For those who don’t know, Humans vs. Zombies is the game where teams are made up of people who are the infected zombies and people who are they human survivors. They battle throughout campus to either survive or feed. Nerf guns tend to be the weapons of choice for fighting off the zombie hordes.

All in all, sounds like a perfectly fun way to spend your time – and at least they’re outside. amiright?

via Inside Higher Ed..

It’s an interesting read, created by a team of actual mathematicians from the University of Ottawa. I confess to not really understanding all of the math they present, which is why you can find Io9′s review of the document at the link below. That being said, their summation of the solution says it best:

Science has proved it: aim for the head, and kill without mercy.

via io9.

And perhaps I will speak of this comic some more at a later date. But for now, I want to bring up some very exciting news:

The Walking Dead will soon be a television series on the AMC network! With Frank Darabont as the driving force behind the show – acting as writer, director and executive producer!

This is guaranteed to be appointment viewing, so keep your eyes peeled to the screen – this will be something that needs to be seen!

(sadly, no word on when the series will actually air yet, but we’ll post more as word gets out)

‘Walking Dead’ and AMC: The best-idea-ever of the day | EW.com.

The article provides links for some of our favorite zombie resources, such as the Zombie Pin-up Calendar. They also point to zombie beauty contests, zombie romance films, and zombie strippers.

It just goes to show that there’s more to a zombie infestation than just gore and brains.

io9 – Can Zombies Be Sexy?.

This time, at Ball State University, they’ve created missions and a plot, making this a little more than just running around shooting people with nerf guns.

“We have reintroduced a reward and consequence system that gives everybody equal advantages and hopefully motivates more people to play,” [Faruq] Abdurrasheed [, administrator of the game,] said.

My predictions:

1) The zombies will win. The Zombies always win.

2) The game will eventually devolve to a bunch of people just running around shooting each other with nerf guns (which is okay).

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Humans vs. Zombies is the game that seems to sweeping college campuses nationwide. Started in 2005, by Gloucher student, Christopher Weed, the game involves people playing zombies and people as the humans fighting for survival. The weapon of choice: Nerf guns.

The popularity of the game has spread like a rage virus* across college campuses. In some cases, the idea of students stalking around campus pretending to kill each other (or eat their brains) has led to the game being banned. Other schools have placed limits on whether students can use fake guns. Because of that, how can you not like Glucher College’s President for supporting, though not necessarily endorsing, Humans vs. Zombies:

“If I thought that banning Humans vs. Zombies at Goucher College would end violence in America tomorrow, then I would consider doing it,” Ungar said. “But it wouldn’t do that, and this (campus) is not a pit of violence because of this game.”

What really gets me though is that this game is now popular at my old Alma Mater, Northern Illinois University! I feel like I missed out on something really awesome simply by graduating several years too early.

In popular college game, students play Humans vs. Zombies – BostonHerald.com.

And to start your own game, check out the official Humans vs. Zombies site.

*see what I did there?

Simon: your outright rejection of running zombies leaves you exposed, in a very real and damning sense, as a terrible racist.

His comments are halfway through his article.

Charlie Brooker: Speaking of fantasy worlds, apologies for being:

I know it is absurd to debate the rules of a reality that does not exist, but this genuinely irks me. You cannot kill a vampire with an MDF stake; werewolves can’t fly; zombies do not run. It’s a misconception, a bastardisation that diminishes a classic movie monster.

He goes on at some length on the merits of a slow moving zombie and the reasons why a zombie is not capable of achieving great speeds.

While I certainly enjoy the idea of a fast zombie, this article is terribly funny and the logic (nevermind that he’s discussing zombies) is sound and definitely worth a read.

Simon Pegg: The dead and the quick

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