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Plants vs. Zombies
Have I ever told you how much zombies scare the crap out of me? Like any healthy fear, I’ve learned to embrace it and begin my preparations. Though, until the day of Zompacalypse™ arrives, I have found a way to take out my zombie hate courtesy of Felicia Day. Pop Cap Games has wrought unto this world, the highly addictive tower defense game, “Plants vs. Zombies.”
The premise is quite simple. Zombies are in the neighborhood and it’s up to you to manage your arsenal of anti-zombie plants to prevent them from entering your house and eating your brains.
Like any good game featuring the shambling undead, the zombie hordes get increasingly abundant and seem to be without end. What I really enjoy is the plethora of different zombies you end up facing. There’s the zombie pole-vaulter as pictured above, that can hurdle over your “Wall-Nut” to get passed your barriers. A zombie bobsled team (yes, you read that correctly) and there’s even a Zomboni! In all, there’s 26 different zombie species that you have to behead with various plants and yard implements.
In addition to the main game, there’s a variety of mini-games that you unlock as you progress through the story mode. My favorite of the mini-games is zombie bowling, where you roll giant wall-nuts across your lawn to knock over zombies that are shambling towards the house. It’s like zombie bocce ball. So, what are you waiting for? Go download the demo if you don’t feel like spending $20 and get ready to “Soil your pants!”
-Tengu
I, Don Quixote-Man of La Mancha
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