The Walking Dead: Slabtown (5×04) Synopsis: An entire episode focusing on Beth and a creepy hospital full of (potential) rapists. Rating: ★★☆☆☆ This Beth-centric episode serves as something of a pause to the forward momentum of the season. There wasn’t a good conveyance of time, but it has to have been a […]
The Walking Dead: Four Walls and a Roof Recap
The Walking Dead: Four Walls and a Roof (5×03) Synopsis: Bob returns to the church and Rick’s group clashes with the Hunters. Rating: ★★★☆☆ I’m still not sure how I feel about this episode. Nothing surprising happened, but it did move along the plot to get Eugene to Washington DC and we […]
The Walking Dead: Strangers Recap
The Walking Dead: Strangers (5×02) Synopsis: The group meets someone new and suspicious, as well as a new threat that is more dangerous than any walker they might come across. Rating: ★★★★☆ After the big reunion and action from the season premiere, we’re treated to a slower episode and the gang’s all […]
NYCC 2014: Z Nation Interviews!
Here’s the thing about the zombie apocalypse, made even clearer to me after watching the brutal season five opener of The Walking Dead, sometimes – sometimes – I just want to be on the winning side, you know? And I think Z Nation has us meatsuits firmly, satisfyingly entrenched on […]
Nerdophiles Catch Up With…. The Walking Dead
[youtube=http://youtu.be/j4GAs9TJVjM] Season 5 of The Walking Dead premieres this Sunday, October 12, at 9 p.m. on AMC, when we’ll finally be getting a better picture of Terminus and what is happening to the whole gang. Since the season finale in March, we’ve seen Danai Gurira at Awesome Con and reviewed The Walking […]
Z Nation: Sy-Fy’s Interpretation of the Zombie Apocalypse
The Walking Dead is the zombie television show litmus test, but it’s Extra Super Serious and it doesn’t want you to ever forget: Sy-Fy and Z Nation, on the other hand, would like you to put a little bit of kick-ass back into your apocalypse plans. Set three years after the start […]
Play This: Silent Hills’ Playable Teaser; It’s Petifrying and We’re Guessing the Game Will Be Too
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yyRdk9G39o] I didn’t play the playable teaser. Let’s get that straight. We all know I’m a coward when it comes to horror games. I love them to death, but they also scare me to death. I talk a big game but when I’m holding the controller or the mouse that pause […]
Danai Gurira Talks Plays, Charity, and The Walking Dead at Awesome Con
The largest panel room at Awesome Con was packed for Danai Gurira’s Q&A session on Saturday, which started out with a few things I didn’t even know about the actress – and a lot of jokes about how we weren’t there to hear about any of them except The Walking […]
Review: The Walking Dead Survival Kit
Are you and your family prepared for an emergency situation? If an earthquake strikes and takes out power, do you have what you’ll need to ride it out until emergency services can get to you? What if the government is overthrown and you’re forced to go on the run? Do […]
Upcoming Awesome Con Highlights
After putting on a successful convention for the Maryland/Virginia/DC area in 2013, Awesome Con turned to Kickstarter to make 2014 an even greater success. The campaign was fully funded in July of 2013 and, looking at this year’s activities, it’s obvious that the people behind Awesome Con have worked hard to […]