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Revenge, zombie-style; Stubbs the Zombie

CAMPBELL, Gerard

2005

Overview

[Patrick Curry] is sitting in an apartment on the eighth floor of the Mondrian hotel, one of the swankier hotels along Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard, talking about Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel without a Pulse, a game featuring all the classic hallmarks of zombie lore: revenge, brain chomping, shambling corpses, and, of course, chainsaws. \"This game is based on B-movie classics, on zombie lore, and you have to have a chainsaw in zombie games, you have to,\" Curry says, adding that he's been killing zombies for 15 years and it's time to give zombies their day in the spotlight. One thing's for sure, Stubbs the zombie isn't going to be a game for the squeamish. Stubbs can recruit an army by -- wait for it -- eating the brains of the hapless inhabitants of Punchbowl, complete with fountains of blood. He can also toss gut grenades, using, yes, his guts, and as in the classic zombie way, anyone eaten by Stubbs turns into a zombie. \"Stubbs eats brains to refill his energy, like gasoline. The brain juice is like gasoline,\" Curry says.

• Publisher: Stuff Limited
• Subject: Curry, Patrick