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No, Lucas hasn’t officially announced a 3D version of Star Wars (although the release of Avatar might be the driving force that finally makes it happen), but there is a 3D chess board scheduled to come out next month. The image is grainy and there isn’t much info, but the board appears to include pieces with “beloved Star Wars characters” that use “the latest in motion printed technology.”
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Using the code “NERD”at checkout, all Nerd Approved readers will get 20% off their total order from GreatBigStuff.com. That means discounts on hilariously oversized items like this giant chess “knight light”, computer keyboard chairs, giant lego blocks and giant earbud speakers. Better hurry though, the offer expires after December 21st.
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Let your love of liquor have a three-way with your love of chess and your love of corporate themed home decor with this Jack Daniel’s chess set. Then prepare yourself for non-stop action when the Daniel family turns on each other in a drunken attempt to gain chess board supremacy.
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Here are the top ten Nerd Approved Gadgets for the week of September 28th-October 4th, 2009:
Hot And Wet Shower Curtain: Be a cover model every morning.
Alligetter LED Tool: Strong jaws for small places.
Perfume Bottle USB Card Reader: Now Available single co-workers may think that you actually care about your hygiene.
Mummies Vs. Vampires Checkers: It is a battle for supremacy in the underworld.
Screaming Flying Granny: Still has some life in her.
The pieces of this chess set will glow with wirelessly powered LED’s any time they are placed on the board. The set has two uses for the LED lit men. First, if you are playing in low light conditions there will still be no problem analyzing your next move. Plus, when you take out one of your opponents and remove him remove the board, the light turning off is a perfect visual for the loss of another life.
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If your chess games are getting a little bloodthirsty, switching to this chess set should calm things down. You can only be so aggressive when you are attacking with Smurfs. Just the thought of little blue blood stains from a particularly hard fought battle just brings a smile to your face.
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Hook your restaurant up with a unique tile mural and give your customers something to look at while they try to avoid small talk with the people sitting next to them. With this NY cityscape they can enjoy playing the garbage and graffiti version of “I Spy”, or “Where’s Waldo Getting Mugged?”. The product page also offers several designs that feature patterns of nude figures. If any of those are women you can pretty much count on men to stay longer and buy more since they’ll most likely have trouble standing up.
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If you want to pit two groups of people in a chess battle, there are none so vicious as vampires and werewolves. Both are feared by humans and both have a strong dislike for each other. The whole theme is like a game of the “Underworld” movies, although sadly I don’t see Kate Beckinsale anywhere.
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Here are the top ten Nerd Approved Gadgets for the week of December 15th-21st 2008:
David Copperfield Magic Bookends: Mini David walks through your porn collection.
Glass Bottle Collection: Fine china for bachelors.
Cornhole Games: Google gets all up in your cornhole.
Ants On My Cup and Saucer: Those aren’t sprinkles…
Nightmare Before Christmas Hand-Warming Egg: The greatest medical gadget ever invented?
The next five gadgets are available after the break…
March all your little astronauts right up to your opponents astronauts and let them battle it out to see whose galaxy will survive. The two chess sets are almost identical so it shouldn’t make too much difference, but there can’t be two out there. I just can’t wait for my space shuttle to start dominating.
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