Tag: APOCALYPSE

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/04/01/design-concepts-surviving-the-post-apocalyptic-scorched-earth/'; The Web is teeming with the unrealized ideas of both students and established designers who set out to produce astonishing renderings and prototypes for unusual products. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, money, or technology, many of those products never progress from the ...

As we inch closer to 2012, and as fatalists prepare themselves for the Mayan-predicted end of the world, everyone will, as they have for centuries, start looking for signs of the apocalypse. Some Virginian lawmakers, however, say they may have already found one of these signs: microchips. According to The Washington Post, the Virginian House of Delegates is set to vote on a bill that would ...

Share Now is a good time to ponder the apocalypse. Iran and North Korea are going nuclear, the wonky weather is a harbinger of catastrophic climate change, and end-of-the-world blockbusters abound. (Tim Burton's '9' came out last week and '2012,' 'The Road,' and 'Zombieland' are all coming up later this fall.) In that dismal spirit, the Switched team has gathered its first choices for ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/movies/The_Apocalypse_Is_Coming_Pass_the_Popcorn'; Hollywood, it seems, has it in for us. Beginning with the alien-invasion flick 'District 9' (in theaters now), this movie season is chock-full of earth- and earthling-shattering epics. From angry E.T.s and brain-eating zombies to Mayan doomsday prophecies, we're in for a hurtin' for certain, thanks to those bozos. ...

What's the hottest accessory for your multi-million-dollar mansion? Televisions the size of SUVs are passé, and every one and their mother has a saltwater pool in the backyard -- why not invest in something useful, like a bomb shelter? That's right, they were all the rage during the Cold War, and now, Popular Mechanics reports that the bomb shelter biz is 'booming' once again. There's ...

The Onion, America's leader in fair and unbiased reporting, turned its investigative journalists loose this week to uncover the truth about violence in video games and, more specifically, whether or not games are adequately preparing our children for the impending apocalypse. While the reporters couldn't come to a consensus on the necessary extent of preparation, they agreed that the games are ...