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Vlogging

So I've taken to Vlogging recently. It's pretty fun. I'm just trying to follow lead of a friend MissShadowLovely.

  Just a small test of vlogging.

  My thoughts on the Most recent batman movie. Dark Knight Rises.

  My collection of zombie films and my thought's on the ones I've seen.
So I'm really enjoying the vlog thing and I hope to make more. Tell me what you think.

The Deadest Warrior: Zombi Vs. Spike

Recently Spike did a special edition of their show the Deadliest Warrior. And obviously I had to take a look at it since it was Vampires Vs. Zombies. So obviously I had to take a look at it and of course I'm backing the true winner of this fight of the undead.

Vampires. 

Wait what?!
Part 1
Part 2 So I guess that's how things turned out. God I hoped I'm the only one who watched this so they won't make another one!

Highschool of the Dead Got Me Down!

As I hammer out the basic details of my review style I am going to look at a few things that have been bothering me. I'll start with “Highschool of the Dead”.

I love Highschool of the Dead. It is a very enjoyable manga with interesting and enjoyable characters with real motivations. The very first issue, one of our main characters, Rei Miyamoto, starts freaking out over a lost loved one and blames our protagonist Takashi Komuro, for killing him once he turned. When she loses it and says that he wanted to kill him so they could be together he basically says "Fuck it and you, I'm leaving stay here and die if you want it so bad. We see right here Takashi ain't taking any shit. This is exactly what I want; he isn't here to babysit you he's in it for survival. All of our characters are there for a bit obvious reason the only problem I have with the series and I mean that it is the only problem. Is the Jiggling.

Yes jiggling breast. I love jiggling breast, I'm a guy let's face it its fun to watch but seriously!

I hate when the jiggle effect is over used. And this series uses it. The reason from what I have learned is that the mangaka is or was a hentai artist, so obviously jiggling is a side effect to this outstanding story. And because of that and it's little use near the beginning makes this story addictive. But since the beginning it has gotten worse and worse, what was the occasional panty shot, ignoring the gigantic racks of "Highschool girl" it is easy to overlook the obvious porn. But with this most recent chapter it is getting harder and harder. There is a scene where our group finds a net launcher. A very obvious tool with, a very obvious use. But one of our characters the nurse, Shizuka Marikawa, asks what it is and her first thought is...

Yeah, that was her very first thought. From this...

Why is all anime/manga turning to porn, excluding One Piece but we all see Nami's tits grow every issue! Seriously there was a time when parents would think that all anime was cartoon porn. And I fought to try and prove that wrong then it changed and just about all anime became porn. Looks at just about any anime now a days. Anything reviewed by “MasakoX” shows a huge increase of porn like images and panty shots galore! I have lost that battle. For this reason I can't watch the Highschool of the Dead anime. I tried but the jiggling is way too much! And the story is left at a random point considering the manga is released pretty irregularly. And with scenes like this

I'm kind of happy. I would have loved to see it go to the end but then the jiggling would kill me. Just scenes destroy the idea of it. Like the trailer showing a bullet go right between both breast and legs of Saeko Busujima.

Also I notice a lot of nip slips in manga more recently. “Sankarea” did it and Highschool of the Dead. Damn it anime stop making it hard to defend you. At least I'm not defending “Komodo No Jikan”.

Survival of the Dead Review/Rant (Thing)

*Note: I really wish I could be clearer but damn it if I am just so disappointed that it’s hard for me to even come up with the words to describe this movie. So much crap.*

This movie is spoiled! Spoilers.

After months of procrastination I have finally come into possession of "Survival of the Dead" And I must say it is the most non-Romero film I have ever seen.

Fuck up of the Dead

I have heard many opinions that "Diary of the Dead" is in fact the worst in the "Dead Series" I am of the opposing opinion. By no means is it the greatest, which in my own opinion goes to "Dawn of the Dead".
Mr. Romero claimed that "Survival of the Dead" was a western and I have to disagree with him. It is not a western it is a retelling of "The Hatfield’s and McCoy’s" renamed to be O’Flynns and Muldoons. Cowboy hats do not a western make.

Gimme Ya'lls brains!

