Category: "Internet"
The NYGB ComicGuide Resurrection
For most of the 2000s, Chris Buchner ran two sites: the NYGB Tourguide and the NYGB ComicGuide. The former focused on the New York City filming locations from both movies, while the latter focused on all of the Ghostbusters comic books ever published.… more »
Ghostbusters Mania Officially Open
Massimo Piana's new site Ghostbusters Mania is officially open for business. There are some parts of the site in English and some parts in Italian, so if you need a translation of the Italian parts into English, Google is here to help. Overall, it's a… more »
Ghostheads Podcast Mentions Spook Central 14th Anniversary
Jason Hughes and Luke Crisalli (with guest Pat Harmon) over at the Ghostheads podcast released their 16th episode this past Friday, and I am honored that they spent a couple of minutes talking about Spook Central's 14th Anniversary in the broadcast… more »
Ghostbusters Scribd Finds
By Paul Rudoff on Mar. 20, 2010 at 11:50 PM , Categories: Ghostbusters 1, Ghostbusters 2, Internet, Games
Scribd is a free service that allows anyone to share any type of document (including PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel) with the world. A "Ghostbusters" search brings up 45+ pages of results - most of them crap. I spent a few hours skimming… more »
Happy Halloween
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 31, 2009 at 4:00 AM , Categories: Ghostbusters 1, Real Ghostbusters, Internet, Music
Well, the Ghostbusters busiest time of year is upon us again. It's been rather busy for me, too, but not for a few others who've chosen to honor the holiday in their own Ghostbusters-themed way. "Dapper" Dan Schoening (if you don't know the name, you… more »
From The Vault - Slimer 3:16
By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 24, 2009 at 12:00 PM , Categories: Spook Central, Fans, Internet , Tags: from-the-vault
Ten years and two weeks ago today I spotted a pretty cool Ghostbusters reference on the August 9, 1999 episode of the World Wrestling Federation's flagship program Raw Is War. I promptly reported it to Chris at Proton Charging, and he posted the… more »
From The Vault - Interviews
By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 16, 2009 at 2:36 PM , Categories: Cast & Crew, Internet , Tags: from-the-vault
I recently went through an old CD-R I burned back in 2001 of various things I downloaded and thought (at the time) were worth saving. Rather than repost content, I'm trying my best to find it all online, either on the original websites, or in the… more »
From The Vault - Ghostbusters Online Community History
By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 11, 2009 at 1:06 AM , Categories: Spook Central, Internet , Tags: from-the-vault
It was a lucky 13 years ago this month that Spook Central opened up at Geocities.com/Hollywood/7218. Oddly enough, in a turn of events that I never would have seen coming back in 1996, Spook Central is actually going to outlast Geocities, which is set… more »
Spook Central's Ghostbusters 25th Anniversary Prize Giveaway Winner's List
To help celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest ghost movies ever made - GHOSTBUSTERS - the long-running website, Spook Central: The Ghostbusters Companion, held a prize giveaway from June 8th (the 25th anniversary of Ghostbusters' U.S.… more »
Ghostbusters Video Game Site Updated
(pic hosted by TinyPic) Thanks to SonofSamhain, I just found out that the official U.S. game site has gotten a massive update (the other sites have not been updated, so check out the U.K. site if you want the old content). Actually, "massive… more »
Ghostbusters 25th Anniversary - Contest Open & Online Movie Showings
THIS IS IT, THIS IS DEFINITELY IT!! It was twenty-five years ago today, on Friday June 8, 1984 (not June 3rd, as that was a Sunday back then), that U.S. moviegoers first saw the ugly little spud attack, a terrifying dog running wild through Central… more »
New Official Websites
Lots of new official websites have popped up recently. Here's the quick rundown of them. New Site At Ghostbusters.com!!! Sony finally just did something with the awesome Ghostbusters.com domain name. It now redirects to… more »
My Old Domain Name Gets A New Life & GBFF Move And Revamp Coming
From around 2000-2001 I had the domain name TheRealGhostbusters.com thanks to the free domain name service NameZero. They promised that if you kept an active site at the domain, they would extend the free use of the domain name for another year, and so… more »
Spook Central Elementary School
Doreen Mulman just sent me over a link to a MySpace page for Spook Central Elementary. Needless to say, I was definitely curious to check it out. Well, the sad news is that it's not a real elementary school. It's actually a yet unpublished children's… more »
Ghostbusters Headquarters Closes Its Doors
One of the longest running Ghostbusters sites, Ghostbusters Headquarters, has recently closed its doors - though the site and message board are still online in an archive state. This is really sad news as I've known Troy and his site since pretty much… more »
Still Making Headlines All Across The Country...
I was recently interviewed by popular entertainment blog Scribble King. The interview has just been posted, and you can read it here: I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters fan Paul Rudoff (February 12, 2007). News of my interview even… more »