Has anyone played Stubbs the Zombie?

[ChiChi]

I rented it, it's a short game, but man is it fun, escpecially co-op. In short you play as a zombie, and you eat brains, use your guts as as grenades and your hand as something to take over people. And the game is really, really funny to. http://www.wideload.com/cannibals.html

Our hero Stubbs made an appearance on the 10th annual MediaWise reportcard list of games parents shouldn't get for their kids. Senator Lieberman noted that cannibalism is "the worst kind of message to kids". True, I guess, but uh... Zombies aren't cannibals dude.

Setting the Record Straight

The current kerfuffle in the US media about Stubbs the Zombie can be summed up in one word: semantics.

Stubbs, they say, is a cannibal.

This is nonsense, as anyone with a working knowledge of cannibals can tell you. Stubbs fails all the classic litmus tests for cannibalism. He does not wear a bone through his nose. He does not help FBI agents track down serial killers. He has not written a cookbook. He is not named Jeffrey Dahmer. The list goes on and on.

Stubbs is a zombie. Thus the title "Stubbs the Zombie." Zombies eat brains. That's what they do. Stubbs cannot just saunter into the cafeteria and order a plate of Freedom Fries. He has to fight for his meals. In fact, actual cannibals only make it harder for Stubbs to eat, which is why this "cannibalism" story is insulting as well as injurious.

It's no surprise that the all-human media cartel resorts to distortions and name-calling; their anti-zombie bias has been evident for decades, and Stubbs is just the newest target.

If you're a thinking adult, you're probably ready to hear the other side of the story. You'll find it in Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, in stores now for Xbox, PC and Macintosh. Don't let the humanity-centric media tell you what to think about zombies. A free mind is a tasty mind.

 

[rAdIOhEaD]

I read the review in the PLAY Magazine, it looks interesting, I might rent this one...

 

[destrukt]

hah, just watched some of the videos, looks fun.

 

[Gargantou]

Yeah, I have the PC vers tho, so no coop for me..

 

[Shakermaker]

There's a demo. Avaliable at all the usual mirrors. Downloading now.

 

[Shakermaker]

There's a demo. Avaliable at all the usual mirrors. Downloading now.

Meh, not a lot of fun. Just download this if you don't have anything better to do.

 

[boglito]

Actually tried the demo just today.
Chuckled a bit.
Unistalled.

.bog.

 

[Lucid]

Demo won't work...

Game gives me a "Frequency out of range" error... Forcing me to restart the machine. :|

 

[Lucid]

Meh, Tried changing resolutions...Doesn't work either...

Bummer, I looked forward to seeing things from a zombie's perspective

 

[Shakermaker]

Meh, Tried changing resolutions...Doesn't work either...

Bummer, I looked forward to seeing things from a zombie's perspective

It's 3d person

No worries tho. You're not missing out. Clumsy combat and stupid AI (and I don't mean just the zombies, also the scientists and police agents). The graphics are acceptable; nothing special. The game is somewhat funny, but not as hilarious as I thought it would be.

 

[Lucid]

Oh well.
I love 3rd person games... It looked like mindless fun.
Damn my inferior computer.