Weapon Madness – Round Two – Ranged Weapon Contest: 9mm Pistol vs Throwing Knives
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March 10th, 2010
The last matchup was a very close one, going all the way down to the wire. With all the votes counted, the shovel moves to the next round. The katana is retired for another day.
Not surprising, it was the dual use of the shovel that ultimately won the day.
My choice would have been the shovel. As much as I like the idea of swinging a razor sharp sword at my undead enemies, I would inevitable cut my own head off. Hell, I can terrorize myself with a carrot peeler, nevermind such a finely honed weapon. My wife has been trained to use a katana, so her choice was an easy one. She did mention that by holding the mere act of holding one made her feel like a warrior, so even had she not been trained, she still would have selected it.
Things are getting interesting with our little anecdote about the end of society. I’ve been enjoying the various different responses as I have appreciated how people have approached this little imaginative exercise with their real abilities in mind. The difference between a Hollywood zombie killer and a real one is the actual act in killing. Sure, the zombie is already dead, but the person before the pulled trigger could turn out very different from the person after the pulled trigger. Granted, in time, we all adapt. The real question is … could you look at yourself in the mirror after the fact?
For those of you who just happen to love guns (and maybe own a couple) and feel the need to hone your skills before the upcoming zombie apocalypse, you might want to check out this out. In short, some enterprising company is cashing in on the current zombie craze and of course, the rise of the infamous nazi zombie. Here’s what we got:
Here’s an interesting sounding game which appears to take all the current fads of the day, and crunch them down into a single iPhone game for the grand old price of ninety nine cents. One of these days, I’ll pick myself up an iPod touch so that I might be able to review them, but for now, we’ll both have to experience them via. proxy.
There’s some great news for all you Mac users out there. Valve just announced that they will be porting Left 4 Dead to the Mac. This, in itself, is not very interesting but the big brains at Valve have incorporated the Mac into their build process, meaning Mac users will now be able to play future Steam games on the same day as the PC release.
There are bloody curdling zombies. There are zombies that will pin you to the wall with fear. There are zombies that will make laugh to your bones. Alas, I do not believe that I have ever seen a zombie so horrific to equal the sight of Ben Stiller dressed as a Na’vi alien from Avatar. I don’t know why it bothers me so much to see all the different pictures of him, but the sooner it fades into the fog of lost memories, the happier I will be.
It’s been a long time coming, but at last, I can finally see the end of the road. With only one chapter left and thirty or so pages left to write, it appears that the production of the first book is coming to an end. It’s a strange elation of sorts. I’m happy to be reaching the end point, but I also realize that the real work is about to begin. The revision process. The lovely painful revision process which feels as pleasant as running coarse sandpaper across the skin. I’m not a fan of it, but in my years knocking out pages, I’ve come to learn the old adage that writing is really just rewriting. No one gets it right the first time out.
On a lazy Saturday with a bright blue sky, Alex Hoban decided to spend his day crawling through the derelict remains of an abandoned Japanese theme park, and my oh my, are his pictures cool. There’s something fascinating about seeing our monuments and treasures in ruin that keep me coming back. I don’t know what it is. This feeling is double downed when theme parks come to mind.
At long last we have finally made it to the second round. There have been plenty of interesting matchups as well as some matchups that have been lacking. These matchups resulted from the randomness of the bracket and the uniqueness of the weapons. This made for some interesting discussions as well as lots of “what you talking about Willis?” moments, but on the whole, I thought it went great.
If you are looking to take an expresso shot of zombie news and movie reviews, you’d do no better than head over to Mail Order Zombie. Hosted by BrotherD and his wife Bren (best podcast voice out there), they cover all the zombie news of the day before diving deep into movie reviews. In short, if something is not quite alive but not quite dead and is shambling around looking for a cup of warm flesh, Mail Order Zombie will have it classified, reviewed, and displayed for your shotgunning pleasure. These are great productions.
If you happen to live near eastern Pennsylvania and feel like meeting a multiple Bram Stoker winner, zombie writer, and International Hall of Fame inductee for excellence in Shinowara-ryu Jujutsu, then swing on over to The Doylestown Bookshop where Jonathan Mayberry is releasing his latest book, The Dragon Factory. Hot on the heels of The Wolfman’s novelization, Jonathan looks to be a very busy writer. 
If you were a fan of the breakout novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith, you should be happy to know that this week marks a new release for the author. That being, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Unlike his past work which was the literary equivalent of the movie Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, this work is entirely original.
We’ve come to it at last. The final matchup of the first round. I must say, it has been an interesting ride and thankfully, most of the easy matchups are now behind us. With the conclusion of the first round, we start getting into the meat of things. And while some of the initial matchups brought a healthy dose of eye rolling, I do appreciate the good college effort people brought to seemingly ridiculous contests.
As we grow ever so close to the release date of Romero’s next Dead film, more and more information is being released about the production. Granted, a lot of hardcore Romero fans have already managed to catch the film in the festival circuit, but for those of us out there who haven’t seen the film, each of these nuggets is certainly a tasty treat.