GAME MUSIC OF THE WEEK - 5/07/13

With yesterday's announcement of Plants Vs Zombies 2 from Popcap, I HAD to....    Enjoy!

X-MEDIA WEDNESDAYS - THE WALKING DEAD COMICS

Okay, I'll admit this one's kind of a cheat.  My X-Media reviews were intended to be alternate media based on video games, not the media that video games are based on.  But I have very recently begun to play Telltale's Walking Dead game, and with all of the accolades and GOTY awards being hurled at the series, I feel that it's important to reflect on the source material to see where the game is coming from.

GAME-A-WEEK - DEAD ISLAND: THE RYDER WHITE DLC

I deliberately skipped Dead Island's "Bloodbath Arena" DLC, because I loathe arena gameplay.  But when the Ryder White DLC came out for Dead Island, giving players a chance to view the game's events through the villain's eyes, my interest was piqued.  I never found White to be very compelling or threatening as the sort of power-mad military antagonist, but I hoped maybe this would shine some light on his character, and give me an excuse to drop back into the zombie-plagued island of Banoi.

And yes, I realize last week I said I'm sick to death of zombies, and yet am doing two zombie games in a row.  Suck it.

GAME-A-WEEK - CONTAINMENT: THE ZOMBIE PUZZLER

Zombies.   Puzzle games.  If I had to pick the two genres least likely to mesh together, I think those might be it.  I've never played Tetris and thought about the undead horde.  Bejeweled never made me think the green gems might eat my brains.   However, apparently someone at Bootsnake Games thought it could be done, and set out to make it a reality.  So, do these genres band together for survival, or does this game need a headshot to put it down?   This week, I sat down to find out.

RESIDENT EVIL 6 TRAILER UNLEASHED

Fuck.   YES.  

Resident Evil 6 Official Trailer

This is the first time I've really been excited about a Resident Evil release.