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  • Zombie Apocalypse Report: The Worst Places To Be in America When the Walkers Start Munching

    Real estate website Trulia takes their mission seriously. The website touts its expertise on everything “from neighborhood insights to how to start your home search”. Recently they went all out to prove they are the authority on those insights by preparing a report on “The Most Appetizing cities for U.S. Zombies”

    Trulia based their analysis on which locations had:

    Higher hospital density – Zombies would have quick access to defenseless “food”

    More congestion – Making it difficult for humans to run from zombies.

    Fewer hardware stores – Making it difficult for humans to protect themselves in an attack.

    Higher walk scores – Making it easier for “walkers” to get around.

    The top cities in the report were:

    1. Honolulu, Hawaii
    2. New York, New York
    3. Newark, New Jersey
    4. Boston, Massachusetts
    5. Washington, DC
    6. San Francisco, California
    7. Miami, Florida
    8. Orange County, California
    9. Los Angeles, California
    10. Seattle, Washington

    Chicago, Denver, and Portland also ranked high on the “Don’t Be Caught Here if The Walking Dead Ever Becomes Reality” meter.

    Not everyone is taking their ranking in the report as a bad thing. Honolulu Magazine takes the ranking in stride.

    “We always thought we’d do well, living on one of the most remote islands in the world. Or maybe that’s the problem—there’s nowhere to run. Once again, it’s location, location, location.”

    Maybe that’s because they already have a plan in place for the Zombie Apocalypse.

    “If the unthinkable ever did happen, and Beretania and King streets were filled with the shuffling, moaning undead, we know exactly where we’d hole up: MAKIKI SAFEWAY! Think about it: The building is on stilts, so you’d be safely off the ground level, with only a couple of stairway access points to defend. And hey, it’s a supermarket, fully stocked with all the food, medicine and booze you’d need to stay alive and happy until the cavalry arrived. Let the hardcore survivalist types run for the back of Palolo Valley—we’re gonna stay where the beer is.”

  • Zombie Apocalypse: Kansas Is Prepared, Are You?

    Most people laugh at the idea of a zombie apocalypse, but others take the idea seriously and are preparing for such a scenario. The entire state of Kansas is hopping onboard the zombie apocalypse wagon and has declared the entire month of October “Zombie Preparedness Month.”

    The state of Kansas is encouraging residents to prepare for disasters and such scenarios as blizzards or floods. Since a zombie apocalypse would be a worse case scenario, officials believe that if residents are prepared for something as extreme and unlikely as the zombie apocalypse, they would be ready for anything, including more plausible disasters and scenarios.

    “If you’re prepared for zombies, you’re prepared for anything,” the state noted in preparing for the zombie apocalypse.

    The state doesn’t necessarily believe a zombie apocalypse will happen, but said the idea of planning for such a scenario can seem fun to some people, especially families with children. They believe the name of the event will help motivate more people to prepare for all different types of disasters and allow them to have some fun doing it.

    “If you’re equipped to handle the zombie apocalypse then you’re prepared for tornadoes, severe storms, fire and any other natural disaster Kansas usually faces,” said a Kansas state official. “This is a fun and low-stress way to get families involved, and past turnouts have proven it to be effective.”

    Some people believe that a zombie apocalypse is much more likely to happen than what many people think and Kansas is not the first government or agency that is preparing for such extreme situations and scenarios.

    Just a few years ago the CDC shocked and even scared some people when they released a plan for surviving the zombie apocalypse.

    “There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example,” the CDC said in a statement. “That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency.”

    How would you prepare for such a scenario and do you believe such a thing could ever really happen?

  • Bloody Torso Statues Arrive For Dead Island Riptide Pre-orderers

    Bloody Torso Statues Arrive For Dead Island Riptide Pre-orderers

    Back in January, Deep Silver, the publisher of the Dead Island games, announced the “Zombie Bait” special edition of their upcoming Dead Island Riptide. As many collector’s editions do, the “Zombie Bait” package includes a statue. This statue however, was a de-limbed, decapitated female torso. It was, quite literally, just a pair of bloody breasts covered by a small bikini.

    The publisher later issued an apology for the statue. The carefully worded response did not state that the statues would be pulled from pre-orders, but did make it clear that they would never show up in the U.S.

