Birthday gifts

Who had the cruel idea to call the trusty guardian of Gryffindor's common room "The Fat Lady"? Admittedly, the good woman has a few more pounds on ...

Who hasn’t experienced it…? Highly motivated, you buy a small pot of basil in the supermarket and are sure that this time you’ll keep it alive for ...

A merry feast and a bloody battle! The Viking-themed Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla could not have begun any better. After all, these tough Scandinavia...

When Socrates sits in the White House as president, Sigmund Freud plunders monasteries in Viking garb and Genghis Khan nails his 95 theses to the c...

Medaillons have to be earned. In the Lord of the Rings universe, there are more than enough opportunities for that: The defeat of Sauron and the co...

When we think about the 80s, 90s and 00s, some of us become so nostalgic that we are only inches away from finally trying to build our own time mac...

Quidditch is not for the fainthearted: bloody noses, dangerous manoeuvres and fierce duels are just business as usual. It’s a sport that’s put Harr...

After Voldemort's return, his devoted followers start their secret meetings again, planning Harry's demise and the subjugation of the entire Muggle...

Everyone needs a little relaxation once in a while – especially true if you have a stressful job and have to protect an entire galaxy from hostile ...

In most role-playing games, we are tasked with slaying dragons and plundering their massive hoards of riches. But if we take a moment to reflect on...

Since our letters from Hogwarts are apparently still stuck in some remote branch of the Owl Post, it looks like it might still take some time befor...

Collectible figures are nice to have, but sometimes they miss a certain Je ne sais quoi. And what might that be, you ask? Well, yellow rubber and a...

One of the best things about summer is the fact that you dry pretty quickly if you manage to get wet. Which means it's gonna be just fine to launch...

Loose tea is a fine thing and is often simply fresher and more aromatic than commercially available tea in a bag. However, it is also a little more...

If you like to bring creepy-crawly insects into your house, then we think you're weird! Well, unless they're Hexbugs, of course! The fantastic litt...

Attention: Game is in German!"A Song of Ice and Fire" is without question one of the most successful fantasy series of all time. So it's no wonder ...

Imagine you’ve been sailing the ocean for months in search of a treasure that’s actually impossible to find. This’s exactly the situation Monkey D....

The streets of 1920s Birmingham are a rough place, especially if you move in the rather dodgy circles of Small Heath. After a hard day there, a dri...

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 story of Tanjiro, who becomes a demon hunter to save his sister, is one of the most successful anime ever, thanks to the fantastic animation an...

Egyptian pyramids, burial places of powerful pharaohs of the various dynasties, have fascinated people for thousands of years. Still today, researc...

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...

In the manga or anime "Naruto", the eponymous Shinobi repeatedly encounters the criminal organisation Akatsuki, whose members - if you choose to be...

Although almost 30 years old, the “Parodius” games are gradually gaining more and more fans worldwide. The star of the series is Tako (actually t...

The motif for this Sonic Run 3D Mug takes us back to the good old days when video games were still two-dimensional. If the thought of the little bl...

Sporting competitions are exciting. Whether it’s the Olympics, football or Quidditch, there’s something for everyone. Whether athletes or spectator...

These little monsters may look cute, but there’s more than meets the eye under all that fur! If you dare to duel with them as partners, you can be ...

In the world of the manga and anime series My Hero Academia, most people are born with superpowers, which they use – how could it be otherwise?! – ...

Since the late 1930s, Marvel has been delighting people around the world with its superheroes and heroines. The publisher created Spider-Man, the X...

Without a doubt, the Street Fighter games deserve a very special place in video game history. Although the great era of fighting games is over, the...

Surviving a winter in the complete darkness of Antarctica is strenuous enough. Add aliens to the mix and it becomes critical! But the researchers ...

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

Time to move into your own house in Whiterun! The hut is nice and reasonably spacious although still a bit impersonal. Maybe a few pictures on the ...

If the Niffler doesn’t get the coin, the niffler gets to be on the coin... or something like that. Sparkling, valuable things and the small, fluffy...

True beauty comes from within. SpongeBob SquarePants knows that very well. Despite his prominent overbite (otherwise he obviously conforms to all c...

As a player of Magic: The Gathering, you take on the role of a powerful planeswalker who can wander through the worlds of the multiverse. Since 200...