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Blast from the Past: Bush Versus Zombies
I’m pretty tired tonight, so it’s time for a stroll into the old archives. Here’s an old youtube clip that I remember a couple years back. It’s a pretty clever interview with President Bush whereby a reporter calls him out on his fifty billion dollar defense spending allotment to combat zombies. It’s a pretty funny watch being how everything is put together. It’s so well done you get the sense that this actually happened and that Bush really did decapitate a couple of tourists. Check it out. Bush Vs. Zombies (youtube.com … Read entire article »
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Funereal Home Advertises for The Walking Dead
In what can only be described as “you got to be kidding me”, an English funeral home managed to do two things at once. One side of the building provided assistance and planning for the death of a loved one. The other side promoted a show that gave instruction on what to do when that loved one has returned as a zombie. I’d say that’s one funeral home that has all the bases covered. Evidently, the funeral home was farming out its ad placements through Clear Channel who filled the billboard space with the brainless efficiency of one who hates his job but has nothing better to do. Honestly, I think the home could have really capitalized on the placement by opening a gun shop on the … Read entire article »
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Minecraft – The Last Minecart
Let me just state for the record that Minecraft is pretty damn awesome. It’s an indie computer game developed by a dude in Sweden. There is no way to “win” the game. You start in a strange new world where you build things by day and hide from zombies, skeletons, and spiders by night. The world is massive and you can alter it in any way. It’s a virtually lego set with homicidal monsters included. A fan made this pretty awesome trailer you can view over here that gives you a little perspective of the game. Well, in honor of Minecraft, a group of fans created this pretty kick ass video about a zombie apocalypse. I gotta say, besides the funny inside jokes about … Read entire article »
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Over Entusiastic Zombie Hunter Arrested
Yesterday, I posted a story about a woman who was admired by the police for her zombie hunting creativity. Today, I found another zombie hunter in the news only this time, he scared the crap out them. Zombies are no joke and you can never be too prepared, but this guy went a little overkill. Honestly, I can go a little overkill myself. I actually thought about buying one of those car window breakers in case I accidentally drive into a lake (I’ve already flipped my car going 50mph). And whenever I go into the woods, I carry the equivalent of a hardware store on my back for day trips. But this guy puts me to shame. … Read entire article »
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Kalamazoo County Department of Zombie Removal
Emily Midling isn’t an ordinary woman. She owns a beat up ford explorer and she enjoys zombies movies so on a lark, she decided to detail her car, notifying all passerbys that she is an official member of the Kalamazoo Country Department of Zombie Removal. Now, whether this department survives the next round of budget cuts is yet to be determined, but one thing is for sure, it is pure awesome. The thing I did enjoy about reading this article was the picture. Looking at it from a distance, my first thought was that she is holding a break action double barreled shotgun. It was when I was resizing the photo did I notice she is actually pumping gas. Granted, I’m going on four hours sleep … Read entire article »
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Are you Ready for the Zombie Apocalypse?
Here’s a pretty funny article written by Pablo – founder of the Daily Pygmy. In it, Pablo reports that America is pumped for the upcoming zombie apocalypse. I don’t know about you, but I have the shotgun primed and ready to go. Can you imagine if the news accidentally did announce a zombie apocalypse? Half of our neighbors would probably be gunned down before the error would be corrected. Hell, if it worked for this guy … In any case, the article is well written and pretty funny. I really liked this part here: … Read entire article »
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Japanese Children Versus a Zombie
In what can be described as an awesome way to introduce children to therapy, this bizarre Japanese show puts three unfortunate kids in the position of repelling a zombie attack. Granted, the kids aren’t taking on an entire horde of flesheasters but when you can just barely tie your shoes, one zombie is more than enough for them. The whole gag is tongue and cheek with the children at one point receiving a letter from the zombie saying that he is coming to get them. The show host seems to be having a pretty good time, doing his best to amp up the tension. And yes, for the kids, this is the real deal. There are moments in the clip where children pass through moments of … Read entire article »
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Cracked’s 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail
Here’s the latest zombie write up from the fine people over at Cracked.com about why a zombie apocalypse could not happen. This isn’t a scientific breakdown of biology and viruses or any examination of whether such a state is even possible. Rather, the article examines on how a zombie apocalypse is just not sustainable in the modern world. The article goes on to mention things like heat and cold being a factor. Wild animals make an appearance and of course, people’s love of metal pointy things that go boom. I gotta say, I’m kind of in agreement with the final conclusion. If zombies can be killed with guns, I just can’t see them rising in any serious numbers to overthrow human civilization. While … Read entire article »
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Things I Won’t Miss After the Zombie Apocalypse: Paying for Something
Whenever the idea of a zombie apocalypse is mentioned, we have images of upside down cars, billowing black smoke into a bloody red sky. We behold derelict cities, empty of bodies moving in meaningful directions. We see our world topped on its head, and in seeing that grim depiction, there’s an unspoken sadness of what has been, will never be. Well, it’s not all wailing and teeth gnashing. There are actually some good things that result from an end of days scenario. Like not paying for things. … Read entire article »
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Do Zombies Drink and Drive?
