woven braids and a sarcasm that cuts like a fencing sword: Wednesday Addams has perfected the art of chilling any room wi...

Anyone who has ever strolled through a narrow Japanese alley knows this special atmosphere: red paper lanterns overhead, small izakaya eateries sid...

There are places in stories where time suddenly becomes strange. Old train stations with high arches, ticking clocks, and the soft echo of steam lo...

In the wizarding world a Chocolate Frog is never just chocolate: every pack contains a collectible card featuring a famous witch or wizard, and the...

Christmas at Hogwarts means Hagrid hauling enormous fir trees into the Great Hall, candles floating beneath the enchanted ceiling, and anyone stayi...

At Hogwarts, Christmas presents are piled at the foot of your bed. We have known that since Harry's first winter at the castle, when an Invisibilit...

Every Batman needs a Batmobile. The Dark Knight has been tearing through Gotham City in his car since the 1940s, and almost every generation got it...

Anyone who has ever spent a school year at Hogwarts, even if only between two book covers, knows that the Scottish Highlands are no place for cold ...

At the start of The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader sends his probe droids to every corner of the galaxy to track down the hidden Rebels. One of t...

Anyone stepping into Honeydukes in Hogsmeade for the first time has no idea where to look first: Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans...

Tolkien did not just invent stories for Middle-earth, he created entire maps and scripts to go with them. Anyone reading their way from The Fellows...

Nach zwei Stunden auf dem Sofa merkst du es zuerst an den Ellenbogen. Die Arme hängen in der Luft, die Schultern ziehen nach vorn, und der Endgegne...

In the first Pokémon generation there is one spot where the journey simply stops: a Snorlax is lying right across the path, asleep. No battle helps...

Es gab eine Zeit, da bestand Freundschaft daraus, zu zweit vor einem Röhrenfernseher zu sitzen und sich als Ryu und Ken gegenseitig aus dem Bild zu...

Ein Bild kennt jeder, der die Spiele auch nur einmal gesehen hat: Der Assassine steht auf einem Turm, breitet die Arme aus und stürzt sich kopfüber...

In the Mushroom Kingdom the Super Mushroom is the answer to a bad start: a small Mario runs into it, grows to double his size and suddenly takes on...