    The complaints surrounding the statue subsided within days, and now Dead Island Riptide‘s launch day is finally here. Along with mediocre reviews, the game has arrived with the statue still a part of the collector’s edition.

    Video blogger AussieGamerChick received her “Zombie Bait” edition of the game today and showed it off in an unboxing video on YouTube. No doubt speaking for many horror fans, she states that the statue is the reason she pre-ordered the game.

    AussieGamerChick had defended Deep Silver and the statue back in January when complaints began:

    And here’s the launch trailer for the game, for good measure:

    (via Kotaku)

  • DayZ Developer Diary Shows Game Creator Doing Motion Capture

    The last month or so has been a bonanza for gamers following the DayZ standalone game project. The zombie survival game has received regular progress updates including a video presentation of several in-game systems.

    Today’s update isn’t a huge info-dump, but fans of the game will be pleased to see that DayZ creator Dean “Rocket” Hall is putting himself into the game. Literally.

    A video was posted today to the DayZ development Tumblr blog that shows Rocket himself participating and creating animations in the Bohemia motion capture studio. He suits up and helps make some zombie animations for the game.

    The video also shows exactly what ideas the DayZ team has for zombies, which includes a “rage” state similar to the infected seen in 28 Days Later.

  • Canadian Parliament Says No to Zombies, Officially [VIDEO]

    After the Centers for Disease Control in the U.S. acknowledged and then issued a quick response guide for the possible zombie apocalypse, Canadian MPs knew that they had to get in line. As they say, zombies know no borders.

    It’s assuring to hear Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird authoritatively declare that “Canada will never become a safe haven for zombies, ever.”

    Watch the awesome House of Commons moment below:

  • Apology Issued For Bloody Torso Statue

    Apology Issued For Bloody Torso Statue

    Yesterday Deep Silver announced the “Zombie Bait” collectors edition of its upcoming Dead Island Riptide. In keeping with the zombie apocalypse theme of the game, the requisite statue included with the bundle was a representation of a de-limbed, decapitated zombie torso. That wouldn’t have been so bad, but the statue is female and the only part of the statue not sliced and bloody are two large, pristine breasts. The tasteless hand-painted statue predictably caused an immediate backlash online.

    Now, Deep Silver has apologized for the gruesome statue. The developer’s statement, in full:

    We deeply apologize for any offense caused by the Dead Island Riptide “Zombie Bait Edition”, the collector’s edition announced for Europe and Australia. Like many gaming companies, Deep Silver has many offices in different countries, which is why sometimes different versions of Collector’s Editions come into being for North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

    For the limited run of the Zombie Bait Edition for Europe and Australia, a decision was made to include a gruesome statue of a zombie torso, which was cut up like many of our fans had done to the undead enemies in the original Dead Island.

    We sincerely regret this choice. We are collecting feedback continuously from the Dead Island community, as well as the international gaming community at large, for ongoing internal meetings with Deep Silver’s entire international team today. For now, we want to reiterate to the community, fans and industry how deeply sorry we are, and that we are committed to making sure this will never happen again.

    It seems that Deep Silver is trying to make it clear the statue was never to be released in the U.S., where the vaguely sexual statue presumably wouldn’t have gone over as well. It’s unclear whether the statue will be pulled from the “Zombie Bait” bundle, but apologizing is a good first step toward acknowledging the backlash.

  • Dead Island Riptide CE Features Busty, Bloody Torso

    Deep Silver, the publisher of Dead Island, today announced a “Zombie Bait” edition of its upcoming Dead Island Riptide.

    In a move that’s sure to please groups calling for video games to tone down their violence in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting, the package includes a foot-tall, hand-painted resin statue of a de-limbed and decapitated female torso. As seen above, the statue’s ample breasts seem to be the only features that have escaped extensive mutilation.

    The “Zombie Bait” edition is for U.K. gamers, and will include the Xbox 360 version of the game. Gamers in the U.S. and Latin America are getting the “Rigor Mortis” edition, which includes the comparatively tasteful zombie hula girl dashboard statue.

    “Dead Island Riptide is one of the most anticipated releases of the year and is set to build on the original’s reputation for OTT [sic] action, dark humour and brutal zombie bashing,” said Paul Nicholls, sales & marketing director at Deep Silver. “We wanted to provide a unique collector’s edition that was utterly Dead Island and would make a striking conversation piece on any discerning zombie gamer’s mantel.”

