Fuck the Ocarina of Time. Two-man band Frontier Ruckus have the Banjo of Fate and the Musical Saw of Destiny… as well as the Melodica of… Happiness, or something, and — look, just listen to this awesome Legend of Zelda music medley and try not get overwhelmed with all the “Rob is posting this because he’s from Kentucky!” jokes that are almost certainly flooding into your mind. (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.