One Does Not Simply Get Programmed to Walk Into Mordor
There’s a lot of huge news and important rumors swirling about in the nerd world this morning, so it seemed like the best thing I could do was ignore all that and just start the day with a ridiculously silly, hilariously dumb video of a few orcs who make the mistake of tussling with a Samwise Gamgee who’s had a few… upgrades. Certainly would have made dealing with Gollum a lot simpler.
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.