    A conversation piece, indeed. Because nothing starts an engaging conversation like an overtly sexual, mangled female torso.

    Deep Silver is only producing a limited run of the “Zombie Bait” editions of Dead Island Riptide. The edition also comes with a steelbook case for the game, artwork cards, and exclusive in-game weapon mods. Dead Island Riptide his stores on April 23 in the U.S., and April 26 in the U.K.

  • DayZ Standalone Details and Pics Released

    DayZ Standalone Details and Pics Released

    DayZ designer Dean “Rocket” Hall was quoted last year as saying the standalone version of the popular zombie survival mod for ARMA II will be out before the end of 2012. That obviously hasn’t panned out, and today Rocket took to the DayZ development tumblr blog to reveal exactly why the game hasn’t been released, show off some textures in screenshots, and tease players with what they can expect in the future. From the post:

    Put simply, DayZ Standalone isn’t here because we had the chance to go from making a game that was just the mod improved slightly, packaged simply, and sold – to actually redeveloping the engine and making the game the way we all dreamed it could be. This blew any initial plans we had dictated to pieces.

    Rocket goes on to say that a closed test for around 500 to 1,000 people will be released “imminently.” After getting the architecture debugged the developers will have a better idea of when the title will be released.

    As for changes from the mod, fans will be very happy to know that the inventory system has gotten a complete overhaul, which Rocket said will “fundamentally change the DayZ experience.” He states that the developers were inspired by Minecraft to “make the UI simple and effective, rather than flashy and complex.” In addition, items can now be damaged:

    You scavenge for items now, as individual parts, picking up pieces rather than piles, looking for cans on shelves or under beds. The new system opens the door for durability of items, disease tracking (cholera lingering on clothes a player wears…), batteries, addon components, and much more. If you shoot a player in the head to take his night vision, you will damage the night vision. The changes to this inventory system are huge.

    Progress on the art assets is coming along and can be seen in the photos that accompany the post. Progress on the revised Chernarus map, however, is being slowed by the fact that the lead designer of the map is currently in a Greek prison on espionage charges.

    Despite all of the delays, it’s a given that fans would rather have a complete game than a rushed one. The implosion of WarZ demonstrated that customer service, honesty, and quality are all more important for developers than shoving a game out as quickly as possible.

  • ZombiU’s Live-Action Found Footage Trailers Are Quite Disturbing

    Ubisoft has decided to fully back Nintendo’s Wii U, releasing several games within the console’s extended launch window. And though Nintendo’s games and Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition has taken the best-reviewed launch title spots, Ubisoft’s ZombiU has been garnering some praise for showing off just what the Wii U GamePad is capable of.

    An unexpected launch title for a Nintendo console, ZombiU puts players in the middle of the zombie apocalypse as it begins to infest London. The GamePad is used for surveying a situation in 360 degrees, a touch-based inventory system, and for interacting with objects, such as number pad locks on doors.

    The newest ZombiU trailers eschew Wii U gameplay and delve into the sheer horror of a zombified London. They are live-action and appear in the found-footage style of so many recent horror movies. They are also a way to promote the new ZombiU iPhone app, which apparently allows users to send “emergency messages” to loved ones and “zombify” pictures of people.

    That second trailer reminded me of Attack the Block. Believe, bruv. Also, why does footage found on an abandoned phone have a camcorder overlay?

  • New ZombiU Live-Action Trailer Demonstrates Multiplayer Gameplay

    The creators of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 are certainly proud of their zombie mode. It’s a feature that sets the Black Ops games apart from the Modern Warfare side of the Call of Duty franchise. However, it is just one mode among many in that game. Zombie apocalypse fans looking for a pure zombie survival horror experience might want to look to Ubisoft’s upcoming ZombiU for their fix.

    ZombiU will have multiplayer modes where friends can fight off the hordes together, but it will also feature a mode dedicated to a more combative multiplayer experience.

