Bob-Omb Squad
Music time! Here, the Manchester-based band Well Wishers perform their cover of Sex Bob-Omb’s “Launchpad McQuack” (not the song’s actual name) from the first volume of Scott Pilgrim at a local comic store’s celebration of the final volume. They’re not the first to provide their own music to the lyrics from the graphic novel, but I do dig it. Besides, it’s an easy way for me to remind you that the amazing 16-bit Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World game finally comes out for Xbox Live today, so your PS3-owning friends can stop lording it over you. Enjoy! And thanks to David S. for the tip.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.