Not only did Dan O’Bannon work on the computer effects for Star Wars, wrote the Star Beast script which later transformed into the original Alien, and wrote the screenplay for Total Recall. His biggest and best accomplishment, at least in my book, is writing and directing Return of the Living Dead, the zombie comedy movie that has a load of my favorite zombie moments including the tar zombie as my favorite. We will miss you Dan, thank you for everything.

Here is the original red band trailer for Return of the Living Dead

Killing monsters with cool weapons and using demons to throw cars around just wasn’t good enough for Bayonetta, so she decided to take a que from strippers just to mix thing up. Instead of just using discarded weapons, she picks them up and pole dances in a deadly seductive manor. But she doesn’t pole dance like the secretarial student from Deja Vu you haven’t told your wife about. Nope, she pole dances AND kills demons with an area of effect attack. Finally a way to mix my loves of demon hunting and burlesque without having to sacrifice video gaming.

According to website Gamasutra, major third-party video game publishing behemoth Electronic Arts has issued layoffs across its studios ahead of its earnings call this afternoon. Locations included in the layoffs are EA Redwood Shores, Tiburon, Mythic, and Black Box.
Sources have indicated that this year’s cuts have been more substantial than in years past. The company is likely to make an official announcement in its quarterly earnings report, later today.

This picture of Carrie Fisher and her stunt double tanning on Jabba’s sail barge during a break on Return of the Jedi might be one of the best pics of all time, at least from a geek standpoint.