Remember this dude? The crazy-ass Potter-philiac who was applying to be Moviefone’s “biggest fan”? Well, he may have met his match:
This Twilight-loving girl is also applying for the biggest fan contest (which, incidentally, is like a gold mine of nerd comedy for me); what she lacks in merchandise she makes up for in full-blown crazy and willingness to die for fictional characters. Tell me: How much would you pay to see her and Harry Potter kid fight to the death? Because I’m willing to put up $100, personally. If we all pool in together, we might be able to make this happen. (Via Geekologie)
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.