4 National Guard members go AWOL in an attempt to try not to just survive the outbreak but live. They "Escape" to Plum Island with the hopes of a peaceful life only to find themselves right in the middle of 2 feuding families. The two families have different opinions on how to deal with the living dead. The Guard is forced to choose sides to try and survive for another day.

I have to say after a little bit of watching this movie I am seeing a serious lack of motives. The motives of both clans are made very well known at the beginning. Yet half way through we see that the Muldoons have lost sight of their original goal. Shooting all those who don't immediately show signs of their past life, as the Romero films have shown that the zombies do in fact keep a little bit of their formers selves as shown by "Big Daddy" in "Land of the Dead".

Misses his diving suit.

The characters are all shown to be horribly unlikable. All 4 of the guard members have barley any personality Sarge being the only one to show any bit of character growth and even that was weak and obvious. None of the Muldoons of the O’Flynns learn anything or change for the better or worse, except by dying. We see that a character from the beginning of the movie has turned to a zombie and absolutely nothing is mentioned as to why or how. No she's dead...oh and she is O’Flynns daughter. Well off to kill the Muldoons.

A twist that comes later is the fact that there is another sister, not just any sister a twin sister to Jane O’Flynns. Janet O’Flynn. Nothing is told about her, we never see her alive and she is riding a horse the entire time to make it look like she is Jane, who was seen riding the exact same horse earlier. The worst part of this is it comes absolutely out of nowhere, means basically nothing and only really is there to have the ending set up.

Fuck Deus Ex Sister!

Not only are the characters boring and stupid, but absolutely all the former movies are called into question by having the zombies randomly attack animals for food. When the previous films made it clear that the zombies have absolutely no taste for anything other than human.

Zombies don't like Chips.

Quite possible the worst part is when Jane O’Flynn looks at her zombie sister who is staring at her and for absolutely no reason, Jane insists that she remembers her. This leads to the obvious, Jane getting bit. Terrible characters, terribly boring story that makes no sense and the attempted destruction of the former movies.
I have to say this might be the worst of the Dead series. It tries to break the entire mythos set up by all other previous movies. The Only saving grace I can give this movie is the absolute ending. All things leading up to it were pointless but the very end speech and visual is all I can say was good for this one. I love the thought of continuing the Dead series but I have to ask please Mr. Romero, no more. The original trilogy is a masterpiece. Everyone past that is just a step downward until we are already in the grave. I don't want to say it but I think you may have lost touch with the creation, and now it is running amok.

I'm very sad to say that Survival of the Dead is not worth watching. In fact as a zombie fan, don't watch it lest you die a little inside. I feel that this film is a big middle finger to the fans. And I’m sorry I have to say that.

She doesn't know you, she wants to eat you! Stupid fucks.

I feel like this, rammed up the ass of the fans.

Let's Call it a Journal 2-3/3/2011

Not having a job or a life can really suck some times. All I really have to do with, my life is watch TV (Internet TV) and look at porn. Of course the latter is always more fun but still it can become boring. The first year after high school I got tired of sleeping and ever since have been trying to find a job. I was then to but I was much more relaxed about it. I've been tirelessly search now for about another year since my last 1. I worked for a pizza chain let's call it "Mittle Smeasars" and they let me go because they fired just about fucking everyone, yet they are still in business. And now the time has come I've fixed my sights on another job at a bakery/thrift store and I'm going in tomorrow for interviews and applications. Til then I'm preoccupying my time with a shoujo series called "Please Teacher!" which of course makes me miss having a girlfriend.

Pretty girls can be creepy to.

But then of course my love life is terrible. My first girlfriend would punch me in the face, and not just a silly "aww punch" but a serious punch in the face for no reason.

Like that but she came in from the cheek.

All I want in life is a sweet girlfriend who isn't afraid of sex...yes this sounds terrible but all the girls I know hate sex and that is sad. I'm not going to lie and say sex isn't important, I'm a realist and of course it is, but at the same time I want a girl who is strong enough to fight with me against the zombie hordes...like I said a realist.

She will rape you!

Is it so wrong to want a strong woman to stand by your side? Is it so hard to find a "Strong" woman who doesn't look like a lumberjack? I just want a willfully strong girl, who can be really hot or at least a 5...Shut up I know I am a bad person.

