Robert Brockway
Robert Brockway is a former senior editor and columnist for Cracked.com. He is the author of the post-apocalyptic horror epic Carrier Wave, the cyberpunk novel Rx: A Tale of Electronegativity, the comedic non-fiction essay collection Everything is Going to Kill Everybody, and The Vicious Circuit, a punk rock urban fantasy series from Tor Books. He lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife Meagan and their three dogs, Detective Martin Riggs, Detective Roger Murtaugh, and Penny (she did not make the force). Find more information about his work on his own site, http://www.robertbrockway.net.
6 Amazing Indie Video Games That Kickstarter Made Possible
We all have that amazing game in our heads that someday, somehow, some nebulous body should build and make like, a billion dollars from it. Well, I found nearly every single one of my longshot dream games are already being made, thanks to Kickstarter.
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The Michael Bay Reboot of Ninja Turtles: Explained
A look behind the scenes of the creative process that gave us the most irresponsible reboot currently in production ...
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5 Reasons 'The Walking Dead' Has to Get Better
This should go without saying, but I'll say it anyway: I'm going to spoil everything in every sense of the term, for everybody. I'm going to spoil the TV show, I'm going to spoil the books and I'm probably going to spoil your overall sunny outlook on life.
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Choose Your Drug-Fueled Misadventure: The Spy Who Huffed Me
Choose wisely. (Not like it matters.)
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The 5 Things That Separate Troubled Geniuses from Jerkwads
Perhaps the most important question that shows like Sherlock, House, and Luther raise is this: What's the difference between being a troubled, misunderstood soul, and just being an asshole?
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5 Terrifyingly Advanced Ways Animals Know How to Kill
Whether you know it or not, humanity is fighting a war right now. While you're over there on the other side of this screen, microwaving tea and knitting tiny sweaters, that bitch is out there building biological superweapons 24/7.
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5 Attention Deficit Drugs Reviewed (by Taking Them)
Now that they've stopped checking my column for libel before it goes live, let's do another installment of the drug review! Quickly, before they come back!
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5 Creepy Ways They're Replacing Humans with Robots
Brockway is on to you, robots.
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4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You
I learned a few things while writing science fiction that I never realized while reading it -- some of which will ruin your favorite properties forever
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4 Ways to Enjoy Nature According to Insane Old Magazines
Isn't the majesty of nature's bounty inspiring? It is. It suuure is. Almost a little too much so, wouldn't you say? It's like she's trying to show us up.
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How Hollywood Decided to Reboot Classic Children's Tales
An origin story for the new craze in gritty reboots.
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5 Things You Can Learn about India from Their Action Movies
Sure, it's an impenetrably dense network comprised of a billion people and untold thousands of heterogeneous subcultures, but I figure we can probably get the gist of it from this fucked-up musical about killer robots.
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6 Reasons Modern Gaming Doesn't Suck: An Anti-Rant
We have all of these amazing, fantastic, borderline magical creations in our hands that, in many ways, dwarf all the wildest predictions of yesteryear -- and we've got the balls to stand around and bitch that they're taking too long to load. So I thought we could all stop the hate-coaster for a moment, and take a minute to reflect on what modern ga
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5 Dating Sites for Terrible People to Find Terrible Love
If I can't find love slapping around somewhere in one of these virtual cesspools, well, then it's probably everyone's fault but mine, just like literally everything else.
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5 Reasons New Year's Ruins Everything Great About Drinking
New Year's Eve is, quite simply, a bad and broken drinking holiday.
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The Most Insanely Violent Cartoon Ever (Is About the Bible)
I celebrate Christmas each year despite being non-religious. This mostly involves watching Die Hard on repeat and drinking copious amounts of Whiskeynog. This year, though, I'm actually going to study up on Christianity, using the most effective and distinguished tools I know: late night cartoons on TBN.
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The 6 Most WTF Protesters Ever Photographed
Reason, logic, and empathy are all equally excellent tools of opposition, if employed correctly. But hey, if all that shit fails, you can always try complete and utter madness. Looks like it's working out great for these guys:
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The 7 Most Hilariously Badass Magazine Covers Ever
Stag Magazines were outlets for the frustrated masculinity of men returning from wartime only to find that their new foes were squeaky hinges and their most thrilling conquest was crabgrass. They needed excitement so badly that they didn't care if it was vicarious or insane. And thus entered the Stag mags: Their modus operandi was to commission an
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4 Stunning Revelations An Idiot Has About Running
Running, jogging, exercising or indeed, physical movement in general were all things that I had absolutely no interest in. The only way I was running anywhere was if there was a lion behind me and an ice cream truck in front of me.
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