Saturday, September 15, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
(Recommended Store) Zombie Planet - where I used to run games and cause trouble...
Capital District's largest hobby, comic and gaming entertainment store! We now carry comic books and graphic novels on the second floor! Stop by and check them out! New gaming product and restocks arrives Wednesday and Friday! New comics every Wednesday! New GW releases and restocks every Friday!
George Vasilakos, the owner of Zombie Planet actually did some of the artwork for this site.
This is their website. There are many like it but this one is theirs!
This is their Facebook page. They want to get over 2,000 Likes so why not give them one? Vote early and vote often!
The results are in! Who would win in a race Superman or the Flash?
My poll question was simple- the Flash vs Superman. Who's faster?
Here are the results;
12% said it would be a tie score every time.
13% said it would be Superman.
but the clear victor with 74% was that scarlet speedster the Flash!
Thanks to everyone that voted!
(Insane News) Meet the glassfrog, the frog with a transparent underbelly
The cloud forests of South America are home to some of Earth's most extraordinary creatures, but few are as intriguing as the glassfrog. Seen from above, most glassfrog species looks pretty nondescript, but a glimpse of their underbelly reveals a fascinating anatomical anomaly: translucent abdominal skin. From underneath, a glassfrog's heart, liver, and various other internal organs are completely visible.
Why would an animal evolve such a trait? We spoke with an expert to find out...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
(Recommended Reads) ‘Demons To Some, Angels To Others’: Celebrating 25 Years of Hellraiser by Keri O’Shea
How to sum up the importance of a film like Hellraiser? I have much to say on that score, yet I must have started writing the introduction to this piece ten times before deleting it all. I started by trying to sum up what a game-changing film Hellraiser was, coming as it did during a decade which generally seemed happier adding camp humour aplenty to its horror, and then I tried to explain how the film brought monsters – genuinely terrifying monsters – back to our screens. All of the above is true, certainly. But the thing I kept coming back to, as much as I really do feel that Hellraiser revolutionised the genre, and really did make monsters scary again, was my personal response to this movie. Hey, it almost goes without saying; it’s a common theme for all of us who have been writing these retrospectives over the past year, and why I was so keen to be the staff writer to pen this one. So, here’s how I’m going to sum up the importance of Hellraiser, at least for now:
Hellraiser changed my life...
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