Is that a T-Mobile shirt?

Maybe I'll just have to wait for a zombie girl...it could be worse I guess.

Yes she's a zombie.

Who knows I could get lucky.

The Savior Guide #2: Finishing the Transmission(TA new line up and old)

Welcome back to The Savior Guide, this time great news! The first part of the Savior guide was awarded "The Awesome Blog of the Week" from Transmission Awesome, but from there we also learned that we were losing 2 of the co-hosts. Joe “AngryJoe” Vargas and Sean "HopeWithinChaos" Fausz are sadly no longer co-host to the greatest podcast on the Internet. AngryJoe is evidentially too busy with “Blistered Thumbs” and Sean is having health problems so he is no long on the podcast either. I think you all join me in wishing him the best. No matter what is said in these I hold deep respect for everyone I talk about.

Finishing the Transmission

New/Old Co-Hosts
(PawDugan does not count as old)

So with that out of the way I now bring you The Savior Guide part 2, which I will now go over the 2 new hosts and a few older hosts as well. So let's jump right in with the shining star or the (good) smelly flower of the revamped TA PushingUpRoses!

Name: Sarah " PushingUpRoses " Wilson

Gender: Female (look at her tits, with respect)

Body type: Fit, thin, small

Age (approximate): 21-26 (Ladies never tell)

Skills: writing, artist, entertaining, charming, programming

Bio: PushingUpRoses is an LPer, video producer, writer, and artist. She launched her website, PushingUpRoses.com, in the summer of 2009. She started advertising her website on “The Spoony Experiment” forums in hopes of getting more exposure, and later, like many other contributors, starting posting her videos on “YouTube”. Over the year, her work was noticed by the fans of the Spoony Experiment, and several TGWTG contributors, leading up to her gradual promotion to the site.

Show/site: Vinyl Destination, PushingUpRoses.com

(In a zombie situations, unless they are relevant)
Pros: Ability to breed (I knew we'd come to a point where a female would be on the list and I do have to say in a zombie outbreak scenario the ability to further the species is a necessity, but rape ain't cool, even in the end of the world she might not be into you.), her ability as an artist could prove invaluable to survival as well as a means of continued mental wellness, she can be used as bait for marauders, can fit into places other people can't.

Cons: Inability to keep “Paw” from going on a mad gun induced kill frenzy, possibly too nice (inability to kill those close to her, it might be necessary), small easily subdued.
Yeah, there wasn't much I can honestly say about Roses, she is newer and I don't have a lot of info about her available, other than that one video where she shaves “Paw”...it goes about as well as you think it would. So I'll move on to my favorite of the new co-hosts. The man who chose this series as "The Awesome Blog of the Week" Y Ruler of Time, also he was just my favorite new member before I knew I was chosen. But Paw wins as my personal favorite...back to the blog.

Name: Nikolas "Y Ruler of Time" Freeman

Gender: Male

Body type: Tall, skinny, possibly muscular?

Age (approximate): 25-27

Skills: Reading, ninja skills (not Naruto style), editing skill, Ability to concentrate under stress (he could put up with like 2 parts of “Prince of Tennis”, he's nearly a god)

Bio: A series of events eventually inspired Y to begin a new series, in which he would discuss manga. The idea occurred to him while he was re-reading a portion of the "Prince of Tennis" manga that he particularly disliked. Compelled to rant about the subject, Y sought a method to begin a manga review series. He emulated some of the techniques exhibited by "Linkara", who covers the similar medium of comic books. On February 8, 2008, Y released the first episode of "Read Right to Left" in which he reviewed Prince of Tennis, and the video was shortly featured as an Awesome Blog of the Week on Transmission Awesome's first live episode. After the second episode was again featured as an Awesome Blog, Y was offered a trial run as a featured contributor on the site. His "Naruto" review appeared on the site's main section, and received a large amount of positive feedback, resulting in Y being picked up by the site.

Show/site: Read Right to Left, Read Right to Left Blog

(In a zombie situations, unless they are relevant)
Pros: Tall, possible muscular so use physically, Great distraction, probably willing to kill people close to him (yet still trustable)

Cons: Needs glasses, voice can draw unneeded attention from zombies, possible berserker.

