John Sears | April 13, 2011
Our coverage of Harcos Labs (as seen here, here and here) seems to have struck a nerve, as they’ve resorted to the last refuge of all cruel tyrants, the brutal oppression of innocent civilians: In response to @Zombie_Rights boycotting of @harcoslabs, Harcos is boycotting zombie rights. #itssadwhen intolerance leads to intolerance. (Harcos Labs) @harcoslabs How, [...]
John Sears | April 13, 2011
Yes, Dead Rising 2 is getting another expansion pack. Wheee: Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, sees Wilamette survivor and hero of Dead Rising®, photojournalist Frank West, take centre stage as players experience a very different interpretation of events in this, a reimagining of the Fortune City outbreak. Forget what took place in Dead Rising® [...]
John Sears | April 13, 2011
..is in cheap and exploitative fiction. Case in point from yesterday: Is there a zombie on your lawn? Are you out of happy plants to fight them? No worries, mere citizen! Champions Online’s cadre of super-wonders is rushing to protect your home and brains from unwanted undead intrusion! Cryptic announced that it is bringing back [...]
John Sears | April 13, 2011
Here at the ZRC we’ve reported quite a few times on the hysterical Zombie-bashing that results when journalists learn about Toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disorder whose precise effects are as yet unknown, but which may subtly and slightly alter behavior. Cracked put out a book flogging the disease in connection with a ‘Zombie Apocalypse’. Pop-science ‘journalists’ [...]
John Sears | April 13, 2011
We had a great time at last year’s event so you know the ZRC will be there this time: It’s that time again, zombies! We are having another zombie march on June 11 from 3-6pm. The rules are very simple: dress and be made up as a zombie and just shamble and act like one. [...]
John Sears | April 13, 2011
Poking around the Youtubes, I found a longer length video that shows a good deal of the Lovable Zombie art and story, and also gives you a pretty solid feel for the basic gameplay: Basically, it’s a stylus-oriented game, where you draw lines and shapes and tap the screen to direct the motion of your [...]
John Sears | April 13, 2011
BuyZombie caught our attention with some video and box art for the Japanese release of Lovable Zombie/I Love Zombies: So this is an odd little zombie game that has hit Japan (though no news on a state side port/translation.) The concept of this one is to not actually hunt down zombies as most games do [...]
John Sears | April 12, 2011
I have to preface this by stating that, much as is the case in the Living Community, within the Zombie Community there are a variety of opinions on all sorts of topics. Therefore the ZRC may not always agree with strong and articulate voices from our Undead fellow travelers, but we feel it incumbent upon [...]
John Sears | April 12, 2011
What a remarkably distasteful development: New images have emerged for the upcoming new Resident Evil title in the long running zombie franchise from Capcom. The new screenshots showcase a few new characters as well as an unlikely ability: using zombies as shields. Resident Evil Raccoon City is a squad-based shooter, which I believe is a [...]
John Sears | April 12, 2011
Apparently it’s not just ‘World War Z’ that has trouble getting made these days: It had been reported that director Timur Bekmambetov (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) purchased the rights to a film about a girl who transforms into a zombie over the course of six agonizing months, but it appears that movie is back on [...]