    This week, Ubisoft released a live-action ZombieU trailer that demonstrates one such multiplayer mode. One player takes on the role of the survivor – the helpless sap trying to escape the zombies. The other player takes on the role of King of the Zombies, and is in charge of providing the zombies the survivor will face. The King will operate the Wii U Gamepad, which in this mode is dubbed the “Zombie Spawner.” Using a light real-time strategy-like interface, he or she can mercilessly drop zombies into the game the survivor will be playing on the TV screen.

    It’s an interesting concept, and one that could help bring in friends who wouldn’t normally play a Left 4 Dead-type zombie shooter. It’s also a system that could easily create fights between players, so gamers should take care before allowing their sadistic significant other be the King.

    Fair warning: the trailer is live-action and contains plenty of blood and exploding zombie heads.

  • Science-Heavy Animation Looks at the Possibility of a Real Zombie Apocalypse

    Retrograde Axonal Transport? Virus Specificity? Olfactory Nerve? If you’re unfamiliar with these terms, you may want to hit the virology books – because that’s exactly how the world is going to devolve into zombie chaos, according to AsapSCIENCE.

    They take some previously reported pop science on a possible zombie-like outbreak and put it into a concise, understandable animation. So, could it really happen? Yes and no.

    Are people going to die and come back to life? Probably not. But according to the video, a targeted virus that affected the right parts of the brain could turn living humans into zombie-like walkers. Important stuff, considering it’s Halloween week.

    On the plus side, these hypothetical zombies wouldn’t pose quite the risk of traditional zombies. You wouldn’t have to shoot them in the head – any old close-range shotgun blast would do.

    [via Geekosystem]

  • Joss Whedon Endorses Mitt Romney as the Candidate Best Suited to Bring About the Zombie Apocalypse

    It’s just over one week until the 2012 Presidential election, which means it’s time for those last minute celebrity endorsements to start rolling in. And Republican candidate Mitt Romney can take pride in the fact that he’s convinced one Hollywood liberal to join the other team.

    Well, not really.

    From the guy who brought you The Avengers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, here’s the most sarcastic endorsement you’re likely to see this political season:

    The video has already received over 1.1 million views on YouTube in about a day – so it’s pretty hot on the viral charts. Political? Definitely. Funny? Absolutely. Even if your disagree, you have to appreciate the straightforward, matter of fact way Whedon throws his support behind Romney.

    Or not. In the end, it is just another Hollywood liberal poking fun at Republicans. What’s new?

  • New ZombiU Trailer Shows Infested Tower of London

    Ubisoft has certainly thrown its lot in with Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console. The game publisher has eight different games coming to the new system during its extended launch window, including Assassin’s Creed III, Rabbids Land, and Rayman Legends.

    It’s Ubisoft’s Wii U-exclusive title ZombiU, that is the most surprising, though. Nintendo has positioned itself with the Wii as a family-friendly, casual gamer company. To see a gruesome survival horror game as an exclusive launch title means that Nintendo is looking to bring back “hardcore” gamers into its fold.

    We’ve already had a good look at the zombie mayhem that awaits in ZombiU, including the trailer from the Wii U announcement and a gameplay walkthrough featuring Buckingham Palace that demonstrates how the Wii U GamePad will be used while playing the game. Today, Ubisoft has released another trailer that demonstrates just how hectic ZombiU can become.

    The video, seen below, shows a section of the game where players will cross a zombie-infested Tower Bridge to get to the Tower of London. After that, a daring escape shows that rescue might not be in the cards for the citizens of London.

  • Zombie Apocalypse: It’s Still Not Over

    Here’s one more insane zombie story to add to the growing pile: a 67-year old man got into an altercation with a 28-year old on a subway in China recently over the last seat on the train, and when the younger man wouldn’t give up the fight, the elder began chewing on his arm.

    This is at least the second story of so-called “cannibalism” to come out of China since June, when a woman was attacked by a bus driver who rampaged through traffic and began gnawing on her face.

    Warning: the video is an eye-witness account of the fight and is extremely graphic.

  • Great, Now There Are Zombie Bees Flying Around

    The zombie apocalypse has been much-talked about this year, between all the face-eating stories and the CDC actually preparing people for a zombie apocalypse (under the guise that it would help us if faced with a “real” life-threatening emergency). Now we can add something equally terrifying and somewhat baffling to the growing pile of things that make us not want to live on this planet anymore: zombie bees.

