Obviously, we have a lot to talk about today — mostly Star Wars-related — but while I sucked down a cup of coffee and collect my thoughts, please enjoy this phenomenal/insane AT-ST costume. And, if you’re curious who came in Halloween second place…
…it was this baby. NICE TRY, BABY, BUT YOU DIDN’T BUILD IT YOURSELF. YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE FINE MOTOR SKILLS YET. POINTS DEDUCTED. (Via Geeks are Sexy and FilmDrunk)
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.