Question: Is it possible to write a review of a film you saw in a language you don’t speak? What if it was a film so simply and obviously plotted that you felt sure you could guess 95% of what was going on without understanding the dialogue? The film that occasions these confounding queries for me is the 2006Continue reading “Movie (Review?): Zonbi Jieitai”
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Zombie Haikus
A few weeks ago, Ryan Mecum, author of Zombie Haiku, asked if I would contribute a poem for his book’s website. I instantly agreed. Today, I see that he has posted it, along with zombie haikus from cool people like Billy Collins and Doug Benson. You can check out our zombie haikus here.
Uprising
Christopher Newman asked me to review his e-book Uprising, so here goes: Uprising imagines a world (much like that of Fido) in which zombies have been rendered harmless by science and put to work for man. Of course (a la Jurrassic Park/Westworld ), things don’t work out. From the opening scene of enslaved zombies rebellingContinue reading “Uprising”
The Walking Dead
For the past two weeks, I’ve been down with a nasty throat infection. During this time, I have read issues 1-48 (collected in 8 volumes) of Robert Kirkman’s comic The Walking Dead. The comics tell the story of a small town police officer named Rick Grimes who awakens from a coma in an abandoned hospitalContinue reading “The Walking Dead”
Have you ever played ZOMBIEGRINDER?
ZOMBIEGRINDER 60000 is an online flash game where you play a fat guy in suspenders who is armed with a shotgun and must shoot zombies and jump over obstacles. The game moves fast, and it’s harder than you think it will be. The goal is to stay alive as many seconds as you can. ZOMBIEGRINDER has beenContinue reading “Have you ever played ZOMBIEGRINDER?”