'Age of Zombies' Adds Zombie George Washington

Halfbrick Studios' Age of Zombies [$0.99] is a preeetttyyy old game by iOS standards, launching way back in October of 2010, but it's actually even older than that as it was originally a PlayStation Mini title released earlier that year in February. Mobile games don't tend to have a long lifespan, so it was kind of incredible that Halfbrick up and decided to update Age of Zombies earlier this month with actual new content in the form of a rideable zombie T-Rex and MFi controller support. Not bad for a 4+ year old game. Well, Halfbrick apparently wasn't done, because there's yet another Age of Zombies update that popped up today, which adds even more new content than the last update did.

Today's update includes a brand new chapter in the game's campaign that sees you channeling the power of Abraham Lincoln and going after a zombie George Washington. Yes, the evil Professor Brains has manipulated time once again and zombified our nation's first president. Given the inclusion of both Lincoln and Washington this update is appropriately dubbed: PRESIDENT EVIL. I never tire of Halfbrick's pu

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Zombies, Livestream, Shazaam on Google Glass

With Google Glass still being in its Explorer phase, there hasn't been a whole lot of diversity as far as its app (or "Glassware") selection is concerned. But to kick off I/O, Google has just announced a whole slew of new apps you can slap onto your face computer. 

The most notable (and mildly disconcerting) addition is Livestream, which will let you broadcast exactly what you're seeing, as you're seeing it. 

While you could already broadcast the world around you via Hangouts, anyone, whether or not they're a Google user, can tune into your face feed at their leisure. 

 

There are also several fitness apps thrown into the mix, with Zombies, Run! leading the way in fun factor.

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Quacking Dead, Zombies at Canal Park

It was Day of the Quacking Dead at Canal Park on Tuesday, an Akron Rubber­Ducks promotion that attempted to turn fans and employees into zombies for the team’s scheduled game against the Erie SeaWolves.

Inda Blatch Geib, a local costume and set designer who works internationally with theaters, filmmakers and magazines, staffed a booth near the Main Street entrance, offering to apply a little gore to any would-be walkers.

“We’re hoping to get 200 people turned tonight,” she said.

Organizers couldn’t reach that goal, however. The scary-looking weather forecast prompted the Rubber­Ducks to postpone Tuesday’s game. It will be made up July 19.

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Zombies Head to Wellsville

WELLSVILLE- An overcast, dreary morning provided a fittingly eerie backdrop for the inaugural Zombie Run 5K Saturday in Wellsville. Rainy weather did not discourage runners and walkers of the "undead" and living variety from turning out in numbers to support a good cause.

The run was organized by the aptly-named non-profit group Wellsville Back From the Dead (BFTD), with all proceeds and donations from the event going to the Wounded Warrior Project. The newly-formed group hopes to bring interest and people back to the village with unique events like the Zombie Run. They appeared to have accomplished that goal Saturday, attracting about 115 runners and walkers from all over the tri-state area and as far away as Florida.

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Transition from Zombies to Demons

If Robert Kirkman's zombies haven't given people enough nightmares, his demons sure will.
The writer and creator of The Walking Dead comic book — and executive producer of the hit AMC TV show — switches horror tropes in his new Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment series Outcast, with a first issue out Wednesday. The comic, illustrated by Paul Azaceta, is the story of Kyle Barnes, a guy who's been plagued with demonic possession his entire life and is finally ready to do something about it.

And like Kirkman's zombie epic, Outcast is coming to the small screen, too — it's currently being developed as a series by Showtime, with news forthcoming on whether a pilot is being greenlit.

For Kirkman, The Walking Dead has always been more of a survival drama, with zombies as a backdrop. Exploring exorcism, though, has a lot more potential for true horror, and he's even scaring himself a little bit.

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Cape Coral Novelist Writes on Zombies

Shana Festa used to be scared of zombies. Not just scared: Terrified.

That might surprise readers of Festa’s zombie-fiction website, The Bookie Monster, or her gory new zombie novel, “Time of Death: Induction.”

But it’s true, she says.

Festa couldn’t sleep at night after watching the 2004 remake of the zombie movie “Dawn of the Dead.” The movie unsettled her deeply, and she imagined the undead were everywhere, just waiting to tear her flesh with their rotten teeth.

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'Dead Rising' Zombie Game Goes to Movie

The looks like the zombie genre really is showing no signs of ever dying, especially with The Walking Dead still bringing in nation-state-population-sized viewing figures each week, Legendary Pictures has decided to jump on the bandwagon with a big screen adaptation of the zombie smashing video-game, Dead Rising.

According to ComicBookMovie.com, Tim Carter is down to write the script while Transformers' Lorenzo di Bonaventura is executive producing. Carter and Thomas Harlan, whose production company also delivered Mortal Kombat: Legacy, will also produce. Here's what the duo said in a statement:

We are excited to be working with Legendary and Lorenzo, who have both created immersive properties for fans around the world. As avid players of the game, we're extremely thrilled to take the popular franchise that millions have embraced and give them the opportunity to experience it on a new platform.

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