Oh, he didn’t die, but you can’t blame a guy for hoping. All I can think of is how awesome it would have been if the Lego boulder had actually crushed the dude running from it, leaving a bloody smear covered in tiny 2×4 bricks. I’d also love to hear these dudes call his mom, and explain her son is dead because they intentionally rolled a giant ball of Legos at him. And the obituary would be pretty sweet too. To sum up, I wish that guy had died. Have a great night!
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.