Geek Apparel of the Week: Champ
I’ve decided to keep it simple in this week’s Geek Apparel, and celebrating the one Wii game I’m thinking about purchasing for the foreseeable future: Punch-Out. As all good folk know, the only way to defeat monstrosities like King Hippo or Soda Popinsky?hell, the only way to survive a direct punch from Mike Tyson, and not explode upon impact?is extensive bike training with Doc Louis. Frankly, I’ll put the Punch-Out training theme as one of the greatest nerd songs of all time, and you can rest assured I’ll be humming it while wearing this shirt. $20 exclusively over at 80sTees.
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.