“Ice” to See You, Sub-Zero
It’s kind of a slow news day, since it’s short week, and I know that many of you are Mortal Kombat fans, so I figured I’d show this new video of Sub-Zero’s moves — or Sub-Zero’s brother, I guess — from the upcoming game and not give you too much shit about it. But I genuinely want to ask: Do you see this video and think the game looks fun? Do you see 90 seconds of the same moves repeated over and over again, and think, “Wow, I can’t wait to play this”? Also: Wouldn’t Mortal Kombat be like 3000% more awesome if Sub-Zero talked like Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze in Batman and Robin? You don’t have to answer that last one. I know the answer.
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.