I gotta say, this is the best story I’ve read all week. After finishing it, I laughed like a lunatic. This is one of the stories if someone told you about it, you’d think you were getting a plate full of cow dung. Posted tonight at io9, this is a true story that happened recently involving a carload of zombies on their way to a party. Evidently, the dead don’t drive too well because the car somehow lost control and rolled. Thankfully, none of the people were injured. And yes .. this is where hilarity ensues. From the article: … Read entire article »
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Paul is Undead
There’s certainly something funny about zombies. It can’t be denied. Watching a zombie film on its own without any sound, you might first start laughing before you realize that you were supposed to feel horrified. So, it’s no surprise that zombie movies often devolve into pretty good comedies. That said, I’m not a big fan of zombie comedies. It feels like an easy laugh for me like putting a guy in a dress so when a new zombie comedy surfaces, it’s gotta do a lot to sell me on it. Alas, this project does not. Titled Paul is Undead, this book follows the Beatles as if the band started a zombie apocalypse. I really can’t explain it any further but here’s a little blurb … Read entire article »
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In Soviet Japan … You Eat the Zombies
This article reminds of an old Mystery Science Theater episode where Joel and the bots watched an old episode of Gamera. In it, they sang, “Gamera! Gamera! Gamera is really neat. He is filled with turtle meat”. Well, if you’ve always wanted to take a bite out of a zombie and you were too shy to ask, you might want to head over to Japan and pick yourself up a package of Zombie Jerky. No. I’m not making this up. Don’t take it from me. Take it from the blogger: … Read entire article »
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How to Survive a Zombie Attack: Claw Hammer
John Herman recently wrote to me, promoting an upcoming series a videos aptly titled, “How to Survive the Strange”. I’m guessing this web series is not intended to be a “zombie only” production as the intro of the clip shows a young woman sitting down at dinner with a vacuum cleaner. I’m not sure what that is supposed to mean, but I’m guessing we will learn about this strange dinner in future episodes. That said, this first episode deals with our undead friends, and co-creator Bryan White introduces the clip like it were an episode on how to build your own shed. I liked the zombies in this clip. The seemed to be very eager to take down a young man, sipping his drink in the … Read entire article »
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Zombie Flowchart
For every professional zombie slayer out there who handles a shotgun like he were Jimmi Hendrix at Woodstock, there are at least two dozen Moe, Larry,and Curly’s running amock either getting eaten by zombies or getting in the way of buckshot. Of course, every single person who is reading this site is definitely a professional otherwise, you’d be thumbing through a glamor magazine right now or watching reruns of American Idol. But, when the zombies do start stumbling down the street, I’ll bet you cold hard cash that if you aren’t near a Moe or Larry or Curly, there would probably be a Shemp just beyond your peripheral vision. These people will act as zombie magnets, and they latch onto you the moment you start showing the … Read entire article »
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HvZ: The Game
Today one of my co-workers came over to my desk all very excited about an upcoming zombie game called “H vs Z”. I asked him if he was confused with the live action zombie game that has been taking over campuses, but he was certain that there was a new game called H vs Z coming out for the XBox this year. I was kind of shocked that I hadn’t heard of it so I asked him to send me a link. Well, it turned out to be a Cracked article. Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed telling him Cracked was a gag rag which made his face change into several shades of red. The game itself sounds great. Sure, it may be … Read entire article »
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