Geek Apparel of the Week: 256th Level and Dare to Be Stupid
? Let’s face it — few of us are ever going to get to Pac-Man’s legendary 256th level and see its amazing kill-screen first-hand. So you should probably just buy a shirt of it instead. At worst, it looks like a Pac-Man game threw up on a t-shirt, and I actually mean that as a cool thing. It’s $16 at Errorwear; thanks to Barry for the tip.
? This new shirt from 80sTees seemed rather appropriate today; it’s $24, and is the equivalent of having a sign reading “Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong,” at least among Transformers nerds.
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.