Hi, Wastelanders 🙂 There will be a lull in content for a short time on both the Crumble Bulletin and this here blogorama, starting today. The reason being: Book! “Smack-dab, in the Middle of Nowhere” – a mad post-apocalyptic comedy novel set in the same universe as Crumble – is back from its first-round edits, […]
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When the zombies strike, typically you’ll see the world’s big cities fall; New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Beijing, and so on. But where does Auckland sit in this list? As a post-apocalyptic writer living in New Zealand’s biggest metropolis, I felt it was high time someone looked into it. Here’s how to survive a […]
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“…kill…me…” It is the siren cry of stereotypical ‘I-shouldn’t-exist’ mutants the world over. Writers of surreal apocalyptic fiction love this crazy stuff and mutants are widely considered to be the norm of the post-nuclear world, but is it possible that these creatures could ever come to be? In the nuclear Wasteland setting of the Crumble […]
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Pokemon GO came out recently, and unless you’ve been living under a Snorlax, you’ll know that it’s insanely popular. Like, servers can’t handle it, human beings actually LEAVING THE HOUSE to get exercise popular. The real backstory of the Poke-world is cool enough – with god-like Pokemon creating all your favourite regions and characters like many […]
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I’m not all about the post-nuclear apocalypse. Sometimes, reading alternative examinations of humanity’s end is refreshing, and even a little inspiring. Although I’m not a big fan of ‘aliens take over the Earth, oh no run – they so powerful and we so weak (but we still win in end, yes we do)’, I decided […]
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OK, so “Days Gone” from PlayStation 4 developer Bend Studio looks pretty rad – a chance for all of us to nerd out about our free-roam zombie, bounty hunting biker and grumbly voiced (anti?) hero fantasies all at the same time! Certain parts of the June E3 gameplay demo alone gave me a small heart attack […]
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“Home” is the first part of a series of post-apocalyptic stories that I just started reading on Kindle, penned by author Tom Abrahams. Whilst recently romping around the Scottish Highlands, I took a look at this introductory novel to see what it was like… What is “Home” about? Without giving anything away, “Home” follows the […]
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Imagine a world where bombs dropped who knows how long ago, and society is slowly piecing itself back together. Starvation, radiation and mutation are all rampant, but the people of this desolate, awful Wasteland do their best to survive. Even if that means eating poor grandma. Now imagine you live in a shitty little town […]
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What’s the one thing humans will need to do after blazing missiles of fury come down from the heavens and obliterate everything you’ve ever known and cared about? No, the answer isn’t ‘wander around the nuclear Wasteland with a cool hat like some fictional post-apocalyptic hero‘. The answer is: Repopulate the Earth. Bow chica–oh god, […]
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Apocalyptic facts, Post-apocalyptic news, Tips for the apocalypse
Now:Â BEEP BEEP BEEP. It’s your phone going off in the middle of the night because your best friend fell (hard) off the wagon and you forgot to turn the volume off your smartphone. After the apocalypse: BEEP BEEP BEEP. Your only friend in the entire world just texted you to warn that mutants were crawling […]
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