October 7, 2009 6:20 AM PDT
Super Mario chess: 1-upmanship?
Why is Luigi the queen and not Princess Peach?
(Credit: Think Geek)I've seen more than a few licensed-character editions of chess, but I have to admit, this one is kinda cute.
This chess set, available for $39.99 from Think Geek, features 32 hand-painted characters from the Super Mario Bros. series of video games, with the villains on one side and our heroes on the other.
I don't know that I would get this--not because I don't like it, but because I totally suck at chess. My strategy would consist of jumping the Mario piece around the board, shouting "It's-a meeee, Mario!"
Yeah. Viswanathan Anand really has nothing to worry about.
Jeff Sparkman is a copy editor at CNET who also writes about goofy and retro gadgets and toys for Crave. In his spare time, he obsesses over pop culture ephemera and shares the finer points of superhero lore with his two kids, much to his wife's chagrin. E-mail Jeff. 
- by fedtho October 22, 2009 11:31 AM PDT
- I love the totally playful and UN-serious concept of the thing.
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(3 Comments)And I love that you're obliviously giving us a link to Anand's page in Wikipedia!
Managing to insert a little culture in a six-line piece on a Super Mario chessboard is an achievement in itself ;-)
Keep working on light news with a plus!