High Quality Undead: Interactive

I have to admit, this is rather old, but since it was offline for some time its resurfacing is enough for me to write about it. I'm talking about The Outbreak, an interactive movie by studio SilkTricky, who are usually busy making high end interactive flash features / movies for big brands like Lexus and Nike [which you should check out on their homepage btw.]. For someone as much into movies as me, it's nice to see this so well filmed and edited. Definitely not one of those cheaply produced interactive movies on YouTube I've seen in the past, but high quality delivered via broad bandwidth. And - of course - it has zombies. They make everything better.

So go, take a swing and try your luck in an interactive zombie outbreak!

Post-Apocalyptic War Wizard Zombies

The time I would have usually spent with writing up something nice for you peepz, I spent with a movie today. And since it fits the topic I present to you:

Wizards

This 1977 animated movie features an apocalypse brought by technology and mindless mutants [read: zombies] coming from it. What a nice fit to our topic here!

Besides the sometimes rather goofy animation and funky 70's soundtrack, this fairly unknown piece of entertainment features violence, war, swearing, partial nudity and Nazis, so I definitely wouldn't recommend it for children or the easily impressed. You have to look over some weird jumps in the storytelling and a bunch of loose ends, too. But in the end, this movie is great for its symbolism, metaphors and allegories. The theme of technology is big in this cult masterpiece and although it might seem that it is being demonized here, its moral neutrality can be seen if you watch the full movie.

Ralph Bakshi directed Wizards and wanted to call it War Wizards, but since it came out the same year as Star Wars, the title was changed after George Lucas asked him to.

So if you have an hour to spare and would like to spend it with clever adult-oriented animation. Go and see Wizards.

The End Is Nigh

The digitalisation of modern life takes overhand. Humans become more and more dependent on electronics and computers, slowly turning into mindless internet zombies. Boffins believe it is inevitable that soon just the loss of their beloved broadband connection will turn the shambling masses into a raging horde of panicking, bloodthirsty maniacs. And we can't stop it.

I will not try to stop you. I will not try to calm you down. I will not try to scare you.

My mission is this: providing you with cutting edge information about the comming digital apocalypse. And entertain you while I'm at it. Because if there is nothing we can do to avoid our demise, we might as well laugh.

If it is new, I will post it. If it is advanced I will post it. If it is just plain funny, I will post it.

This is my mission. I will do what is within my possibilities to achieve it.

I am Naphtha and this is my manifesto. 

Maybe you can stop me, but I will just rise again, for I am part of this undead horde.