Microsoft Thinks The World Needs Another Zombie Game
Source: www.fanboy.com - Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Weren’t zombie games played out a while ago? At the start of this console generation, the world was experiencing a zombie renaissance, with the previously cult creatures starting to appear all over the place. But a few years back, it seemed like the zombie market was over-saturated. Zombies were just getting tossed in anything, showing up even in unexpected games like Call of Duty and Red Dead Redemption . There have been less zombie games lately, since anyone not experiencing zombie burnout is playing DayZ or The Walking Dead , but that won’t stop Microsoft from tossing another zombie game out there! State of Decay is the new name of what used to be called Class3 , an open-world zombie survival game being developed by Undead Labs. This third-person action game features online co-op, but not in a Left 4 Dead way. This game is about fortifying your position while making raids for supplies. So, more zombie survival. Microsoft is planning to release State of Decay on Xbox Live Arcade and PC, but it’s worth noting that Microsoft also just released a zombie game, albeit a sidescroller, on Xbox Live Arcade less than a month ago, so it’s hard to get excited about yet one more zombie game to add to the pile. How about turning all the zombies into mummies? It’s time to start a new craze, and State of Decay could be a forerunner. Plus, mummies basically just require a graphical change, since Undead Labs could use the same shambling animatiAdam Levin: Romney's Rage Against Regulation
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com - Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The people who brought you the Great Economic Meltdown of 2008 have a new idea for you -- although if they get their way, you'll never hear about it. In fact, one of the most striking things about the new push to undo the consumer-friendly financial reforms that followed the crash is the open contempt its backers show for American democracy. Since this week's Republican National Convention will present their carefully orchestrated vision of a perfect unregulated, untaxed world, this might be a good time to revisit America's recent nightmare on Elm Street. In the waning months of the George W. Bush administration, as American voters were about to choose between Barack Obama and John McCain, the U.S. economy hit a reef the size of Manhattan -- or, more precisely, Wall Street. In the wake of that disaster, two questions were repeated over and over, from coast to coast: How did this happen? How can we make sure it never happens again? One of the most notable responses to that second question was the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law by President Obama in 2010. Dodd-Frank brought about the most profound changes in U.S. financial regulation since the Depression-era reforms of the Roosevelt administration. And the comparison is apt -- because without this and other strong corrective measures taken in response to the crisis, the damage to the American economy could have been far worse than it was.
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