Etsy, while being an excellent source for small, ceramicowls and feathery things for your hair, is also a good source for all things horror, gore, steampunk, cyberpunk, sci-fi, and any other genre that could even tangentially be covered by Video Ferox. So, I give you a sampling of what the Etsy crafters have to offer. (And in the spirit of DIY and making a living by your own two hands, I’m not including shit that isn’t hand made. You know who you are, guy selling screws.)
Ok, so these are a little cutesy. A lot cutesy. But guys! Dracula! On your shoes! With his pal Frankenstein! Kind of sweet, no? And yet, somehow all I can think of is that bit from Ed Wood, “Karloff…? Sidekick…? FUCK YOU.” Perhaps it’s best that Bela didn’t live to see these shoes.
Beautiful. There’s nothing that makes it more Cthulhu than octopus, but beautiful nonetheless. (And anyway, we all know that octopi are scarily smart and eerily prescient, right? So, still horror-related?)
I’ve had this artist’s robot box art prints bookmarked in my “wishlist” folder for over a year now. They’re two parts retro-futurism and one part affectionate nostalgia. A perfect mix.
Given the choice between a pest control product that can’t possibly work and a superfluous sequel that never should have been made, which would you let in your home? Read the rest of this entry »
Ok, here we go again with another video game review.
A few months back I downloaded Mega Man 9 for the Nintendo Wii. It was like $10 bucks to download and a few extra bucks for harder game settings and stuff. As soon as I heard this game was coming out I wanted to download it, and as soon as I downloaded it I couldn’t wait to start playing it. But one thing had me more hyped than anything else, this game went old-school and had 8-bit style graphics! I’ve always loved Mega Man games because they’re fun, they have some sweet music and they have pretty good replay value. And Mega Man 9 is no exception, it’s got all the above. Read the rest of this entry »
Alright, this is my first post. Let’s get started with the review.
Recently I started and finished playing Resident Evil 4 for the PS2. I picked this game up a few years ago but I hadn’t played it until just recently because I kept getting sidetracked. Then the release of Resident Evil 5 got my ass in gear, cause it wouldn’t be much fun to play RE5 without knowing the story of RE4. The Resident Evil series is one of my favorite groups of games and RE4 did not disappoint, as I will now describe. Read the rest of this entry »
Well, I had some really ambitious reviews in the works, but those will have to wait. They’ll have to wait because I’m a lazy mutha fucka. That’s right. I said I’m a lazy mutha fucka. Read the rest of this entry »
I was reading the ol’ A.V. Club today, and one thing I’ve consistently liked about their new format is the AVQ&A feature, in which they pose questions to their writers. It’s got the short attention span appeal of lists, but also makes it easy for you to get to know your bloggers without digging through their analysis (which is, like, hard and stuff).
This week’s AVQ&A is “What movie/TV show/album/whatever would you like to be able to see/hear again for the first time?” There’s the usual smattering of the slightly pretentious and the heart-warmingly sweet, but no one gave my answer. So I’m going to rectify that.
With the manga-based Ichi the Killer, director Takashi Miike became synonymous with sexual deviance and gratuitous violence. Miike returns to another violent manga adaptation with Crows: Episode Zero, but don’t expect any skin boiling or prostitute decapitation here. Where Ichi was Mortal Kombat, Crows is all Final Fight. Read the rest of this entry »
Given the choice between a pest control product that can’t possibly work and a superfluous sequel that never should have been made, which would you let in your home? 
Ok, here we go again with another video game review.
“Availability unknown.” Harsher words were never spoken by a DVD mail order rental website.
Spoiler alert! The world didn’t end at midnight on January 1st, 2000. Sorry. 
It’s Twin Peaks for dumb people! It’s Friday the 13th for, uh… people who hate hockey masks! 
With the manga-based Ichi the Killer, director Takashi Miike became synonymous with sexual deviance and gratuitous violence. Miike returns to another violent manga adaptation with Crows: Episode Zero, but don’t expect any skin boiling or prostitute decapitation here. Where Ichi was Mortal Kombat, Crows is all Final Fight.