Here’s a video of Ryu from Street Fighter fighting Darth Vader. I haven’t the faintest clue why, really, but it’s fun. Unfortunately, now I’m wondering what if the Dark Side of the Force really did summon men in full-body black leotards to move shit around and do your bidding. I mean, that would be a hell of a lot creepier than shooting lighting, right? Although I suppose the Dark Side would be far less seductive if it was all about men in black spandex. I mean, for most people. (Via Obvious Winner)
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.