In my previous post about Zombie Aid, I promised Carl Whiteley and Zombie Aid the opportunity to respond. I wanted to give Carl time to respond both publically (via the various Zombie Aid websites and facebook groups), and privately (via e-mail). Public Response Carl did so. His first public statement was: I would have thought [...]

Some of you have already noticed, but I finally decided to drag my blog into the early 21st century and add Facebook and Twitter connectivity. Which in layman’s terms means there are buttons all over the place. Please feel free to run around clicking on them and trying to break things (if anything does break, [...]

And the results are in! Despite a long and difficult struggle against adversity (in which I had to try and remember what the controls were, because I haven’t played Dead Rising 2 in yonks), I pulled through and killed what is being officially described as ‘quite a few’ zombies. I am assured by, er, me [...]

In the face of the recent riots across England I’ve been feeling a bit depressed. No, that’s not right. In the face of the public response to the recent riots across England, I’ve been feeling a bit depressed. The full impact of these events is still being counted, the perpetrators are still being hunted down, [...]

It was suggested in the comments to my previous post that “If you are so concerned set up your own fundraising event”. Okay then. The premise is simple – on Saturday 13th August 2011 I’m going to play a computer game for a couple of hours and kill as many zombies as I can. For [...]

This is a serious one. It’s also a pretty hefty one, but it needs to be – so bear with me. Zombie Aid In 2009 an organisation called Zombie Aid appeared in Manchester. It was set up by Carl Whiteley – in fact Zombie Aid pretty much is Carl Whiteley - and aimed to raise money for charity [...]