    Apparently, a parasitic fly attaches to the honeybees and lays eggs inside them, and when the maggots hatch, they eat the bees from the inside out. I’m assuming they then burst through the bee’s carcass like an Alien and go on to terrorize other living beings.

    The sad thing about it is that before the bees die, they start flying around at odd hours of the day and night in jerky patterns as they lose basic functionality, sometimes dropping dead extremely quickly. Seattle beekeeper Mark Hohn said he found several bees flying in those irregular patterns when he returned home from vacation and discovered several bee corpses in and around his house.

    “I joke with my kids that the zombie apocalypse is starting at my house,” he said.

    The anomaly hasn’t been widely reported elsewhere, but scientists think that’s probably just because no one knows what to look for, or perhaps haven’t witnessed the bees’ bizarre behavior. It’s contributing to an already harsh environment for honeybees, who are also dealing with something called “colony collapse disorder”, which kills off all the adult honeybees in a colony; it’s gotten so bad that crops are being affected.

  • Zombie Apocalypse: More Face Eating In Pennsylvania

    Because there haven’t been any reports in a few weeks, I falsely believed that all this scary zombie nonsense was finally going away. No such luck.

    20-year old Richard Cimino Jr. went on quite a spree of madness and destruction last Friday night when he ran his car off the road, broke into a house, was scared off by the homeowners, then broke into another home and, after stripping completely nude, jumped out a second-story window to the great dismay of his bones. He severely injured his arms and legs, but he didn’t let that stop him from running out to the street, where he attacked a woman and began chewing on her face and head while “screaming like an animal”.

    Police caught up to him and a tremendous fight ensued, wherein Cimino attacked them and punched an EMT who was trying to treat him. A stun gun didn’t faze him.

    If any of this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s pretty much word-for-word what’s been happening all over the country since the first zombie story broke in Miami over Memorial Day weekend. Unfortunately, in most–but by no means all–of the cases, police were able to narrow down the victims’ behavioral patterns as being related to the drug “bath salts”. Officials aren’t positive that Cimino was on drugs, but are awaiting test results because yes he was.

  • Official ZombiU Trailer Released

    When Nintendo announced ZombiU at this year’s E3, it seemed a bit out of character. The Wii has become a bastion of family-friendly console gaming in an era where gamers have grown up and are demanding more mature content. Perhaps for that very reason, Nintendo is making a concerted effort to gain more adult titles for the Wii U.

    At the Wii U announcement event in New York this morning, Nintendo confirmed that Assassin’s Creed III, Mass Effect 3, Darksiders II, Bayonetta 2, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will all be coming to their new console. Given that context, perhaps a zombie survival horror game from Nintendo isn’t so surprising.

    In conjunction with their announcement, Nintendo today released the official ZombiU trailer. It shows not only what the game will look like, but how players will use the Wii U GamePad to play it. It appears players will be able to use the touchscreen for inventory management, mini-map navigation, and aiming for certain weapons, such as the sniper rifle or a mounted turret.

  • DayZ-Like Zombie Survival Game Coming to Xbox and PC

    DayZ-Like Zombie Survival Game Coming to Xbox and PC

    A developer named Undead Labs this week announced that yet another zombie survival game is being developed, this time for a console. State of Decay will feature a DayZ-like open-world, sandbox zombie apocalypse wilderness for players to inhabit via the Xbox LIVE Arcade or PC.

    Undead Labs states on its website that players will have to find water, food, and shelter – all while battling the zombie horde. State of Decay seems to set itself apart from DayZ by focusing more on setting up fortifications against the zombie outbreak, allowing players to recruit NPC survivors and designate certain areas as a home base.

    Undead Labs states that the world of State of Decay will develop in real-time depending on the actions players take. Content will be dynamically generated and the zombie threat will be “ever-increasing.” What is unclear from either the trailer or the announcement is whether State of Decay will feature the nerve-wracking and dangerous player-versus-player (PVP) interaction that makes DayZ so exciting.

    DayZ itself is a mod for the Arma II military simulation game for PC that was released in an Alpha state earlier this year. In it, players spawn into a large, open world with little gear and have to dodge zombies and seek out basic necessities to survive. Other players are also playing simultaneously and competing for limited resources, meaning that some survivors turn to banditry as a way of life. State of Decay is the second DayZ-like zombie survival game to be announced this summer. In July, a game staying close to the DayZ formula called WarZ was announced by Hammerpoint Interactive.

