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TR Contest Special: Cocktail Hour, Sponsored by Funimation

TR Contest Special: Cocktail Hour, Sponsored by Funimation

By September 21, 2012 Miscellaneous, Nerdery 0 Comment

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This contest is going to be weird for a lot of reasons. First off, it’s being sponsored by Funimation. This isn’t weird in and of itself, but they’re offering a Roku box to one winner, which is both weird and awesome. For those who don’t know, Roku is a tiny box that connects your TV that streams a ridiculous amount of content from Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, HBO, and more. Funimation has just released their own Roku app, which allows people to check out the vast Funimation catalog from the comfort of your home, including promotional episodes, clips, and trailers, all for free. And if you become an Elite Member, you get HD video and full access to over 6,000+ episodes! That’s… that’s a lot.

The second weird part is that Roku only works in the U.S., so unfortunately, the grand prize winner will have to live in the U.S. (or not care they’re getting something that won’t work, I guess). International readers are welcome to enter — because two second prize winners will also receive some Funimation DVDs and a TR shirt!
The contest is this: Design your own nerdy cocktail. It does not have to be alcoholic. To make a true cocktail, it needs to have at least three ingredients — and for the purposes of this contest, it will need an exceedingly clever (and nerdy) name and/or theme. Three entries per person. Contest ends at 12:01 am EST on Monday, September 24th. Much thanks to Funimation for sponsoring the contest with such an amazing prize! You guys have a great weekend, and please enter the contest responsibly! Whatever that means!

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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.