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io9She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Could Have Been Way Darker
Though Netflix’sShe-Ra and the Princesses of Power is about a bunch of plucky children teaming up to go on a magical adventure to save their world, the story it told was very much one about the emotional and physical devastation that war can bring to a peaceful society. And it seems if series creator Noelle … Continued
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io9Watch 10,000 Zombies Fall Into a Gigantic Spinning Blender in This Gory Real-Time CG Demo
The same team who brought the world Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator, which allowed for large-scale simulations like pitting 300 Jedi against 60,000 medieval soldiers, is back with a new open world RPG called The Black Masses. The new game features record-setting crowd rendering, as well as hyper-realistic character damage, as this stomach-turning demo reveals. To … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidEvery Single Mortal Kombat Fatality from Every Single Mortal Kombat Game Ever
Finish him! Every gamer knows when that Mortal Kombat voice reigns down, something truly horrific is about to happen to your dazed opponent. We’re talking about fatalities. We’re talking about seeing a character’s skeleton or ripping someone’s heart out or punching their head off or turning them into blood goo or whatever else totally sick … Continued
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SciencePhysicsSimulation of a Leg Gushing Blood Is as Gross as You’d Expect
If you’ve watched any modern action movies, you’ve probably got a pretty good mental picture of what happens when a person hemorrhages blood. But this, my friends, is the first scientific visualization of the splatterfest. Squeamish viewers, look away. Created by Jeff Eldredge and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, the video below … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat’s Gore-Tex C-Knit? Latest Waterproof-Breathable Membrane Explained
This fall and winter, you’re going to be seeing a lot of new hardshell jackets and pants touting their use of the new Gore-Tex C-Knit waterproof-breathable membrane. What is it, how does it work and how will it stand up to the competition? As with all things waterproof-breathable, C-Knit is purposefully shrouded in marketing obfuscation. … Continued
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What’s the Most Revolting Thing You’ve Ever Seen in a Horror Movie?
Some horror movies are carefully constructed operas of psychological dread. And others are just out to make you feel like you’re gonna yak into your popcorn. While we love the former, today’s question is all about the latter: what is the single most repulsive, gore-gastic thing anyone’s ever dared to put onscreen? NO SCENE TOO … Continued
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io9The 9 Most Awesomely Disturbing Zombie Movie Death Scenes
Zombie movies are, by design, all about death. Zombies kill humans, humans kill zombies, humans become zombies and are killed again, etc. What sets an exceptional zombie movie apart from the brain-munching pack? The gruesome creativity of its death scenes. Here are nine of our favorites. 1. Zombi 2 From the Lucio Fulci masterpiece that … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThe violent and bloody scenes of Quentin Tarantino movies
No one uses blood and gore and violence in movies like Quentin Tarantino does. Though it certainly drips and probably soaks through a lot of his movies, his scenes with blood can almost be balletic. Well, an excessive ballet, at least. Here’s a collection of some of the bloodiest scenes. NSFW and all that, naturally. … Continued
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