Household gadgets for the nerd household

It all started with a barrel. When Monkey D. Luffy was fished out of a wooden barrel in the East Blue, no one knew that this straw hat wearer would...

To catch them all, you first need to know them all. From the classic Poké Ball to the gold-gleaming Luxury Ball to the camouflaged Safari Ball – in...

Steven Rhodes is the illustrator behind these delightfully dark retro images that look like harmless 1970s schoolbooks – until you take a closer lo...

In 1987, an invisible alien hunter made an entire elite unit sweat in the jungles of Guatemala – and not from the heat. The Predator, a warrior fro...

In the world of One Piece, Devil Fruits are coveted treasures – those who eat them gain supernatural powers, but lose the ability to swim forever. ...

The Baratie is the most famous floating restaurant in the One Piece world – an establishment on the high seas, run by culinary legend Zeff and his ...

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's…" — anyone who has ever opened a comic or watched a superhero film knows this call. Clark Ken...

The Pokémon Pokéball Toaster is the kind of kitchen gadget that makes even morning grouches look like they've just stepped out of the Pokécenter. I...

I am a Jedi like my father before meThis is Luke Skywalker's iconic quote as he stands before the Emperor. He not only professes his allegiance to ...

The world and characters that J. R. R. Tolkien created in his Lord of the Rings trilogy are unique in their level of detail. Peter Jackson has brou...

In the 2006 game "Okami", Japanese mythology is used in a very artistic way to create epic images and an enchanting atmosphere. The player takes on...

A hero who is completely overpowered by a simple workout and bored by his own powers, while others worship him, fight him or want to ally with him:...

Who hasn't seen them, the pretty posters and postcards that try to guide us through life with encouraging phrases? On some stressful and annoying d...

Ryuk, the immortal god of death from the manga and anime masterpiece Death Note, has one weakness: apples. For everything else – skulls, chaos, the...

You're sitting at the table, candles flicker, your character faces the final battle – and then the d20 just rolls off the table. Not very epic. In ...

A thousand years of adventure, and in the end stands an elf with silver twin tails and a staff that doesn't just hint at magic – it practically glo...

Misa Amane is in Death Note what you might call a "copycat" – a fan of the mysterious vigilante Light Yagami, who uses a supernatural notebook to w...

Collect seven spheres, summon a dragon, make a wish. That's the plan in Dragon Ball Z – the legendary manga and anime series where hero Son Goku an...

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

Every Dungeons & Dragons session knows this moment: The Dungeon Master grins, and suddenly the Beholder emerges from the darkness – this insane...

Four elements, one world, one Avatar. In the animated series Avatar – The Last Airbender, the young Aang bears the burden of reconciling the Fire, ...

Night City is brutal, loud, and neon-lit – and the toughest guys there wear gold chains, cyberware, and a jacket with more zippers than a Swiss Arm...

Taro Sakamoto was once the world's most feared hitman — today he runs a small convenience store and probably eats ramen. Sounds like the perfect li...

Monkey D. Luffy had a simple dream: to become the King of the Pirates. His first ship on this journey was the Going Merry – a small caravel ship wi...

Michael Faraday discovered in 1831 that a moving magnet generates current in a conductor – Lenz's law. That's all well and good, but what if you co...

Wow, you're an even better dinosaur trainer than Owen Grady! Even he wouldn't dare come so close to the fearsome teeth of a raptor. Although Blue i...

Who hasn't seen them, the pretty posters and postcards that try to guide us through life with encouraging phrases? On some stressful and annoying d...