Again, I know our apocalyptic unit is over, but I'm still fascinated by it. Also, my friend has been addicted to L4D (Left 4 Dead) so I decided to see what it was all about. And by that, I mean I went to it's wikipedia page.
It's a first-person shooter game in a post-apocalyptic zombie world.
My cup of tea.
Upon reading, I found this quote from a creator that relates to our discussion on the change of the source of zombie-ism, from mystic witchcraft to potent virus:
"Even though we obviously pushed well beyond the realm of believability with many of our "boss" infected, the core idea of a mind-destroying, civilization-collapsing pathogen is more horrifying to me than magically animated corpses, precisely because it is plausible. Rabies is a good example of a pathogen that can turn a loyal, friendly, protective family pet into a slavering attack machine. It's a virus that reprograms the behaviors of a complex animal – a mammal, in fact. What if something similar happened to humans? Left 4 Dead is one possible answer."
-Mike Booth
I am fascinated by zombies. I don't watch many horror movies at all, but if there are zombies, I'm always down. Weird.
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