    Check out the State of Decay announcement trailer below and decide for yourself which zombie survival game suits you best:

  • DayZ is Coming as a Standalone Version

    DayZ is Coming as a Standalone Version

    Dean “Rocket” Hall, the developer of the popular zombie apocalypse mod DayZ has announced the game will be getting a standalone version. Hall announced on the DayZ Tumblr blog that he has been named project lead on the development of the DayZ game. The title will be developed by Bohemia Interactive, the developers of ARMA II engine, which the DayZ mod currently runs on.

    For those that just bought ARMA 2 through the Steam Summer Sale, worry not. Hall stated that development of the ARMA 2 mod will continue alongside development of the standalone version of DayZ.

    Hall also revealed that the DayZ standalone title will be adopting the Minecraft development model. Very early versions of the game will be available for a discounted price.

    The news of a standalone version of DayZ is not surprising, considering the popularity of the mod. For some time now, fans of the game have been speculating that today’s news might come before the end of the year.

    The popularity of DayZ is something of a Cinderella story in gaming. The game is a mod for the military simulation game ARMA 2. Players are spawned on the beach of a game world large enough to cover many square miles. They must find food and water to survive while avoiding or shooting the zombies that inhabit the terrain. More dangerous than the zombies, however, are the other players in the game. At this time, up to 50 players can play together in a single instance of the game. Resources are scarce and many players have adopted a “shoot first” policy with regards to other players, who, if trusted too much, might shoot them in the back for a can of beans.

    Part of the mod’s popularity comes from the fact that the game, while tedious to play for some, is interspersed with exciting confrontations between players, zombie, and other players. This, and the open, sandbox nature of the game makes it nearly as fun to watch clips of gameplay on YouTube as it is to play the game. Over the summer, DayZ became one of the most popular games that viewers watched streaming through Twitch.tv. This is all with the mod still in an “alpha” state, never even reaching full beta.

  • Here’s How The 1% Prepares For The Zombie Apocalypse

    Sure, everyone says that they are ready for the zombie apocalypse. Hell, I’ve read enough zombie fiction and watched enough movies to know how to best the bastards. It doesn’t matter if they are the slow, dumb kind or the fast, smart kind – I have a strategy for both.

    Double tap.

    But are you really ready? Think fast – do you already have your tactical fields op waterproof uni-directional bezel watch? How about your assault gear cheat rifle with grenade and magazine pouches? No? You really think your shotgun and case of shells is going to do the trick?

    If you’re of the belief that this situation is imminent, you may want to check out OpticsPlanet’s Z.E.R.O Kit – but only if you have some disposable income…like $23,999 worth of it.

    Here’s what OpticsPlanet has to say about their kit:

    There is no room for error when dealing with the undead. Our Z.E.R.O. (Zombie Extermination, Research and Operations) Kit takes into account all the different aspects of surviving the looming zombie apocalypse. When the undead hordes rise from their shallow graves to wreak havoc on all decent civilization, you’ll need to both fight back (Extermination), and find a cure (Research).

    Always be prepared. In the new zombie world you can be king of the hill, or the tastiest treat in town.

    And of course, zombies may not be the only thing trying to turn you into a treat. Tough times call for even tougher actions – and the survival kit may have to protect you from Mr. Anderson across the street, who’s hunger has led him to make some interesting decisions concerning the value of a human life.

    The most intriguing part of the kit comes from the “R” in “Z.E.R.O”: Research. You can only kill so many zombies before you lose focus and become food or lose the motivation to live and just off yourself. To avoid such fates, one has to work on a cure:

    “We’ve included Qorpak Beakers, Labnet Pipettes and a Celestron Microscope so you can take samples and study the innermost workings of zombies. The destructive nature of their cells might lead you to a better understanding of their life expectancy or how to possibly treat their symptoms so they no longer hunger for human flesh,” they say.

