I have had a busy week, things are winding down a bit now. But I probably still won't blog much for a while because the kids got me an AWESOME video game for Christmas. Left 4 Dead positions you as one of four human survivors in the middle of a zombie holocaust. Your goal: Stick together as a group and be alive at the end of the game. Simple as that. And simplicity is the beauty of the game. Like the best games, it takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master. This game is AMAZINGLY addictive. It's the Tetris of First-Person-Shooters.

That's all you need to know. Either that sounds like your kind of thing or it doesn't. It's my kind of thing for sure, and it's a real rush to play on Xbox Live as one of four real life people (other Xbox Live players) trying to fend off the zombie horde and make it across the city in hopes of finding salvation in the form of the army, a chopper, a plane.

I'd say this is the best game engineered around teamwork and survival I've ever played. There's a real sense of group accomplishment if all four of you manage to stay alive until the cavalry gets there. I've heard total strangers say "I love you, man!" while playing this game. It's an absolute blast.

And by the way, these are Boyle zombies, not Romero zombies. They DO. NOT. SLOW. DOWN. Plus, the addition of five kinds of mutated boss zombies adds to the fun.

If you're an Xbox Live player, get the game and look for me on line. This is really, really, really fun.

Labels: Video Games