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The best tech and gaming gear of CES, brought to you by nerd queen Jessica Chobot

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LAS VEGAS — Jessica Chobot has made her name as an on-camera host of shows for nerds and gamers. She’s currently the main host of Nerdist News, a news show focused on nerd pop culture on Nerdist.com. She’s a pretty big celebrity in gaming circles.

She may not be your typical nerd, but she showed up like the rest of us to scour the 2015 International CES, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. She rattled off her favorites in gaming, such as the Open Source Virtual Reality platform at Razer’s booth and the Magic Mirror at the Panasonic booth, where you can view recommendations for makeovers in a mirror display.

She’s got a couple of zingers for the gadgets she didn’t like as well. Warning: Don’t pitch her on products related to the Internet of Everything. Check out our interview below with Chobot about her favorite tech and gamer gear at CES:

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.