State of Decay is an open world third person zombie survival horror game by Undead Labs. Already this sounds cliché, with zombies being the “in” antagonist for a few years now. Plenty of developers have played their zombie cards with games like Left 4 Dead, Dead Rising, Resident Evil, and even the critically acclaimed (but… Read More »
We here at Nerds@Play love zombies, especially those depicted by The Walking Dead. This week we talk about The Walking Dead: 400 Days and go into great detail over our choices; some good, mostly bad. If you haven’t played it yet, go pick it up right now! We’ll wait. We also catch up on our… Read More »
We here at Nerds@Play love zombies. Be it the rotting flesh in Left 4 Dead 2, the emotions that come with playing The Walking Dead, or just the “holy crap” moments of Killing Floor, zombies are our drug of choice. This week we sit down to talk about our zombie apocalypse plans (whiskey included), discuss our favorite zombies, and… Read More »
My previous Gaming rEvolutions article detailed the emergence of the zombie in video games. These beasties began as one of a cast of thousands of minions bent on consuming all in their path. They then took center stage as the main villain in later survival horror gaming. All of the previous game types are still… Read More »
Players have known these monsters by many names: walkers, living dead, and infected. However, the name attributed to them most often is zombie. These creatures have gone through several evolutionary stages in gaming but several truths have remained the same in their history. Video games have created them with viruses from aliens, fungus, rabies infection,… Read More »
Rising from the ground to infect the living, Nerds@Play is back for Part 2 of their Walking Dead special! With just two episodes of the game left, the nerds come together to recap their choices, continue their zombie trivia game, and as always, condemn each other for the horrible things they did throughout the entire game. All… Read More »
The nerds are rising! This week on N@P we talk about The Walking Dead video game. In a special two part series, we cover each episode, discussing big choices, how we handled situations, and most importantly, condemning each other as terrible human beings. HUGE SPOILERS in this one! You’ve been warned! You can find and message us… Read More »
By now you’ve probably heard of Call of Duty. In fact, I bet you’ve already made your mind up about the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Well, even if you already have an opinion about the Call of Duty franchise, I still want to tell you about what you can expect on November… Read More »
… at least a little. Revealed today was the fifth character that players will be able to use in the upcoming Dead Island: Riptide game. The new hero, named John Morgan, was inspired by some fan mods of the original Dead Island and features full-on fisticuffs. While that was kind of Sam B’s fury thing,… Read More »
Producer Deep Silver finally announced today that the upcoming sequel Dead Island: Riptide will be releasing April 23, 2013. Placing the release date of the game at almost seven months away may constitute a Halloween scare for fans who don’t want to wait that long, but a few other details from the press release should… Read More »
