John Sears | February 9, 2011
There are days here at the ZRC where I feel like I’m trapped in a time loop watching subtle variations of the same basic scenario play out over and over again until, hopefully, I can determine the proper course of action and find the Zombie Friendly solution to win my freedom. Like Groundhog Day, but [...]
John Sears | February 9, 2011
This 5 Second Film entitled ‘Brains!!!’ probably sets a new record for shortest film about Zombies (taking it from Rise of the Living Corpse with like 35 seconds to spare). But is it Zombie Friendly? Well… no, not as such. It puts a humorous spin on the concept of Zombies demanding ‘Braaaains’; here they’re less [...]
John Sears | February 9, 2011
Jenny the ZRC Art and Technical Director has a way of finding internet oddities, and so she pointed me to this website hosting one very old (and very, very Stupid) comic from Captain America’s days as a World War II propagandist/Timely Comics superhero. In this story, ‘The Case of the Hollow Men’, Cap finds himself [...]
John Sears | February 8, 2011
Just a short post as once again, we find people using the word ‘Zombie’ to describe something they disapprove of being unusually resilient or durable: Is it Halloween already? Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is bringing a discontinued chipset back from the grave, zombie-style. Citing “specific requests from computer makers” after “extensive discussions” on the topic, the [...]
John Sears | February 8, 2011
I try to cut slack for people who earnestly try to parody or critique the flagship titles of Anti-Zombie media, your Night of the Living Deads or, in this case, your Walking Deads, what have you. But still, sometimes a parody continues to advance Anti-Zombie, even Living Supremacist views (think Shaun of the Dead) and [...]
John Sears | February 8, 2011
BuyZombie, one of the ZRC’s most reliable news sources (though we disagree on many topics about Zombies themselves), is hosting a contest where you can win a signed copy of a new Zombie book by Chicago author Scott Kenemore: The always wonderful fellow Chicago based author Scott Kenemore has taken a break from his busy [...]
John Sears | February 8, 2011
In the process of writing the belated birthday greeting the ZRC gave Creepshow maestro and, err, Father of the Modern Anti-Zombie Film George Romero, google yielded an interview from last year with Vanity Fair that I missed, and there’s some fascinating, and disturbing, stuff in there: Eric Spitznagel: To paraphrase Freud, sometimes things have symbolism [...]
John Sears | February 8, 2011
Here’s a little Zombie Friendly event that you can attend with any special person of your particular choice, or just by yourself, in Chicago this weekend: Kitty Zombie has decided to have another Valentines Day Party! The first one was an amazing event, this one is even better! Come dressed in your best, bloody attire! [...]
John Sears | February 7, 2011
Sometimes I’ll admit to a bit of schadenfreude here at the ZRC, when an Anti-Zombie project crashes and burns spectacularly: A car combat and zombie game developed by Wellington firm Sidhe has failed to reach New Zealand stores after its publisher decided it would not be popular enough in Australia. Sidhe developed Blood Drive, for [...]
John Sears | February 7, 2011
Machinima is the practice of using the increasingly powerful and versatile 3D engines used to power modern computer and videogames to produce movies or other film-like works. It was only a matter of time, given the number of such games that feature Anti-Zombie violence, until someone put two and two together and came up with [...]