John Sears | December 15, 2010
Have you ever stopped to think about the *politics* of Zombies? We all know about the ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ scenario, as presented by Mr. Romero, Mr. Russo and so forth. Max Brooks has made a good living positing strategies for surviving such a grim and contrived situation, and even now his fictional triumph of the Living [...]
John Sears | December 14, 2010
Well, I got some work done on the Zombie Snowman today, at any rate. A few notes: 1) Corn syrup plus food coloring and a bit of water *does* make a paint-like substance you can use on packed snow, but the snow itself is too fragile to apply much pressure. On the other hand it [...]
John Sears | December 13, 2010
I’ve hesitated to put up a full review of this game for some time, having purchased it weeks ago, because.. Well, I haven’t put a ton of time into playing it, to be blunt. This isn’t an issue of being rushed though, or even of ordinary laziness. It’s just.. The game just isn’t fun. At [...]
John Sears | December 13, 2010
I was reluctant to read this summary of the history of Zombies in American pop culture, especially since it’s from AMC (purveyors of the despicable Walking Dead grand guignol spectacle), but, shockingly, unlike NPR and the NYT, AMC actually seems to have people who know what they’re doing working the Zombie history beat, and it’s [...]
John Sears | December 12, 2010
I’ve been debating the nomenclature of this one this afternoon. Is it a Zombie Snowman, or a Snow Zombie? I’m tending toward Zombie Snowman, Snow Zombie sounds like it’s an actual Zombie somehow made of snow, whereas Zombie Snowman makes Zombie the modifier on ‘Snowman’. I probably overthink these things. However, I had time to [...]
John Sears | December 12, 2010
The ZRC compound, located here in lovely Madison, is currently buried in snow. You know what this means: Zombie Snowman time is here at last! Pictures will be forthcoming as the project progresses.
John Sears | December 11, 2010
It’s to be expected, though not of course approved of, that The Walking Dead’s enormous commercial success will cause a certain amount of navel-gazing and faux-introspection on the part of the Mainstream Media, attempting to explain its own staggering financial haul even as their various media platforms fade into increasing obsolescence in the post-modern era. [...]
John Sears | December 9, 2010
I think it’s time for something a little different around here, so we’re reaching into the backlog and grabbing out a gem of a movie to review that, well, strictly speaking it doesn’t feature Zombies. I know, I know, but bear with me; it does tell a very interesting story about an individual who is [...]
John Sears | December 9, 2010
I really don’t know what to say about this one, at all: Now you can practice your zombie killing and get rewarded at the same time with this zombie pinata. Available on Etsy from Tom Dead Stuff the pinata’s are paper mache and sell for $40 plus shipping/handling. Yes, you can indeed do that – [...]
John Sears | December 9, 2010
I know this is starting to resemble beating a dead horse (which would be cruel, and if the horse was Zombified, actively against our mandate) but could we please, PLEASE stop using the word ‘Zombie’ to signify anything with which a writer actively disagrees and wishes would disappear? Examples abound: Academics have also begun to [...]