Why Nazi Zombies?

When I first read that there was a zombie level at the end of the new Call Of Duty I was a bit confused.  Why mess with such a highly respected franchise such as COD?  I was sure that COD had jumped the shark.  Until I played the zombie level.

Most of COD: World at War is your average WWII shooter. But after you slog through it, you unlock a mode called "Nacht der Untoten" (Night of the Undead). This COD addon takes place entirely in a single house as waves of increasingly numerous and aggressive zombies slog up to eat your brain. Your goal is to stave them off with the same WWII weapons that you hopefully mastered while fighting your way through the normal game levels. Leaving the house is not an option, but there are windows and walls that you can board up to slow the approaching zombies.

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Welcome to Ogden Marsh, the friendliest place on Earth.

This week we review The Crazies, a film by Breck Eisner starring Timothy Olyphant.

Breck Eisner's The Crazies opens with a flash-forward scene depicting a hellacious end to the town of Ogden Marsh, Iowa. You see what is in store for the residents of this bucolic middle-America town while they are unknowingly going about the business of enjoying their simple if not boring lives.

Flash back now 2 days and we are introduced to Sherriff David Dutton, brilliantly played by Timothy Olyphant (of Deadwood fame). The movie is set in present day Iowa, a small town of 1200 people and our introduction to the local population takes place in a baseball field. The director adequately captures the simplicity and comfort of everday life in small towns unaffected by the hustle and bustle of the big city. It's this simplicity and comfort that ulimately add to the continuous tension that the director builds as it gradually becomes evident that something has gone horribly wrong in the friendliest place on Earth.

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