From here we move on to former co-hosts of Transmission Awesome, maybe they weren't good enough to handle that amount of awesome or maybe they couldn't stand the host talking about Lost constantly. By the way Chris How was lost this week? That’s right it's gone forever! Ha! But now we move on to a man who isn't just a man...He's a doctor.

Name: Billy "Dr. Gonzo" Smith

Gender: Male

Body type: A bit bigger than average

Age(approximate): 22-25

Skills: writing, podcasting

Bio: Dr. Gonzo took his name as a tribute to Gonzo Journalist, Hunter S. Thompson, and he will SLAM anyone who calls him a “Muppet”. He's flitted and floated in the Internet for a couple of years, first writing his articles on his personal blog (long since taken down) and spent a brief spell on SA, posting his blogs there. Frustrated with the lack of feedback he received, he removed his blogs and reposted one of his early articles on TGWTG, and when he witnessed the welcome he received, decided to make his permanent home there, and has been posting his articles there ever since.

On November 4, 2008, Dr. Gonzo was invited to become a featured writer on TGWTG, an offer he immediately accepted.

Show/site: Nerd To The Third, Dr. Gonzo's TGWTG Blog

(in a zombie situations, unless they are relevant)
Pros: Good scout, possibly a Muppet therefore free of zombie infection

Cons: Betray you for a Dr. Pepper, possibly slower than other people, gonzo journalism throws absolutely everything out of wack and is possibly complete fiction, possibly a Muppet.

Alright from our esteemed doctor we head off to a much colder place to take a look at Coldguy.

Name: Patrick "Coldguy" Burden

Gender: Male

Body type: Fat

Age (approximate): 23-26

Skills: reading, podcasting, writing

Bio: Coldguy has been writing for numerous websites in the past and took a leave of absence during a hectic time in his schedule. During the summer he decided to pick up his writing and wanted to start in a fresh blog. RandomBrainParticles peaked and Coldguy was looking to find another audience. In May of 2008 Coldguy found TGWTG.com and registered and started to blog on the site. He decided to make up for lost time he would write an article a day (sometimes two) making Coldguy the predominate force in the early days of blogging on the site.

Coldguy was nominated in the first Best of Blogs competition where he placed second behind LordVonQuack aka Rollo T. Due to the 2nd place entry Coldguy became a featured writer to the site, his older entries are still in the myblogs section with the first being a Random Review of the now defunct goodgametv.

Show/site: Spine Breakers, Foreign Delicacies, Its Coldguy's Blog, Coldguy's TGWTG Blog

(In a zombie situations, unless they are relevant)
Pros: Great bait/distraction, if cannibalism is needed he could last, he has a pretty mean punch (TGWTG Brawl)

Cons: That damn giggle! (Coldguy has an outrageously high pitched laugh, it is very useful to hunting zombies), Might be too busy reading the "The Zombie Survival Guide" (that I suggested to him, wishing you had read it earlier, huh?)

So be careful if saving Coldguy he might be...a Burden. From here we move on to one of the founders of channel awesome and the creator of TGWTG.com. We are moving to "the admin".

Name: Mike "the admin" Michaud

Gender: Male

Body type: average, muscular

Age (approximate): 28-33

Skills: CEO, Management skills, programming, administration skill

Bio: Mike Michaud aka "admin" is the administrator of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Channel Awesome. He also served as a co-host on the website's podcast, Transmission Awesome in Season 2. Mike also decides who the winners of the Best of Blogs are by going through the blogs section and seeing what the best blogs are much like Transmission Awesome's Awesome Blogs of the Week.

Michaud, a friend of Doug Walker aka ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, was the first to approach him with the idea to create a website in early April 2008, since YouTube had been causing Walker problems.

Since then, he has been an integral part of the site, serving as the website's admin. He is responsible for uploading videos to the site, and often posts updates on the status of the site. Michaud also scouts out new talent for the site and has notably recruited such contributors as Film Brain, The Dude in the Suede, Benzaie, and many more.

