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| OH SNAP... I am, The Walking Dead. How... inconvenient. |
Admit it, when you read
that caption you read it in EXACTLY Christopher Walken's voice. Any who.
About 6 months ago I watched 4 episodes of The Walking Dead and I really enjoyed it.
Then I kinda fell out of watching the rest of the season. About a week ago, my
buddy from college said he has 7 of the hardcover graphic novels and he is
willing to let me borrow all of them. Then we started talking about the new
game that was created by Tell Tale Games, The Walking Dead. So I had to go home and get it
on XBOX. Then he came over and brought the novels with him. Let’s just say my
Sunday and Monday afternoons were buried into those books. And I loved it.
The books are amazing. I
love everything about them. The way they are written, as well as the way they
are drawn. I have never been a huge reader in my life time. I was always the
kid to grab the controller over the book or even a movie. The first book kept
me up til 4 AM on Sunday and then I finished the rest of the book later that
afternoon. Monday I get home and all I could think about was how the next book
was going to go. They left off the chapter, Miles Behind Us, SO
well. I am going onto Book Three now, which starts with Chapter 5.
The video game, the
reason for all these words to be brought onto your interwebs browers, made me
feel... stupid. Being brainwashed like any other person who
has played a zombie killer game or watched a zombie apocalypse movie,
this game took all of that and just wiped that slate clean like
a baby's bottom. After about 30 minutes of game play,
and making my first critical decision, I realized that this game isn't about
killing zombies at all. It was about surviving. I kind of perked up
when I finally came to realization of that. It honestly was like a very
interactive movie but you can change how it's told. I love how
games do that. Making the story my own. My buddy and I are already playing 2
different kinds of games and for 5 more episodes we will be playing different
games. Also, it will let me tell you my story! Awesome.
Now for my choices. I
did not make the same choices as the majority of the Walking Dead community
did. So with my first choice I was honest to Hershel. I cannot really see a
reason why not to be. At this point why start lying to people? I understand you
can be who ever you want to be because no one knows you but I felt the need to
be truthful to Hershel. I mean the man fixed your leg, it was the least you can
do.
My second choice I went
with Shawn. This one was one that the general community chose. Shawn was a good
set of hands. He has shown he knows how to survive and he is level headed.
Unfortunately. The out come of that decision was not really what I wanted to it
be. In the end it did help me build my relationship with Kenny though.
The third choice I had
to go with Kenny. I couldn't stand Larry. First off, I didn't agree how he just
wanted to kill Kenny's son without any evidence that he was bitten or even care
at all. And I defended Kenny once, and I want him to have my back. He's a man
with a family to look out for and shows he will put them above himself so he
won't get selfish in the near future if I try to protect his family from the
get go.
I cannot see a reason to
give a girl, who you just met, a loaded gun especially in the
condition she was in. She had nothing to lose at all and who knows her mental
capacity. For all I know when we give her the gun she could just unload on us
all then do what she wants for finish herself. Even though I chose not to give
her the gun, things went another direction. At least I made the
right decision from the start, in my eyes.
The last decision,
Carley VS. Doug, was a tough one for me. A lot of people said that why have
someone who is good with technology in a world without technology? All I can
think of is how he reprogrammed the remote to help you get the keys. I find
that to be extremely helpful rather than have Carley go in there, guns blazing
and painting the street with Zombie Kool-Aid. This would
also attract more zombies. On the contrary, it would be nice to have Carley to
get you out of tight situations. In the end I went with Doug because I feel
like he will play a huge role in trying to survive this game.
The only thing I am worried about is Doug with the next episode and the focus
being hunger. We will just have to see how it all plays out!
For now I cannot wait to
return home to my GTX 550 Ti sitting on my door step and try to thin down
my supply of Shipyard Applehead while I put this bad boy in my computer.
TGIMFF
-EF
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