Now THAT’s a Topless Robot
It took forever, but the “Design the Topless Robot Topless Robot” contest I mentioned god knows how many months ago has finally been won by David Cousens and his technologically saucy entry shown above (it may not show up for some of you for up to an hour because of some mystical server reasons, which is a shame as it’s totally cool). I didn’t get as many entries for the contest as I thought I would, and while many were good, none of them were quite what I was looking for — that is, until David submitted his design (while cursing me for nightmares he still has from reading The Pok?mon Story). Mr. Cousens wins both a TR shirt and a $300 gift certificate to Amazon.com (well, .co.uk, I suppose, in his case) that can only be spent on something nerdy. His creation will also be at the top of TR for the next week, at which point we’ll return to your regularly scheduled topless robot. So enjoy while you can.
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.