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The DIY Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse – RELEASED!
UPDATE: We’re proud to announce that The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse has been released – appropriately, on Friday the 13th of August! It’s currently available through Amazon.com and, as we mentioned in the original review (included below), it’s a barrel of laughs with quite a bit of well-thought, off-the-beaten-track zombie survival that you won’t find anywhere else. [...]
Red, White and Dead Zombie Walk is Coming!
There’s nothing quite like a zombie walk. Hundreds and hundreds of people, dressed and made-up like the undead, wandering around, moaning “Brains!” If you’ve never tried it, that probably doesn’t sound like a lot of fun, but once you’ve experienced your first zombie walk, you’ll never be the same again. That’s why we’re totally stoked to let you guys know [...]
PDX Zombie Prom – 80′s Zombies Invade Portland
Portland, Oregon is a pretty cool place to be a zombie. We just got an email from Heather Erickson, a serious zombiephile hailing from the Pacific Northwest alerting us to their upcoming annual PDX Zombie Prom being held on May 15th. The event, which first started back in 2007 when Heather, who goes by the nom-de-zom “Bella Boo.” From their [...]
Lost Zombies – A User-Driven Zombie Documentary
We got a heads-up from our friends over at Lost Zombies, who have famously created the world’s largest zombie-oriented social network, that they’re forging into an entirely new and exciting new realm of zombie-fandom – they’re creating the world’s first community-generated zombie documentary. The concept is simple and straightforward, and pretty freakin’ awesome. Basically, Lost Zombies users around the world [...]
Zombie Preparation for the UK
Show me a zombie fan, and I’ll show you someone who has read The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. Anyone who has read the ZSG can tell you how detailed and thorough it is – Max obviously did some serious research before he wrote it. Or did he? Sure, the book has a zombie timeline in the back, which [...]
Zombies + Robots = Zombotica Party
Love Zombies? NO? Well, love robots, then? Yeah, I thought so. Portland, Oregon radio station PDX.FM has you covered. The people who brought you Baconfest are bringing you the zombie party of the year – Zombotica. From their website: It won’t be the end of the world — it’ll be better. Be prepared for: live music contests sock ‘em boxing [...]
Coming Soon: Devil’s Crossing (a Zombie Western!)
Guys just wanted to let you know about an up-and-coming zombie western flick. Should be out around April. Devil’s Crossing will eat you alive. Blood, guts, explosions and that’s before the zombies even arrive. What happens when the devil raises hell in a town already soaked to the brim in evil? Try fighting flesh-eating zombies with a puny six-shooter – [...]
Left 4 Dead 2 BANNED In Australia?!! – UPDATED
It’s a sad day for our Australian zombiephiles.
The Australian gaming commission has declined to give Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 a rating after it was reviewed this month, effectively banning the zombie game in a country that requires that all video games have a rating.
World War Z Movie Details Firming Up
When we first heard that Max Brook’s World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War would be made into a movie, we could hardly wait. Now that more details about the World War Z movie are shaping up, this Zombiephile is having trouble staying in his seat. Here’s the info on the World War Z movie as it [...]
