This is where I shall post all my random thoughts and what-nots.
It's time I did a spring clean of my mind and there is a load of crap I need to get out of here.
I got quite a few things going on this month so my post are sadly going to become a little bit irractic. I'll try my hardest to keep up to date but sadly I can't make any guarantees.
But I am hoping to make it up for you all. I won't say what it is yet because I still don't know if I can do it. But it will be a nice surprise if I do managed to pull it off. Ice Koobs
Time for a Koobs exclusive. Well Ok, it's not exclusive for me alone. But it hasn't be released yet and it is the official video.
I really like Calvin Harris. If you're not sure who he is, then you might know some of his work like "The Girls", "Acceptable in the 80's"and his camo in Dizzy Rascals song "Dance Wiv Me". Know him now? I really like his style. Each song keep his basic dance essence but are different enough to show that he is not a one trick pony.
Again today is going to be a quick post I'm knackered after doing a loads of lates at work. So when you think of Zombies the main game flick up in your head. Resident Evil. House of the Dead. Probably even Dead Rising. But what about the other games that have the fun undead. Can you think of anything? How about these ones:
Stubbs the Zombie. How could you even over look this one? It has the god damn word "Zombie" in the title.
The game play is great. Instead of going up against the zombies, you are the zombie. You could make an army of the undead, throw your body part at humans and even make your hand, ala The Adams Family, craw around the place and take control of unsuspecting humans.
Dead Space. Again a bit of a obvious one this one. Especially from the title.
Call Of Duty. World At War The special Nazi Zombies stage is the only thing that made this crap game worth playing.
Half Life I picked up a bad habit from Nintendo. Got to love the Re-Hashing.
And finally, Final Fantasy. Every single bloody one.How many times is there some undead boss. In every game there is a zombie boss. And the easiest way to...ummm... is kill the right word here... Forget that...to destroy him, is just cast either cure or use a potion on him.
Actually. Now I think about it. Any RPG normally has some sort of zombie in the mix as well.
Ice Koobs P.s For those who want to know as well. Yeah. I did get it.
Ok. So that may be a bit too close. Sorry if he dibbled on you. At least he didn't try to take a chunk out of your arm. Now if the worst was to happen and you where caught up in a zombie outbreak, do you know what you would do? For some reason I don't think many would know what to do. So that's why I decided to make this handy little guide for every one.
The Type Now if you want to survive you need to know what type of Zombie you are working with. There are two types. And I've touch on them already. I'll give a gold star to who ever can name them.
Well done. You're right. You have the slow moving and fast ones. For sense of clarity the slow ones shall be known as Brain Dead, while the fast ones will be known as Speedsters. These aren't official titles but it makes it easier to distinguish between the two. Now if you did have a break out Pray that they aren't Speedsters. If they are, you might as well shoot your self right away. They are bastards to kill and if infectious, a whole nation could be taken out in a few days. They are quick, agile and vicious. Brain Dead are easier to handle, but no less deadly. Especially if you get surrounded by a big group. Both types can be handle in the same way but obviously Speedsters will be harder to handle. The main reason why they become so fast is because they have no pain barrier and rigormotis has not set in.
Now you got work out why the Zombies are here. If you can work it out you maybe able to save humanity. Become the hero of the world and then have a nice, big and shiny statue of your self in every city. Now they are many reasons why Zombies may come about. I start with the one that is easiest to handle and resolve to the worst case sernoios. Now these Zombies can be either Brain Dead or Speedsters.
Voodoo Zombies
If there is any type of Zombie up rising then this would be the easiest to handle. Mainly because these type of Zombies do not crave flesh. They always have a master, normally a Voodoo Shaman or Bokor and will only follow his orders. The master is also the one that has bought them into being. You may not be able to distinguish them from normal humans but there are signs. Either whited out eyes or vacant stares and super human strength. The reason for the super human strength by the way is because there is no pain barrier nor a conscience hold back. Unless you were truly angered you would never hit someone to kill them. Maybe to stop them or slow them down but never to kill. Now where Zombies rarely have a conscience they don't have this control. Back to the Voodoo Zombie. To get rid of them you just need to break the spell or defeat the Master.
Parasite Zombies
This are like the people infect with La Pagea in resident Evil 4 (see they are Zombies =0) ). Now the parasite normally infect a human that is alive and can either kill them or keep them alive. You'll find that it is normally the latter. Now once infected with a mature parasite there is no saving you. You might as well shoot anyone who is at this stage. Possibly the best example apart from the people from Resident Evil 4 is the Head Crab from Half Life.
(Look at me following in Nintendo's footsteps and Re-Hashing stuff). Now due to the nature of the parasite, infection is slow and you find also easy to contain. There are two option available to yourself in this situation. Either take out everyone or try and find parasite zero (also known as the mother parasite) and kill that. You made me lucky and find that that get rids of all of the little buggers.
Virus Zombies
These zombies spread like wild fire. One bite and you can gaurente that you'll be a moaning, chomping zombie in no time. And your only hope is if there is an antidote. If you're a scientist or not friends with one then I would look to try and live the country. They crave flesh and have an an unsatable appitate. They will regain slight memory of their past lives and will congregate together at place of social bearing. Places like a shopping center or a cinema.
