I Don’t Remember the Warp Whistle Taking Mario to Chicago
First — actually, I have no idea where Matthew Dominick and the other nerds who made this video are located. The city looks vaguely Toronto-ish to me, so I guessed Toronto. If you know this city or these nerds, email me and I’ll fix it. (Update: Someone said Chicago with absolutely no proof, but I’m not that concerned, so Chicago it is.) Second — wherever the hell they’re located, this is a very well-done video of Mario warping to the real world. Definitely worth watching. Third — if you saw a real man wearing a full-body tanooki suit walking down the street, particularly a man with a massive mustache, would that be the most terrifying thing you’ve ever seen, or the awesomest? Discuss. (Via Geekologie)
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.