Defendere Vivos A Mortuis

There are many zombie combat guides currently in circulation but there's only one that will actually help you fight and defeat a zombie and that's Roger Ma's The Zombie Combat Manual: A Guide to Fighting the Living Dead. As Muse mentioned in our holiday gift guide, this book is a must read for those of you invested in honing your zombie combat skills. Ma's book is not just some cute, flimsy manual; it's a legitimate guide to helping you kick some...

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All Things Fangirl Holiday Gift Guide 2010

Oops. Christmas is in a week. HOORAY FOR EXPEDITED SHIPPING!This year's list is a mix of things I want, things I own, things I've already bought for my friends, and things I've seen on other gift guides that made me squee. So if you're stuck in your search for the perfect geeky gift for your fannish friends, look no further - we've got you covered. Extra Lives by Tom BissellA must for any video game fan in your life, Extra Lives manages to alleviate...

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15 Year Old Muse Predicts The Oscars

Was just looking through my old files for the Fan Fiction I wrote in middle school and stumbled across this Oscar article I wrote for my school newspaper when I was 15. It was in regards to the 73rd Annual Academy Awards, for the films released in 2000 - telecast airing in March of 2001. Below I have reprinted the article.It's equal parts cringe-worthy (you can tell I read A LOT of Oscar articles and think I know what I'm talking about) and insightful...

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Television Scene of the Week

Last week brought us many great scenes as we had a lot of great television episodes flying around. Fringe blew minds and started a movement to get people caught up on the show before it returns in January, Walking Dead ended its first season and Community let Alison Brie & Don Glover shine while simultaneously referencing the shit out of Farscape of all things. We also saw the premiere of Top Chef: All Stars, possibly the greatest reality competition program to ever grace the small screen, and 90210's first and far from last gay kiss between...

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Multimedia Jigsaw Puzzle? Yes plz.

So since I'm backing roughly 872 projects on Kickstarter right now, I get a lot of info from them pretty constantly, but today's newsletter stood out. One of the featured projects is something referred to as a multimedia jigsaw puzzle...I obviously had to investigate. And here's what I uncovered.Jau Kenworthy & Rob Allmand, two Brits? living in Texas, got together to create a multiplatform mystery that involves music, a novella, an audio book,...

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It's Coming True. AHH, IT'S COMING TRUE!!!!

When I reached the end of Red Dead Redemption earlier this year, three things happened.A. I cried like a baby. Like a tiny tiny baby who was really really hungry. If you played for 48 hours, then reached the part I'm talking about, you would have cried like a tiny hungry baby too. B. I decided that no other video game of 2010 could possibly come close in gameplay, involvement, emotional attachment, storytelling, mechanics, gorgeousness etc etcC....

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Best Scene of The Week [Television]

And the winner is...This scene, from the penultimate episode of Walking Dead's first season, had two in my viewing party of five in face-hurting, chest-heaving tears. Best zombie awakening ever. If you haven't seen this episode, drop everything and go catch up....

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Disney Movie Countdown WEEE!

Saw @GirlHack tweet that she's seen 45/50 Disney movies and I immediately thought I HAD to know what my count was. NUMBERS! COUNTING! DISNEY! Watch the video below and see how many you can name off the top of your head. I could sadly only name 40. And how many have I seen? List after the clip.KeyMovie's I've seen = Red, BoldMovies I didn't know were Disney = Bold1. Snow White 2. Pinocchio 3. Fantasia 4. Dumbo 5. Bambi  6. Saludos Amigoes 7. The Three Caballeros 8. Make Mine Music9. Fun and Fancy Free 10. Melody Time 11. The Adventures of Ichobad...

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Found in Translation: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

 [East Coast]Spoilers spoilers blah blah blah.Watching the Lincoln Square IMAX fill up that rapidly at 3:30 in the morning was a little startling, but not as startling as how much I loved Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part one!). Anyone who will listen probably knows of my general disdain bordering on loathing for the film adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban, and on paper, it's for many of the same tactics and decision Yates employed for Deathy Hallows. The results, however, are drastically different.Some personal framework, here: I...

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Happy Birthday!

We're two years old!Yaaaaaaaay!If we aren't updating enough, you can get your fangirl fix on Cineboobs. And loquaciousmuse has moved her simple photo/video/audio posts that used to be here, over to loquaciousmuse.tumblr.com.&nb...

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Wash, Rinse, Repeat: A Fable III Rant

If there’s one statement that perfectly sums up my love-hate relationship with Fable III it’s: Peter Molyneux needs to shut the fuck up. Extreme? Perhaps a tad. But so are Molyneux’s claims about what Fable III achieves in comparison to what the end result was. Contrary to what he’d have you believe, Fable III is not the be-all, end-all in RPG morality-sims — as if that were a genre to begin with, but hey, we have KotOR 1 and 2, don’t we? In fact,...

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Will AMC Save the Comic Book Movie?

For years, my go-to cry at the mention of a comic book being licensed for film adaptation was "Take it HBO, for the love of God".   The movies we're given are frequently so watered down or compromised or stripped of what makes a property great and loaded up with what producers think makes a property sell that the finished product is almost unrecognizeable as whatever comic it started out as. This is especially prevalent in the super hero genre. Now with the rough beast that is the Marvel Film Universe slouching inexorably toward The Avengers,...

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Not Your Average Harley Quinn Costume - A Guide

I've gotten a lot of questions about how I made my Harley Quinn costumes this Halloween, so I figured I'd make a handy guide for all you ladies out there eager to cosplay as the wonderful Ms Quinzel without being subjected to an ill fitting body suit. I decided to model my look after a combination of classic Harley & the Harley from Arkham City, the forthcoming sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum. Here's a look.And here is how my costumes turned...

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The Greatest Last Minute Halloween Costume In The History Of Ever

You've probably been seeing a ton of last minute geeky costume ideas all over the internet (my particular favorite post is over on Io9)But I recently heard of a costume idea that might possibly be the best idea ever. It's Arthur from Inception. And here's how you do it.-One striped, long sleeved button up-Brown vest-Brown tie-Brown suit pants-Brown hair, slicked back-A backpack (right?)-A few blow up dolls-Helium-Rope/thick stringI think you see...

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Oh, Sam, Poor Sam, Satan's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad

Don't read this if you're not caught up on Supernatural. As I readied myself for work this morning, an early episode of Supernatural played in the background. In 'Something Wicked', the Winchester boys find themselves up against a shtriga, a kind of vampire witch that steals the lives from children while they sleep and can only be killed while it is feeding. This is the second time Dean has encountered the monster, the first having been when it attacked...

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In defense of Kings of Leon

I love the new Kings of Leon album Come Around Sundown. I love it because it sounds almost exactly like their last album Only By The Night. Except their last album was better. I think that's partly due to it being so different than their previous efforts. Still, and despite reading some well-argued lukewarm reviews from critics, I think the new album is great too. And while I do agree that Come Around Sundown is less impressionable than their last...

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