Oh, Dan Aykroyd, No
This is a Ghostbusters slot machine. Honestly, it looks pretty fun. Were I in Vegas and had any kind of disposable income that I wouldn’t mind potentially losing, I’d play it happily. I even think the “guess the symbol card” game is incredibly clever (it’d be better if the machine give you a mild shock for getting it wrong, though). But it makes me so incredibly sad to realize that Dan Aykroyd recorded new dialog for this. I don’t know why. I’m sure he was well paid. And I doubt he’s desperate for money or anything. It’s just… it’s just hearing Aykroyd telling me to turn ghosts into “hard cash” just is really, really depressing to me. Although better this than a Bill Murray-less Ghostbusters 3, I guess. (Via Bloody Disgusting)
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.