Father's Day Gifts That Are Not Socks, Beer or a Grill Tool

Socks, beer, a grill accessory, a mug that makes a joke about being tired. The Father's Day shelf has been the same for thirty years.

Most dads I know have a specific, slightly obsessive interest that nobody buys for, because it feels harder than picking up the socks.

For the one who still has the console

Save Point 11:59 is about wanting to save the game one minute before midnight and keep the file. Inside the Candy Decay Apartment is a room full of controllers, screens and small references, and people spend a long time finding all of them.

If he grew up in the era, the pixel art figure standing in the middle of a painted room does something specific to that part of the brain.

For the one with the odd sense of humour

Plastic Memories has a rubber duck sitting on an ice cube with a goldfish frozen inside and a sign reading "no lifeguard needed". Weird Pigeon is a pigeon with a pizza and no explanation.

For the shed, the garage or the office

These are the walls nobody decorates. A 22 euro wall art print in a workspace gets looked at more often than something in a hallway.

For the one who says he wants nothing

He means it, and he will still be pleased by post. The Collector's Club at 7,90 euro a month, or 47,40 euro for six months, arrives without asking him to do anything.

Cheap and specific

Stickers are 3,90 euro and go on a laptop, a toolbox or a car window. Small, but chosen, which is the part that counts.