Matt Hazard Returns for the First Time
You’ve never heard of Matt Hazard. That’s fine. That’s because he’s a fictional videogame star of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras (oh, and I mean fictional as in no Matt Hazard games were ever made, not fictional as in Mega Man), who has been hired to star in a new, next-gen titles. It’s a silly premise, but please take note that Arrested Development‘s Will Arnett (and former, far-superior-to-Val-Kilmer KITT) is voicing Hazard, while none other than Neil Patrick Harris will voice the evil CEO. That is seriously enough for me to be excited about the game Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, due from D3 next year. In related news, you’re elsewhere.
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.