In ages long past, the Master taught you the dark secrets of undeath. You could no longer perish, and as long as you had fresh body parts available, neither could your loyal servants–who were coincidentally made somewhat more loyal by the zombificati…
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The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them by Robert Kirkman
In celebration of Free Comic Book Day 2012, which is May 5, I am posting this review. If you have a chance, go to a local comic shop and check out what they have available, free and otherwi…
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NPR has provided the kind of hard hitting and important coverage that you don’t see in other media outlets–zombie ants! Here’s an excerpt from their online article:
In the current edition of the journal PLoS ONE, an
international research team led by David Hughes of Penn State University
reports that they’ve found the fungus that allows an ant colony to
survive infestations by a "zombie-ant
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The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters by Robert Kirkman
ZPAA rating
Mid-teen and up.
Gore level
8 out of 10–Bloody wounds including a zombie bite; cannibalism with cooking (a leg in the fire); human on human violence (knife killing and…
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We hate zombies, but love our hair!
The California Highway Patrol and Office of Traffic Safety is kicking off National Distracted Driving Awareness Month with PSAs featuring zombies. The justification?
A study by Carnegie Mellon University found the act of talking on a
cellphone can reduce more than 35 percent of the brain activity needed
for driving.
"The message is one-third of your brain
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Live (so to speak) zombie fighting/surviving experiences are available in the UK! Zed Events is hosting opportunities for the ultimate experience in grueling horror:
Have you ever wondered if you had what it took to survive in the Zombie apocalypse? Z…
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The Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 13: Beside the Dying Fire
TV Rating
TV-14
ZPAA rating
Late teen and up
Gore level
9.5 out of 10–Um…yeah, there were lots of zombie exterminations with blood, guts, gore, etc., too much to docum…
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Finally, a kids’ animated movie about zombies. Sure zombies are the bad guys, but at least they provide plenty of classic kids comic relief, too. Check out the trailer…
All the elements of a kids film are here:
Child appropriate toilet humor–check.
Bad puns like "this is getting out of hand" as zombie hand comes in–check.
Cute overweight boy sidekick (like the boy scout from Up)–check.
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The Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 10: 18 Miles Out
TV Rating
TV-14
ZPAA rating
Late teen and up
Gore level
7.5 out of 10–burnt corpses; lots and lots of zombie head stabs with related blood an…
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As gory as this game gets!
Zombie Dice is a nicely themed "press your luck" game where you play a zombie trying to eat thirteen brains before any of the other zombie players do.
Each turn the player takes three random dice out of the cup (the potential victims) and rolls them. Rolling a brain means the player gets to keep that particular die and eat their brains. Rolling a shotgun blast has
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Zombie Apocalypse (2011) directed by Nick Lyon
This movie has the standard premise: a group of strangers (ethnically diverse strangers, but make sure to include a blond Caucasian woman) join together to travel in safety (if they can trust each other) …
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Not sure what the caption refers to…
No, alas, it’s not a place for zombies to congregate and have a fun time chowing down on whatever youngsters are accidentally sent to camp by inattentive parents. These camps are all about surviving the coming …
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The Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 9: Triggerfinger
TV Rating
TV-14
ZPAA rating
Late teen and up
Gore level
8.5 out of 10–Zombie forcing his head through a window peals back a lot of his skin and lo…
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How many ways can zombies be turned into commodities? Soon they will serve not so much as fitness instructors but as fitness motivators. See this article on Stride Nation about an obstacle course that includes zombies. Good preparation for the coming z…
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, The Walking Dead TV show is returning to AMC on February 12, 2012. A new trailer is on YouTube. Unfortunately, it’s little more than a teaser, so who knows what will happen next after the big shoot up at the barn?
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Robopocalypse: A Novel by Daniel H. Wilson
A British hacker, a U.S. congresswomen, and a Japanese scientist walk into an apocalypse…Sounds like the beginning of one of those jokes you remember hearing but can’t repeat because it is far too complic…
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We haven’t had a duel/dual review in a while, so why not look at two zombie movies coming in 2012! First up is Juan of the Dead:
When I saw the title of this movie, I thought it was some cheap Shaun of the Dead rip-off. While it doesn…
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Hellboy: House of the Living Dead by Mike Mignola
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
In this follow-up to the "Hellboy in Mexico" comic, the story starts with Hellboy on a bender after allowing a friend to be turned by bad guys. He’s also spending his time as a lucha libre, or Mexican masked wrestler. He winds up at a mad scientist’s house where he enters the ring with Frankenstein’s Monster and at various
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Zombiewood Weekly: The Celebrity Dead Exposedis a parody of glossy entertainment magazines found in grocery store checkout lines across the world. Each page has one to three gag paragraphs on a famous person (including a full color zombie portrait) and…
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Portal 2 by Electronic Arts and Valve
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ for fantasy violence and mild language
You may be asking yourself, "Why is he reviewing Portal 2 on a zombie blog? There’s no zombies in that game, is there? Just a bunch of robots and one human." It’s a valid point, but I think I have a work-around.
At the end of the original Portal game, your character shuts down the devious
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