Are These Games Really Hungry Enough?
Speaking of The Hunger Games, the second trailer for the movie based on the book that everyone incorrectly calls a Battle Royale knock-off — seriously, I’m an official proponent of this series now, and I refuse to let people dismiss it because of an erroneous preconceived conception — was released today, and… well, shit. I may be an official proponent of the series now, but this trailer isn’t really doing anything for me. Hell, the first trailer was much more interesting to me, and I saw that before I had devoured all three books. So I think I’ll save my lengthy diatribe about how interesting and unique The Hunger Games is for a trailer that might possibly back me up a tiny bit.
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.