Sure, you might think that your Christmas Eve is pretty hellish, but does it have an undead Santa? These pages from the Army of DarknessChristmas Special will make your day seem much less stressful.
Sure, it may look like another Deadite invasion for poor Ash Williams, but this sadistic Santa is the start of something else altogether… and for anyone who’s been looking for an antidote to A Christmas Carol, this may be something you’d happily see under the tree tomorrow morning.
The Army of Darkness: Ash’s ChristmasHorror oneshot is released today, for those who like their Christmases to be more blight than white.
Holy fucking shit. So luckily, Nerd City North H.Q. recently scored a copy of Valve’sLeft 4 Dead, and it rules. As mentioned in detail in Nerd Cityepisode 21, I am not a particularly big fan of horror movies, mainly cause I’m chicken shit. But I’ve always had a special place in my heart for zombies, and for zombie-themed horror survival games (see Resident Evil). With the recent development of running to the genre (28 Days Later, The Dawn of the Dead remake), the idea of mindless hordes of brain-thirsty monsters has taken an even scarier tone of late. Left 4 Dead perfectly captures this sense of impending doom, as players are forced to face a variety of the speedy, hungry undead.
The game’s design, like Valve’s previous masterpiece, Half Life 2, is top-notch, and the lighting, music, and environmental constructs contribute to a zombie experience like no other I’ve ever encountered: film, video game or otherwise. The A.I., both for survivors and the infected, is exceptionally well-executed and both sides look, act, and move exactly as they should. There really is nothing like standing back-to-back-to-back with your three comrades-in-arms (hence the 4 in the title) as dozens of zombies run, jump, and climb towards you, intent on eating your brains.
Specific breeds of the undead, including long-pouncing Hunters, the nigh-indestructible Tanks, and the zombie-attracting-bile-spewing Boomers, plus the reasonably simple controls and ability to manipulate your surroundings for maximum destruction, give the game a unique identity amongst two increasingly over-crowded genres (zombie-related works and the first person shooter). I literally could go on for hours about how awesome this game is (and I will), but it’s probably best you just check it out yourself. This is, without a doubt, my pick for game of the year.
World War Z, Max Brooks’ fictitious epic oral history of how and when the zombie pandemic happened, is being made into a film as you may have already known, and they’ve found their director in Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace, Monster’s Ball, Stranger Than Fiction). Even better is the screenwriter, J. Michael Straczynski, who has written episodes of He-Man and Masters of the Universe and The Real Ghostbusters, not to mention numerous comic books including The Amazing Spiderman and Fantastic Four. Brooks himself is known for his prior work, the cult hit The Zombie SurvivalGuide. What I’m trying to say is that this movie has the potential to kick major ass and make zombiephiles cream their jeans. The only thing that has a chance at surpassing it in overall zombie greatness is Zack Snyder’s next project, Army of the Dead. Read about it here. All this zombie talk is making me giddy.
Super 7 is offering, for the Halloween season, these three orange and black variants of their Snakes of Infinity fight figures. Squirm, Stomp, and that superbadass, Cobra Commander-looking, Zag Zombie figure are now available for sale in all of their Halloweeny glory.
Super 7 has unveiled their new Zombie figure. This “C.O.B.R.A” variant is based upon the look of Cobra Commander from GI Joe (Obviously!). They will be offering him as a SDCC exclusive. Check out the details of all of their SDCC exclusives here. Yes, I want.
