Whether they terrorize us and make us shiver under the blankets or they just make us laugh hysterically until we cry, zombies will always remain a great source of entertainment. Apparently video games industry veteran Jeff Strain feels the same way, as he has recently announced the formation of Undead Labs, a game development studio based in Seattle that will focus on online games. But not any kind of online games, but the definitive massively multiplayer online zombie game (MMOZ). So double undead trouble!

Strain left NCSoft last summer (we hear a roar of applauses in the background) with the declared goal of building from the ground up, together with a few of the most talented developers, a creative studio that targets a new breed of MMO for console gamers. … More

Here is a small fact: you are going to die.

A reassuring announcement: Please, be calm, despite that previous threat. I am all bluster – I’m not violent. I’m not malicious. I’m a result.

The Book Thief was written by Markus Zusak and was first published in 2005. Since then it has reached the rank of best seller in many countries, won a panoply of awards and enjoys the support of many readers, writers and critics. I bought it in Zurich a couple of years ago because luck, destiny or whatever your personal superstitions allow you to call such things, made it to be the only one in English in that book store. Ever since then I can’t shake the feeling that I didn’t choose the book, but on the contrary, it chose me. … More

I wanted to tackle this subject in writing for quite a while, but I just couldn’t find the spark to trigger it. That was until Friday evening when I stumbled upon a press release about a Yoga game being launched for Wii at the end of the month. No surprise here, I’m used to seeing all sort of BS being released for Wii and called video games. But the text emphasized on how you can relax your body, calm your mind and achieve physical and inner balance right in your living room. For me that last part triggered an episode of nervous laughter, muscles spasms and the urge to smash something. First, because I was already in my living room, calm, relaxed and balanced until that piece of news came and ruined it for me. Second, because I consider that all forms of physical exercises should have nothing to do with electronics such a TVs and plastic white boxes that dare to call themselves gaming consoles … More

As announced by Activision Blizzard Inc yesterday the game continues its record breaking streak. Over a five day time frame Modern Warfare 2 registered sales worth an approximate of $550 million, according to internal Activision estimates. Such numbers shatter all previous held records:

- The largest reported five-day opening worldwide box office gross figures, held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 million)
- The largest reported five-day opening domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($203.8 million) … More

Brilliant, just brilliant! I followed a friend’s advice and saw this movie and now I can’t help feeling that I owe him a lot. Because if I was to follow the commercials, the movie reviews from other magazines and in general the trend, the scent of popularity, then Moon would have been that fish small enough to fit through the holes of the net. What a huge loss that would have been…

Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is an astronaut working for the Lunar Corporation. Supported by a robot named GERTY (voice: Kevin Spacey) he is the one-man-crew of a facility that tends to four automated machines that mine for Helium 3 on the far side of the moon. Only two weeks separate him from the end of his three years contract and from returning back to Earth to rejoin his wife and little daughter. But something goes wrong, terribly wrong. … More