Add the Wii to the List of Things the Sonic Screwdriver Can Control
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?The BBC has announced an official Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Wii-mote. This is noteworthy because 1) it’s not some crappy plastic attachment, it’s a full Wii-mote sculpted exactly like the Screwdriver, and 2) it’s coming to America about two months after never. Yes, the UK will get the Screwdriver in December when that first new Who game comes out in October, and the US just gets Screwed. I know Americans are still way ahead when it comes to nerd merchandise — hell, you poor foreign people can’t even see all the videos I post on TR — but I wouldn’t begrudge any U.S. nerd’s bitterness over this thing’s international unavailability. Thanks to the jillion or so of you who sent in 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.