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The 1-Upper: The Last Stand

POSTED: Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 2:32 AM

'Cause this is Thriller ...

This column touched on zombies a few months ago, but as far as I’m concerned it’s never to soon to revisit them. I stumbled across The Last Stand the other day, and it’s a nifty little bundle of zombie blasting, strategy and nerves made by Armor Games, which brought us the really fun Dark Cut 2 Civil War surgery simulator. In the game, you’ll take on the role of a nameless survivor of a zombie epidemic, holed up on one side of the screen behind a barrier of wood and metal scraps armed with only your trusty pistol. If you can make it to dawn and clear the first round of zombies, most of which are either of the lurching Shaun of the Dead or the rapid, fast-moving 28 Days Later variety, you’ll get 12 hours to spread between fixing your barrier, looking for new weapons, or searching for survivor (a little tip: I find that a six, four, two hour spread, respectively, works best). You’ll have to decide which strategy works best for you, and it can be tempting – and rewarding – to devote a lot of time to weapons hunting. If you find survivors, you can support up to six, and they’ll hang out behind your wall providing just a little help. After you acquire at least one additional weapon, you can pick your main and backup, switching between them in game with the spacebar. But, lookout, once you get the chainsaw surviving the required 20 days and nights to beat the game a cinch. Check out the game here.

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