Fifth Ave. Frogger Is All Kinds of Impressive
The last frog we met on Topless Robot was a little… rapey. This frog, however, just wants to get Frogger — and his new, updated version of the game — into The Art of Video Games exhibit currently running at the Smithsonian. As you’ll see if you watch the video, Fifth Ave. Frogger takes the real cars driving down Fifth Aventure, and replicates them as the cars in the game for Frogger to avoid. It’s infinitely harder than the original Frogger, but it’s also significantly more awesome. Speaking of, I’ve been to The Art of Video Games exhibit, and Fifth Ave. Frogger is also significantly more awesome than anything in there. Aim higher, Frog! You deserve better! (The Mary Sue)
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.