Show/site: ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com, BlisteredThumbs.net

(In a zombie situations, unless they are relevant)
Pros: with a good build Michaud can be used for physical purposes rather easily, he can rally troops, he has an eye for unusual talent, can think outside the box

Cons: might go power hungry, a lot of random bitching.

So Mr. Michaud could prove to be a very valuable asset for any survival group. So i say say him! How else will we restart the Internet without him? Alright time to check the scores...

Sarah "PushingUpRoses" Wilson
4/5
Her charm might be hiding the lurking beast ready to kill if she loses Paw, also if she can't control him she probably can't control anyone, but the girl thing bumps her score up a lot. Treat her nicely she's a lady.

Nikolas "Y Ruler of Time" Freeman
4/5
His voice is great for a lot of things like guard duty but don't talk to him about “Prince of Tennis” or else every zombie within a hundred miles will be digging their teeth in your ass.

Billy "Dr. Gonzo" Smith
3/5
Only 2 things keep him from a 5 score. The possibility that he will betray the group for soda, and the yet unproven fact that he is in fact a Muppet.

Patrick "Coldguy" Burden
2/5
He would make good bait but he would probably be too busy reading the guide too late to save you.

Mike "the admin" Michaud
5/5
I'm not sucking up...love the site by the way.

All information on these Producers/Michaud was taken directly from the "Channel Awesome wikia" Also a small note to the editors of said wikia. In the Michaud section there is a misspelling of Transmission (Tranmission, first paragraph last sentence) as of 2/17/2011.

Check out the Channel Awesome affiliates.

 More to come!

Sanka-READ IT! A manga Recommendation

It might not seem it but I do happen to have other interests than just talking about zombies. I also like to read manga. And one of my favorite mangas is Sankarea. Sankarea is the story of a boy who falls for a girl who then falls to her death. The End see you next blog! But obviously there is a story past that the boy uses a formula to bring her back...ok the actual story goes nothing like that but at the very least it is kind of the idea behind it, just rearrange the order and get rid of the boy bringing her back on purpose. The actual plot goes a little like this...

Rea!

Sankarea Plot: Sankarea is about a zombie-obsessed boy, Chihiro Furuya, who discovers how to resurrect the dead and as a result acquires a zombie girlfriend when the 15 year old girl he likes, Rea Sanka, dies in an accident but is brought back to life thanks to having earlier drunk a potion he had developed using information he got from an old manuscript. Ironically Rea had actually drunk the potion as a suicide attempt, as one of its ingredients was the poisonous plant Hydrangea (also known as Hortensia). She had come to despise her overbearing and abusive father and when he withdrew her from school so as to completely control her life, she decided to end it all. Unfortunately, her death does not free her from his continued interference in her life! (Note this summary is taken directly from anime wiki: Sankarea)

So if you can't see why I love this story already then you don't get this blog at all. It has absolutely everything a good story needs.

Good stories need:

• Good character
• Interesting story
• Teenage suicide (or at least a good attempt)
• Zombies
• Implied necrophilia (if not obvious necrophilia, am I right?)
• People with cat ears...don't judge me

But in reality this is one of the better manga series even if it is a bit shoujo-ish, but its shounen. It seems to e a must read for any real zombie fan, even if it isn't a fleshing eating zombie story...yet.

I hope to take a more in depth look at this series later when I have more time, but for now I can only try to tell you people about something really enjoyable. So if I can say you should check out Sankarea it is a really enjoy able series.

Sankarea Manga: Sankarea on Mangafox

However be warned that this series also includes:

• Strange bondage foreigners
• Implied incest (as well as really implied incest)
• Disturbing staring lolitas (no sexual situations...let's hope it stays that way [ignore the banner pages])
• Possibility of this series turning into a harem manga

For actual manga reviews check out YRulerofTime

What's Up With: Running Zombies?

Feel free to just watch the video at the bottom, it is the entire argument with a little special at the end. Highlight!

I've been asked “Why do I hate running zombies so much?”

It's the evolution of the genre. Zombies aren't scary anymore unless they run? Past that zombies just aren't scary anymore.

