It’s official, Left 4 Dead has gripped the offices in a zombie panic. I felt i could poke my head outta the safe room just long enough to run down some of our favorite zombie related media.
5) Last Night on Earth: A board game that fully embraces bad B-horror movies. From the stereotypes the game breeds exciting action every time you play. With half a dozen scenarios you’ll have plenty of ways to play. The cheesy humor is spot on. Toss in the cd soundtrack for extra atmosphere and laughs.
4) World War Z by Max Brooks: This is the fallow up to the humorous Zombie Survival Guide. It fallows a series of interviews with survivors of an all out zombie infestation the pushes human to the brink of extinction. It’s chillingly real and shows the world before during and after the zombie apocalypse.
3) Dead Rising: Easily the most fun zombies have been in years. As Frank West you get dropped into a mall infested with zombies. Your tasked with figuring out what caused this and killing thousands in the process. What really made it so fun was there were limitless ways to kill the undead from guns, to CDs to Mega Man’s arm cannon. And the save system truly was hell on earth.
2) The Walking Dead: Gripping, heartbreaking, and amazing. Robert Kirkman’s comic book masterpiece. Rick wakes up after the apocalypse has ravaged all. He treks to find his family and get them to safety. But even with zombies roaming the country, other humans are the real threat. When the dead walk the earth, we will be forced to live.
1) Dawn of the Dead: George A. Romero basically started zombie revolution with this film. This is where Dead Rising got it’s setting. Last Night on Earth gets is B-Movie chops here as well. Simply put, a classic.