Patient 0: A Real Life Zombie Slaying Experience

Posted on 6 December, 2012 by Deus Exer

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Patient 0: A Real Life Zombie Slaying Experience

Training for the eventual apocalypse

by Daniel Geikowski

©2012 Daniel Geikowski

Zombies. Everybody loves them.

Zombies are one of gaming’s favourite enemies. More often than not, they just shuffle around, waiting for us players to kindly blow them away. Zombies are a safe choice of enemy when developing a game, as most people won’t think twice about mowing down a walking corpse.

Zombie games are really popular with players, and are seemingly everywhere nowadays. Players have many apocalypses to choose from, such as Resident Evil, Dead Rising, ZombiU, House of the Dead, Left 4 Dead, etc.

Titles usually pit players against hordes of undead (obviously), testing them to survive and escape the apocalypse.

Do you have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse?

Filed under: Opinion article, Oxcgn Special feature | Tagged: ArmA, Arma 2, Call Of Duty, DayZ, dead rising, FPS, House of the Dead, IRL Shooter, Left 4 Dead, M4 Carbine, Patient 0, Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare, Red Dead: Redemption, Resident Evil, Zombies, ZombiU | 1 Comment »

OXCGN’s Dead Rising 2 Review: Pure Zombified Kill-Fest

Posted on 17 October, 2010 by GrathiusXR

Dead Rising 2: Pure Zombified Kill-fest

I came, I saw, I drank, I gambled- oh & I kicked some zombie butt!

by : GrathiusXR

©2010 Arthur Kotsopoulos

Another day, another pack of zombies that must be dealt with by any means necessary. I love this job.

Seriously if you’re a zombie fan what’s NOT to love about Dead Rising 2. Sure, some of the conventional methods of combining two weapons to make one are a bit far fetched, but Chuck Greene moves at an agonizingly slow pace and there are more zombies on screen than what you know to do with at times, but for a title that doesn’t try to break new ground, it’s one gory offering of pure mayhem and fun.

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Filed under: 3rd Party Games, Console gaming, Game Impressions, New Xbox 360 Games, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 3rd Party Games, Xbox 360 Game Reviews | Tagged: Action, action adventure, Blue Castle Games, Call Of Duty World at War, Capcom, dead rising, dead rising 2, Dead Rising 2 Case Zero, Dead Rising 2 Case Zero reviews, Dead Rising 2 reviews, Deadrising, DLC, games, Halo 3, Halo: Reach, Microsoft, Video game, Xbox 360, xbox live, Zombie, Zombies | 1 Comment »

In-Hospital-able Gaming: When places of healing become places of horror

Posted on 25 August, 2009 by betheo

by Betheo

© 2009 Beth Sasagi

There is just something about hospital levels in games that send shivers down the spine.

Many games, from the recently released Wolfenstein, to Max Payne 2, to Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway, to Left4Dead, make us nervous spending time in these ominous dens of sickness, madness and death.

In the gaming world hospitals are often atmospheric places where demons lurk in the basement, or gown wearing zombies charge from every corner, or mad torturing doctors await, or we are confronted by ghosts of our past.

Yet, in real life, people do indeed fear hospitals and the gown clad attendants which run them.

• Hospitals in Games

Fear and death await . . . ?!

Filed under: Console gaming, Editorial, Game Impressions, GameBanter, Gaming Videos, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 News | Tagged: "Brothers In Arms Hells Highway", "Silent Hill Movie", 360, Dr. Death, F.E.A.R., F.E.A.R. 2, FEAR 2, fear of hospitals, ghosts, hospital, hospitals, Left 4 Dead, Left4Dead, Max Payne 2, Microsoft, Silent Hill, Wolfenstein, Xbox, Xbox 360, Zombies | 1 Comment »

Valve Speaks out on Left 4 Dead 2 with OXCGN-pt 2

Posted on 1 July, 2009 by twodogsz

Valve Speaks out on Left 4 Dead 2 with OXCGN-pt 2

“C’mon, c’mon, trust us on this one!”

by Aaron Bertinetti – News Editor ©2009.

In Part 1 of my interview with Chet “Mr. Awesome” Faliszek, Writer on Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, we discussed why Valve was so keen on a quick sequel along with the smorgasbord of new features coming this November including weapons, items, enemies, maps, weather, characters, and of course the vastly enhanced AI Director 2.0. You can read all about it right here.

In Part 2, we explore what Valve thinks that people like the boycotters should be doing and why Valve’s confident they can convince them to change their minds. I also probe for hints about Left 4 Dead 2’s beginning, the characters, the storytelling, marketing, and why Valve are so confident about releasing a week after Modern Warfare 2!

There’s also some talk about beers, bets and keeping secret projects, well, secret!

• E3 Left 4 Dead 2 Official Trailer

Part 2 – “C’mon, c’mon, trust us on this one!”

Full part 2 right here . . . >

Filed under: 3rd Party Games, Console gaming, E3 2009, Game Impressions, Interviews, New Game Information, New Xbox 360 Games, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 3rd Party Games, Xbox 360 Game Previews, Xbox 360 News | Tagged: AI Director, Blood Harvest, boycott, chainsaw, Chet Faliszek, dialogue, Doug Lombardi, E3 2009, EDGE, episode 3, Gabe Newell, Gears of War 2, graffiti, guns, Half life 2, horror films, incendiary ammo, interview, Katie Engel, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, melee weapons, Modern Warfare 2, multiplayer, OXCGN, Peter Molyneux, playtest, portal, Portal 2, Savannah, sequel, Steam, Team Fortress 2, Valve, Valve Software, weather, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Exclusive, xbox live, zombie films, zombie games, Zombies | 3 Comments »

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