Zombieland

Earlier this week*, Bonnie and I went to see Zombieland. We were probably the last zombie fans on the whole planet to go see it, but if you like zombies and somehow haven't seen this movie yet, then just go! I dare not say more, as I hate giving out spoilers – even hidden ones, as these tend to show up in some feeds and viewers. I will warn that this film belongs to the "comedy," "fast zombies," "fearless zombie-slayers," and "infected" subgenres of zombie cinema, which might make it unappealing to prunish conservatives who don't believe that zombies should be funny or scary-fast, don't count insane plague victims as "zombies," and don't like to see humans win. On the other hand, if you like Left 4 Dead, you pretty much have to see this film (and look carefully at that auto-shotty . . .).

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* I didn't post about this right away because . . . well, because I was forgetful or something.

Another week in the life of GURPS

A short update this week, since I spent most of my time on one or two things, and the rest on Secret Stuff:

• We reviewed the rough PDF of Phil Masters' GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 7: Clerics. This is looking great, and should be out before the end of the month. Dark clerics of darkness, holy warriors of war, sacred scalpels . . . who said these religious dudes were always direly serious?

• My GURPS Low-Tech edit has reached the 67% mark by page count. Progress was somewhat slowed by me taking Monday off – it was Canadian Thanksgiving – and Tuesday being given over to the Clerics review. Still, the weapons are done and I'm well into the armor (and amused that one can buy fine, feathered armor!).

I told you it would be short. All the rest involved contracts and related administrative fun that's neither interesting to report nor anybody's business but the two people signing and the shop where they bought the paper.

In related news, if you want to hear me speak on gaming-related stuff this weekend, I'm giving a few panels at Draconis 2009. My events are on Saturday and Sunday. I'd love to see a few of my Montréal readers there!