Category Archives: Competition

Review: Sex and Insects

Posted on Friday, June 3, 2011 by Robert Hood

The Midge (UK-2010; short [11:22 min.]; dir. Rory Lowe) To quote Wikipedia: “Midges comprise many kinds of very small two-winged flies found world-wide. The term does not encapsulate a well-defined taxonomic group, but includes animals in several families of Nematoceran … Continue reading →

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Announcement: Evangelion Competition

Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2011 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain is happy to announcement that the randomly chosen winner of the Evangelion Competition (see here for details) is: Gitte Christensen Congratulations, Gitte. The new region-B Blu-ray of Evangelion 1.11: You Are [Not] Alone will be heading your way … Continue reading →

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Evangelion Competition

Posted on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 by Robert Hood

Now you can win a copy of the Blu-ray release of the first film in Hideaki Anno’s rebuild of his influential anime series: Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone — courtesy of Madman Entertainment. But before I give you the … Continue reading →

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Help Boost Aussiecon 4′s Wattage

Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

Undead Backbrain wants to help Canadian author Peter Watts get to this year’s World SF convention! Why? Read on. Peter Watts has written some of the best hardcore science fiction available today. On reading his first Rifters novel, Starfish, I … Continue reading →

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Ninja Flash Competition Winner Announced

Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 by Robert Hood

To celebrate the coming of Ninjaz With Attitude to Canberra — where they did irreparable damage to the minds, souls and virginity of attendees at Conflux 6, an annual speculative fiction convention held in Australia’s national capital, as well as … Continue reading →

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Ramsey Campbell to judge the ‘Nameless’ competition

Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 by Robert Hood

Streetlights flickered and coughed as she passed. For a while, hope was a euphoric drug that changed her subtly, slowly — the rhythms of breathing, the flow of blood in her veins falling into a pattern that was in harmony … Continue reading →

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What Are You Waiting For?

Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

  Our long-running series of articles on the Top 20 Craziest Kaiju — with titles chosen by Kaiju Search-Robot Avery — is about to end. This time tomorrow I’ll be posting Avery’s Number One choice. So you have approximately 24 … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Craziest Kaiju Contest!

Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

YOU could win an artist-approved, limited edition print of Todd Tennant’s King Komodo in action (see image below)! In the lead-up to the announcement of Kaiju Search-Robot Avery’s Top 20 Craziest Kaiju Countdown Number 1 spot, I thought we’d have … Continue reading →

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Fights We’re Yet To See

Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

Worth1000′s most recently completed Photoshopping contest was Versus 2 — “I’d Pay To See THAT Fight!” Some unusual contests resulted. Here’s some relevant to us: Check out all the entries here.

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Craziest Kaiju Countdown

Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Over the next month, Undead Backbrain will be running a special feature put together by Kaiju Search-Robot Avery. The Backbrain has a propensity for lists and that’s what Avery has created — a Top 20 list that has sparked his … Continue reading →

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