Burnout to the Future
I would be a horrible all-inclusive nerd-site writer/editor if I failed to inform you that in Burnout Paradise, the rather excellent racing game, you will be able to drive the Delorean from Back to the Future. And I don’t mean a Delorean?I mean the Delorean, which switches from drives to hovering mode (I just peed my pants) and with flaming tire marks. It’ll be downloadable content for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game as part of the “Legendary Cars” pack, which includes three cars mysteriously named Cavalry Bootlegger, Manhattan Spirit and the GT Nighthawk. I’m betting this isn’t over being awesome. Not by a long shot. (Via Joystiq)
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.