And to that I say wrong! Zombies are supposed to instill the fear that zombies are in fact you. They are basically human minus all that make us what we are. Zombies have no inhibitions, their only drive is to eat. They lack absolutely any negative thoughts on killing. Not to mention the massive numbers that zombies come in. You are constantly surrounded by them, there is absolutely no escape. Your friends and family are dead, your very way of life no longer exists, and absolutely every moment of your life will be a waking nightmare, filled with the screams of your loved ones as they are ripped asunder by the undead menace. And all of this isn't even taking into account the horrid visage of the walking abominations. The twisted looks of the birthday clown who was mauled to death at a children’s party, children’s innards covering his once bright and happy colors stained with the blood of the innocent. The limbs of your loved ones used as crude bludgeoning tools. You will forever be doomed to a life of suffering and death. That is what zombies are about. The running does absolutely nothing but take out the disbelief. That’s right that wasn't even the actual answer. That was just my own personal feelings on the matter.

The actual reason I hate running zombies so very much is it breaks the laws of nature and science. And yes zombies are in fact a part of nature, as proven here Cracked Top 5 Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen.

The very thought of zombies running isn't even the worst part, it's the decaying corpse zombies running that bothers me. As illustrated by the Scene from Dawn of the Dead(2004) where during the big escape from the mall all of the very obviously rotting corpses not only give chase but run with the ability of Olympic runners. And that goes against science and that is what bothers me. By the point to which they have rotted they would not be able to run at all, in fact walking would be a rather large problem, but of course they still could. By the point to which they have rotted in the movie their tendons and muscles would have rotted to the point where if they had even attempted to running like that they would have snapped and been rendered very immobile or at least their legs would be useless. And that is why I hate the prospect of running zombies. But of course past that there is also a scene that just pisses me off because this is what people think of when they think of zombies.

Ninja Zombies...

Song: Strong And Strike

Artist: Toshiro Masuda

Album: The Naruto Offical Soundtrack

Savior Guide 1: Transmission Awesome

This is the brand new revamped savior guide. The savior guide is an idea I thought of where I will go through a few of the personalities I think should be saved for the rebuild of humanity after zombies annihilate the population. These are a few of the people you need to save. But don't worry I'm not talking about princes or Kings that where just handed their title I'm talking about geeks, nerds, actor and anyone else I view to be awesome and since I just said awesome I say we start with Transmission Awesome the group from Channel Awesome.

Our first up is the original and main host of Transmission Awesome, Chris Larios.

Name: Chris Larios a.k.a. RolloT

Body type: Fat

Age (approximate): 23-26

Skills: Journalism, articulate-ish, intelligent to a point, computer skills

Bio: Chris "RolloT" Larios started his internet career on TGWTG site as LordVonQuack, after dropping this name for the moniker of RolloT he started Transmission Awesome joined by Sean "The EpicFail Guy" Fausz. From there his internet fame started to grow. He is now Channel Awesome's roving reporter always on the track of a good scoop. As his reporter ego he is capable of making people say meme with great ease. As well as his online persona Chris is also a marginally successful comedian.

Show: Transmission Awesome

(in a zombie situations, unless they are relevant)
Pros: Great bait, unassuming (great for convincing people to listen to you), willing to kill babies, comedian

Cons: He might eat the food, slow pace, needs glasses

From here we move on to our immovable object of Channel Awesome Sean "The EpicFail Guy" Fausz

Name: Sean Fausz a.k.a. The EpicFail Guy a.k.a. HopeWithinChaos

Body type: obese (no offense meant)

Age (approximate): 23-26

Skills: Computer skills, intimidation, entertaining, hilarious when mixed with RolloT

Bio: Starting in the early life of TGWTG.com Sean started the very popular series Epic Fail, he was also a part of the original crew of Transmission Awesome. Since creating the Epic Fail list and helping host Transmission Awesome Sean has since made many other popular series on TGWTG, including reviewing games for Blistered Thumbs. Sean suffered from a heart attack at a young age and has since been to a doctor on regular occasions.

Show: Epic Fail

(In a zombie situations, unless they are relevant)
Pros: bait, helping block off entrances

Cons: weight, he may eat the food, slow pace, constant health fluxuations

From our main hosts we move to our more recently added co hosts Paw Dugan and AngryJoe, we'll start with Paw.