    Here’s the list of weapon accessories that you get for your $24K:

    • GG&G Extreme Heavy Duty Swivel Bipod GGG-1245
    • Eotech Gear Scopecoat Cover for EoTech Zombie Stopper Red Dot Sight
    • OPMOD PVS-14 Monocular Gen 3 PINNACLE Night Vision Scope 64 lp/mm GNVPVS14-OPMOD
    • Thermal Eye X50 100x800px Waterproof Thermal Imaging Camera, NTSC – 1000380-0001
    • Surefire 6V LED Shotgun Forend Weaponlight for Benelli M1-M2 617LM
    • Leupold VX-R ZOMBIE 1.25-4x20mm 30mm Riflescope ZombieDot Green SPR
    • Plano Moulding Zombie Ammo Can
    • Champion Zombie Target 6-Pack, Attack
    • Streamlight TLR-1 HP Long Range Rail Mounted Flashlight, Standard Switch w/ Rail Locating Keys for Glock Style,1913 Picatinny, S&W 99/TSW & Beretta 90two & Lithium Batteries, Box 69217
    • Safariland 6305 ALS Tactical Holster w/ Quick Release Leg Harness – STX TAC Black, Right Hand, Hood Guard Sentry Protection 6305-7742-131-SH
    • New, Steiner 10×50 Military Binoculars Laser Rangefinder
    • Leupold Mark 4 20-60x80mm, Black Spotting Scope, TMR Reticle 110826
    • Laser Devices DBAL-I2 Dual Beam Laser, Visible Green Laser
    • Mako Group Fab Defense Handguard w/Rails For Remington Model 870 PR870
    • Trijicon ACOG 6×48 Dual Ill Riflescope w/Mount, Green Chevron .308 Reticle
    • Vero Vellini Premium Padded Leather Rifle Sling, Brown V17228
    • Crimson Trace Full size Glock Laser Zombie Edition
    • Eotech Zombie Stopper Red Dot Holographic Sight

    And that’s less than half of the kit’s contents. You can check the product page for a complete listing. No actual weapons, however, but that’s cool. Anyone knows the first act of any zombie outbreak is raiding the local gun store.

    [h/t Geekologie]

  • Naked Carjacker Has Ties To Recent Cannibal Scares

    Lately, news outlets have been inundated with bizarre stories regarding people displaying extremely aggressive and violent behavior, some of which ends in cannibalistic tendencies. Since the story that started it all–Rudy Eugene’s face-eating attack on homeless man Ronald Poppo in Miami–several more incidents have been documented, several of which involve the synthetic drug “bath salts”, but by no means all. In fact, the scariest part of these incidents is that they don’t seem to have a common denominator; nothing to tie them all together. Eugene, who was widely believed to be high on bath salts when he chewed up 75% of Poppo’s face, tested positive for nothing more than marijuana. And a more recent attack on a woman in China gave initial reports that the attacker, a bus driver who pulled the woman from her car and began chewing on her face, was simply inebriated.

    A new story out of Arizona seems to have several parallels to many of the other stories, although police aren’t speculating on what caused his erratic behavior at this time. 45-year old John Brigham rammed his car into the back of a Porsche on Friday, which caused a chain-reaction and sent the Porsche flying into the back of another car. Brigham exited his vehicle, took off all his clothes–just like Eugene– jumped onto the roof of a nearby car and began screaming gibberish and ranting. He quickly hijacked another car from a pregnant woman–who was almost full term and suffered two broken legs in the accident he’d caused–and sped off down the highway the wrong way, where he hit several more cars before coming to a violent stop in a ditch. He was actually ejected from the car but it didn’t seem to affect him, as he jumped up and immediately began looking for another car to commandeer. Police arrived at that point and were able to take him into custody, however. In all, his spree injured six people, including one man who was ejected from his vehicle and was in serious condition.

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    Pregnant victim’s car. Images courtesy of ABC15.com.

    While no one has speculated yet on what might have caused this violent and insane behavior–including police, who haven’t released information on what Brigham might have ingested beforehand–there are so many similarities to other stories around the country that I can’t help but draw on them for clues. Aside from Eugene, whose toxicology report makes him an enigma–there have now been at least five other cases where people have inexplicably stripped down before exhibiting violent behavior, and many of them include a mention of bath salts.

    Luckily for the victims involved, Brigham’s behavior didn’t evolve to cannibalism. As it is, several were hospitalized and will likely require weeks, or even months, to heal.