AMC Unleashes Zombie Invasion in NYC Just Because They’re Mad at DIsh Network
If you have Dish Network, you probably know what’s going already, but for those that don’t: Dish Network recently dropped AMC from its line-up. Apparently, AMC started demanding more money than other channel;s, because AMC thinks they have such awesome shows and shit, and Dish Network won’t pay because all they care about is their bottom line. I hope I don’t sound like I’m taking sides, here; both sides have valid points, but they’re both being dicks about it, and really the only people who are suffering here are the Dish Network consumers who enjoy AMC shows. Well, them, and the poor New Yorkers who were scared shitless when AMC set a bunch of zombies to wander the streets without really explaining that it was to protest Dish Network’s refusal to give them more money. Sigh. (Via Unreality)
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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.