Name: Paw a.k.a. Paw Dugan a.k.a. Paul Schuler

Body type: Skinny, lanky

Age (approximate): 30-31

Skills: musically inclined, editing genius, funny, hilarious when mixed with AngryJoe

Bio: Paw started his career on the site with his outrageously popular music series " Full Circle " where Paw spoke about his musical influences throughout his life. He soon joined Transmission Awesome as a co host and resident musical expert and owner of the Paw's Button TM.

Show: Full Circle

(In a zombie situations, unless they are relevant)
Pros: Fast, computer inclined, musical ability, good hearing

Cons: not incredible strong, old

From here we move on to The Latin spitfire AngryJoe.

Name: AngryJoe a.k.a. Joe a.k.a. Joe Vargas

Body type: muscular?

Age (approximate): 23-24

Skills: tactical skill, green screen mastery, gun skill, funny, hilarious when mixed with Paw Dugan

Bio: AngryJoe started his career reviewing video games for TGWTG after being discovered from his own website " AngryJoeShow.com " after being picked up by TGWTG Joe has been a major contributor to the site's success. Since then Joe has gone on to be one of the original members of the Blistered Thumbs website as well as well known internet personality.

Show: The AngryJoe Show


(In a zombie situations, unless they are relevant)
Pros: strong, fast, inspiring

Cons: Loud, possibility of thinking he is a super hero


So I will rate the people on the list on who should be saved and how much they can help you if you save them.

Chris "RolloT" Larios: 3/5
Save him but don't put him in charge of the food.

Sean "The EpicFail Guy" Fausz: 1/5
If you have a Mac truck, please save him he is funny but sadly not the most helpful in the current situation.

Paul "Paw Dugan" Schuler: 4/5
Save Paw! But don't put him on the night watch after 5 p.m.

Joe "AngryJoe" Vargas: 5/5
Save Joe he can help you, but don't put him in charge of entertainment or else he will choose Transformers 2 every night.

Check out the Channel Awesome affiliates.

 More to come!

Dawn of the Dead(2004) in 5 Seconds

I don’t think I have ever seen one good remake of a movie…wait yes I have! (1972) The Poseidon Adventures, which was a whole lot less adventurous and a lot more killing the sole survivors of the accident…ous. But none the less I haven’t seen a good remake of a zombie movie ever…damn it! No wait the 90's version of the Night of the Living Dead written by Romero and directed by Tom Savini was a actually good but let’s just call that a re-imagining. So let’s look at 2004’s dawn of the Dead in 5 seconds.



So that’s what I see when I watch it, a terrible zombie movie but a great comedy. Even if it wasn’t meant to be funny. I can’t stop laughing at it. Let’s just hope he doesn’t make another one.

Dead Rising Zombie Case Study

August 8, 2009 All of America was introduced to a game that was innovative, fun and new in just about every way except the story. Developed by Capcom and produced by Keiji Inafune. Dead Rising took the country by storm, it can now (not) be found in the “Platinum Hits” lineup. I will state right now that this is in no way a review of the game itself and the previous not is in my own experience of not finding this game anywhere in Indiana. Having played both of the actual games but leaving out any extra versions such as phone and even the Wii version (Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop) I will attempt to the best of my ability to access the impact it has had on the zombie culture.

Let’s discuss the first game to begin. The original Dead Rising sets up a roving photographer Frank West as he enters a military quarantined fictional town known as Willamette, Colorado. The trouble starts immediately as he sees scene of what is mistaken as rioting town people. Soon the helicopter he is taking is spotted by the military and chased out of town. Frank abandons the chopper with an understanding that the chopper will return in 72 hours. Right off the bat the game introduces our villain and the man behind the zombie outbreak, Carlito Keyes. Carlito orchestrated the plan to release a mutated wasp creature that has the ability to lay its eggs with a sting and when the eggs hatch in the brainstem they kill the host and reanimate them as mutant zombies. That’s right mutant zombies, as if regular mutants or regular zombies aren’t bad enough. These mutant zombies can infect with a bite so the wasps aren’t the only threat, these aren’t “Re-Animator” zombies although they are similar. Carlito’s reasons for the outbreak stem from feelings of revenge for a similar event that took place in his childhood home of Santa Cabeza where an accidental release of a queen wasp caused the slaughter of Carlito’s parent, friends and the entire town except for himself and his sister Isabela. As Frank searches for a way to stop the outbreak he runs across something that was never brought up in zombie games until Dead Rising. The Concept of “Psychopaths”.

