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Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios are almost here (they start May 18), and to commemorate the occasion, Disney has released some very cool ads. The spread features Star Wars characters and vehicles enjoying the park and all it has to offer. It’s probably as challenging as it looks to fit an AT-AT in the [...]

New in the Nerd Approved Shop—Diamond Select’s Back To The Future III DeLorean! Based on the Back to the Future III movie, this is one of the coolest toy DeLoreans money can buy. Not only does it feature classic DMC engineering (like the gull-wing doors and Doc Brown’s own special modifications). The wheels spin, the [...]

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Our sister site That’s Nerdalicious has teamed up with our friends at Neatorama to offer three of these awesome handmade Cthulhu bottle openers to lucky readers! You won’t be getting any run of the mill Cthulhu bottle opener here. This one is hand-crafted from pure evil by the demented folks at Odd Art Fabrications. Head [...]

If you’re a fan of Super Mario, then this is the mouse for you. It’s a Koopa Shell, available in either red or blue, and it comes with a matching mouse pad. This is an actual working USB mechanical ball mouse with scroll wheel and it’s compatible with PCs or Macs. It doesn’t even require [...]

In an interesting marketing move, Microsoft recently sent emails to fans at the Halo Waypoint forums entitled “Your piece of the Halo 4 puzzle.” In all, 32 pieces were collected and assembled to reveal what will likely become the box art for the November 6th release. Needless to say, this is going to be a long, long [...]

If you don’t already have Fight Club in your Blu-ray collection, you can’t do much better than this deal. For a limited time you can get the 10th anniversary edition for only $10.01. That’s a whopping 71% off the list price! Fight Club 10th Anniversay Edition (Blu-ray)—$34.99 $10.01 (71% off)

Korean gamer Yoshichan has elevated his status in the gaming world after he beat Diablo 3 in a mind-blowing 12 hours and 29 minutes with “368 Lifetime Kills, 412 Elite Kills and 168,481 gold as a Barbarian on normal difficulty”. Obviously, this has opened the doors for new competition, and according to reports, a group of Korean [...]

Now that I have your attention, check out these great new behind-the-scenes pictures of Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford on the set of Return of the Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back. These were all released by Lucasfilm in advance of the Star Wars Celebration in Florida this August. Han looks cool, Luke [...]

The Oatmeal makes a compelling case, one that I happen to agree with. Tesla is wildly underappreciated while Edison is vastly overappreciated. More after the break. But this is only part of the argument. Head on over to The Oatmeal for the entire Tesla series.