Geek Apparel of the Week: Pitfall!
I’m fully aware this shirt, bearing as it does the box art of the justly loved Activion game Pitfall for the Atari 2600, is totally geeky and thus unable to trick non-geeks into thinking its some cool design. But that’s the power of Pitfall, I guess. Plus, if you buy it for $22 from 80sTees.com, I believe you can leave a white/yellow/brown trail behind you as you walk, run and jump over scorpions.
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.