“Psychopaths” are Survivors of the outbreak who have lost their minds and no longer care about helping anyone else or even making it out of town they just kill everyone they come across, it just so happens that Frank comes across them. Until Dead Rising the main antagonist or bosses of zombie games are the zombies, with Dead Rising the zombies are what drive the main plot while the psychopaths are the boss battles. Throughout the game you will find a large array of psychos such as a Vietnam Vet (seriously), a lesbian rapist Mall cop , a psychopathic chainsaw wielding clown and a cannibalistic overweight Chinese butcher and many, many more. This doesn’t mean the zombies are useless in fact when night falls in the game the zombies become super mutant zombies. The zombie in Dead Rising usually aren’t very interested in you that doesn’t mean you can just walk by them but the A.I. for the zombies just kind of wander around until you get so close to them and then they come right after you. Once night falls the zombie proactively search for you. Some might think this mechanic is odd but it truly does work well, it captures the mindset of a zombie, roam until food is found. After the original 3 day game play there are 2 more modes to play.

In the second mode, it would appear that Frank is infected. Most people would think this will either lead to you losing the game with Frank’s death or a cure which is the worst possible thing you can do to a zombie story, without having the zombies run. But as opposed to curing Frank we are only given a medicine that will only hold off the zombification process for 24 hours which plays a major part in Dead Rising 2. Dead Rising ends with a possible open ending the world being overtaken by zombies and Frank’s death or multiple other ending.

With Dead Rising 2 we learn that Frank did indeed survive but we have no actual knowledge of where he is or what he is doing. But we see that the human race has not only survived the zombie outbreak which is also proven to have spread. But have learned how to live with the zombies, to a certain extent. But this is also where we see that with zombies still existing people have turned them into a cause to bitch about. The rise of an activist group called "Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality
(CURE)" I would like to state right now. Fuck these People!

The plot of Dead Rising 2 is our new protagonist Check Greene is competing in a “controversial” reality series known as “Terror is Reality” in the new Fortune City. In the games the contestants much kill zombies on chainsaw mounted motorcycles. Following the show a bomb is set off and Chuck has to save is infected daughter by taking her to a safe house. To make sure his daughter doesn’t turn while they wait to be rescued Chuck has to use the air vents to leave and bring back Zombrex the medicine created by Frank and Isabela Keyes in the first game. Chuck is framed for the bombing and soon the rescue is called off this makes Chuck attempt to not only clear his name but keep a steady supply of Zombrex to save is daughter Katie.

The Reaction to this game has caused both negative and positive feedback from the zombie community as well as the gaming community. Having to work around a time clock to keep your daughter medicated will cause a lot of problems for everyone. The Zombrex can only be administered when absolutely needed because if you give her too much, such as even an hour before she runs out she will turn and you will lose. There is absolutely no ending will your daughter dying and Chuck just getting over it. This is why Chuck is a terrible protagonist. He gives up the second anything happens to his daughter, it could be argued that his daughter drives him harder but that is a lame excuse. With Dead Rising 2 we get not only Mutant Super Zombies when night falls but when a new chemical is added we get “Super Angry Mutant Super Zombies” which are an even bigger threat.

With the Dead Rising series we learn a number of things about the zombies and a few old lessons are re-enforced for zombie survival situations.

1. Zombies can tell you from other zombies either by smell or appearance, in Dead Rising its smell.
2. The Government is going to kill you if they get the chance. You are to them cannon fodder at best.
3. The government will not own up to its own mistakes but will hide it from you all the way till you are being chewed on.
4. Mutant Zombies are a terrible idea, Super Mutant zombies are a worse idea and Super Angry Mutant Super Zombies are the worst idea yet.
5. Fuck the old lady and her dog, it will kill you all.

I have looked over the series to the best of my knowledge and hopefully it was either entertaining or enlightening to you. If I skimmed over something or missed it completely please mention it. I think this has turned out well. Or at least better than the remake of “Dawn of the Dead”.