GTA Clones of the Ooooooolllldd West
I’d been ignoring Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar’s sequel to the Western-themed GTA-esque sandbox game Red Dead Revolver, mainly because no one cared about Red Dead Revolver and I just wanted to fit in with the cool kids. But enough of you guys have emailed me about this Red Dead Redemption video that I decided to take a look, and… wow. I’m not sure that it’s a must-buy for me — I’m pretty sure I’ll still be playing Final Fantasy XIII when it comes out in April (possibly having not shaved, showered, or emptied my special Final Fantasy bedpan, which I keep for these releases) — but it looks a lot more interesting than Grand Theft Auto has for a while. I do enjoy a good Western, though. I can only pray there’s a “Fill Your Hand, You Sonuva Bitch” button.
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.