I’ll admit to killing quite a bit of time today digging through the pages of well-known internet time devouring site TV Tropes, in particular their lists of pop-cultural items relating to Zombies and the Undead.

Think of it as crowd-sourcing, if you like; let the internet bring the Zeitgeist here to the ZRC.

Of course, in the interests of full disclosure I have to note that the ZRC is listed, briefly, on the ‘Zombie Advocate‘ page’.

What’s the status of Zombies in internet pop culture? Well, mostly, not good, but that’s to be expected. Extensive writeups on Romero vs. Russo zombie ‘rules’, talk of cannibalism and gory hyperbole, low on sympathy to say the least. Even much of the Zombie Advocate page deals with the hype over Dead Rising 2′s Faux-Zombie Rights Activist campaign, complete with extremely-minor party candidates in the UK.

I had decided not to pursue Dead Rising 2 after the monumentally disappointing demo, which was agonizing just as a videogamer and not even as an activist, but from reading those details I might have to take a peek when it hits the bargain bin.

On the whole, we have a lot of work to do. More on that soon, with our nominees for Zombie of the Year 2010!

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