I doubt I have anything even slightly new to say about the Microsoft Surface as shown running a Settlers of Catan game in the video above. I will merely reiterate that I cannot even imagine the Surface having a purpose other than nerdy, nerdy games at this point, and even though I’m not a big RPG or board game fan, I had watched the video for six minutes before I even realized I was masturbating to its awesomeness. (Via Gizmodo)
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.