Happy New Year. Just because we survived the 2012 zompocalypse doesn’t mean we should let our guard down. Thankfully, some Neuroscientists from Carnegie Mellon have given us detailed insight into the anatomy of the zombie mind. Two neuroscientists have analyzed the behavior of the walking dead to reveal the inner workings of their minds and defined […]
Is The Walking Dead not enough zombie TV for you? THen you’re in luck! BBC Three is producing a new zombie series called “In The Flesh”. The series seems to be centered around a young man who is a recovering post-cadaver, trying to readjust with the living. From an Interview with the writer, Dominic Mitchell: […]
The threat of a zombie apocalypse in 2012 may be over, but that doesn’t mean we should let our guard down. We must remain as vigilant as ever in preventing zombie hordes from stalking the Earth. Lately it appears, those zombies will be self induced. If bath salts weren’t enough of a worry, be on […]
By now there are fewer than 60 days remaining for this mortal coil. This may very well be our last Halloween celebration ever that isn’t full of the walking dead. Beyond 2012, it’s all a muddy gray mess of zombies, apocalypses, survival and sadness. What better way to celebrate the end of the world than with a zombie […]
You may be worried about the apocalypse. If you’re a regular at this site, you’re probably quite familiar with it. On a deep personal level, you may even be scared about it, but dissuade yourself often that such a thing could never happen. Chalk that up to being human and being optimistic. When the apocalypse […]
Is your gas mask ready? Are you susceptible to loud noises or outgorwing your food supply? You may end up like one of millions of animals falling from the sky, dropping dead or washing ashore. It’s strange that it seems to affect just one species — blackbirds, drumfish — but it’s not extremely rare. About […]
Parasites, virii, bacteria, evil alien brain worms. These things can all potentially live inside you and destroy you from the inside out. I’ve written about Toxoplasma before. It’s a parasite that decreases fear in rats, causing them to be eaten by cats. Pregnant women must avoid cats and undercooked meat, as Toxoplasmosis can cause sexual […]
Last year, they came for beer. This year is no different. Watch out Andersonville, next weekend is going to be full of beer/brain hungry undead ghouls on the prowl. The Chicago Zombie Pub Crawl is produced by by improv group pH Productions. Almost 400 zombies attended the first crawl, wandering the streets of Andersonville into […]
Chicago is always full of people walking around half dead, shouting, and attacking each other. And I’m not just talking about the zombies, this time I’m referring to the Irish. St Patrick’s day weekend is always a good time in the windy city, and expect it to be particularly interesting March 14th, when hordes of […]
Aim and survive. Be prepared. You’ve been warned. If you found yourself trapped in a gymnasium with hordes of brain hungry zombies coming from every door and window, what would you do? Fight? Flee? Scream? You’d probably die, because you haven’t seen the second hand tacitcal simulation that is being demonstrated here in Chicago. A […]