Hell's Zombies
You've seen Dawn of the Dead right? You haven't? You really should. Great movie. Both of them. Anyway. There a saying in the movie. "When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth." If this is the situation then you are screwed. Simple as really. There is no infection that is passed on. It's just a case that if you die you become a Zombie. So if say you where to die from cancer and not have been bitten then you will still become a Zombie. Being bitten by one shouldn't cause zombification. But then again why risk it? The only way to solve this situation. Pray.
So now that you know your enemy what are you going to do about it? Have you got the know how of MacGyver to make a weapon out of anything?
MacGyver. The Only Tool You'll Need. Man I loved that show. Let's get back to the point.
Do you have the resourcefulness of a Boy Scout to not starve? Would you even know how to take out a zombie. No? Well have no fear. Koobs is here. OK so I may not be as cool as MacGyver but I do know my stuff. I have been watching films and playing video game probably before I could even talk. Here's a list of things that may just save you life.
Always have a baseball bat handy. If not a bat then something long and blunt.
If you don't have access to something long and blunt then you'll have to use cutlery. Preferably not a spoon (what you going to try and get spoony with a zombie?) But at least a fork if you have no long knifes. Also not were I'm going with the size of the weapon. You want to keep as much distance as possible.
Now as soon as you hear about an outbreak you want to get as much water as possible. Also if you live in a big community consider leaving now. If possible try and leave the country and going overseas.
Get as much water as possible.
If you can get a car and there are a lot of infective then you may want to run them over.
Actually, anything is a weapon. If you trow it, slash with it, just cause some kind of damage in general with it then it is a good weapon. I guess spoons could be useful.
Try to damage the head. Remember due to no pain barrier breaking a limb isn't going to mean anything to the undead.
Those are just some of the things that should help you if you need to survive a Zombie outbreak. Ice Koobs
The type of Zombies we know about now (look at me talking about them as if they are real) really only came into existence around the late 1960's. I'm talking about the rotting flesh, possible popped out eye ball, have a taste for braaaainnnnnsss kinda of zombie. These where made popular by the film Night of the Living Dead by George A. Romero. If you still don't know what I mean then take a look at this photo.
Now there are many different types of these Zombies. You have the ones that I think are the most scariest, the speed ones which can be found in movies like Dawn of the Dead (2004) or 28 days later. The over type are the slightly more traditional slow moving dead. A bit like the ones in Dead Rising. Easy to get past but if there is a lot of them, then you are move then likely screwed.
The thing that I find fascinating about zombies is the fact that there is very little about them in folklore. There are little bit here and there, but at most they could be called the Living Dead. The difference? Zombies eat flesh and go out of their way to kill, where the Living Dead are just super mindless drones that are controlled by one master. I guess what I mean to be getting at is that the Zombie is a horror creature created by us. In 500 years time they will look at our stories and see that this is what we came up with. I was always scared that when are era is over that nothing will able to pass onto the our own folklore. This proves otherwise.
On Thursdays I'll be looking more closer at the zombie. No not close enough for them to get me. That would be stupid. More along the lines of how they work? What to do in a zombie outbreak? And even though you might not know it, The Pros of Zombies. To give you an idea of one of the pros.
Awwww. It's so cute yet deadly. The pro behind this? Isn't it ovious. I can like something cute that is truly manly. See no worries of being called a poof over here in the Ice household.
So what the hell does Gorillaz have to do with Zombies? Have you never seen the video? Oh that could explain why you might not know. So those of you who are uneducated in the way of the Gorillaz, I present to you, Clint Eastwood.
I love how they manage to get the Thriller dance in there. I think that it is safe to say that if you have any kind of video involving zombies they have to that dance. If only Mr Jacko got royalties for that dance. He probably wouldn't be in the debt that he is in now. Ice Koobs
In the build up to the release of Resident Evil 5 and to make up for my lack of update due to ill health (my voice is back but I'm still getting dizzy and sometimes nauseous) I thought I'll have a week worth of posts dedicated to the stars of Resident Evil. No not Wesker, Chris or Leon. The Zombies you fool. So here are a couple of things to look forward to this week:
Your Guaranteed Three with a Zombified twist.
A look into the background of Zombie lore.
And the usal zaniness that come from me.
Hope you guys are looking forward to it. Ice Koobs
Ok so it's not an animation. But the song was on a classic animation that had Coronas dancing around the screen. It's really dated now however so I thought you might like to see this one instead.
Howdy.
My name's Koobs. I'm a budding Video Game designer that is currently reading at uni. That's right I'm a student which, if anything, means I'm brimming with ideas that are just waiting to be utilized. Follow myself and my blogs to see how I use those said ideas and also to be entertained to a standard you probably never thought you could reach.
Oh, just one more thing, wipe your feet when you come in. Nothing's worse than muddy footprints.
The game play is great. Instead of going up against the zombies, you are the zombie. You could make an army of the undead, throw your body part at humans and even make your hand, ala The Adams Family, craw around the place and take control of unsuspecting humans.
Again a bit of a obvious one this one. Especially from the title.
The special Nazi Zombies stage is the only thing that made this crap game worth playing.
I picked up a bad habit from Nintendo. Got to love the Re-Hashing.
How many times is there some undead boss. In every game there is a zombie boss. And the easiest way to...ummm... is kill the right word here... Forget that...to destroy him, is just cast either cure or use a potion on him.
Well done. You're right. You have the slow moving and fast ones. For sense of clarity the slow ones shall be known as Brain Dead, while the fast ones will be known as Speedsters. These aren't official titles but it makes it easier to distinguish between the two.
(Look at me following in Nintendo's footsteps and Re-Hashing stuff).
