Soundwave Has Terrible @#$%ing Taste in Music
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Oh, Soundwave. I know you’re an evil Decepticon, but I didn’t know you were so evil as to let Hasbro release a special Linkin Park edition of your classic G1 figure. There will only be 2,000 of this “special” edition Transformer released; what with it’s gold design with gold highlights, it’s hard to imagine how anyone would be able to resist such a treasure, unless of course they have the slightest taste in collectibles or music. The “Linkin Park/Transformers Mix” tape label on the cassette is admittedly a nice touch, although I don’t know if the cassette in question is Ravage, Laserbeak or Buzzsaw, or maybe all three. All I do know is that while I knew the Decepticons were evil, but I didn’t know they were that evil. I mean, trying to take all the energy from the planet, dooming all of humanity? That I get. Listening to Linkin Park? That’s just sick. Thanks to Fitz B. for the tip.
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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.