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As an avid horror fan, I found the prospect of last week's five-night TV zombie spectacular rather exciting. Admittedly, the trailer for E4's Dead Set made me somewhat uneasy. The sight of newsreader Krishnan Guru-Murthy warning the populace of an impending zombie apocalypse induced a sickening sense of indignation. Only five years previously, Edgar Wright and I had hired Krishnan to do the very same thing in our own zombie opus, Shaun of the Dead. It was a bit like seeing an ex-lover walking… Continue

Outbreak is a grown-up, horror version of the old interactive fantasy book format ("Turn to page 4 to go to the castle"). With B-movie acting, much gore and a zombie scenario, the plot depends on the choices of the viewer. Decide correctly, and you can outwit your attackers; get it wrong and the cast is zombie meat. The site loads quickly and, unlike real life, you can go back to the previous scene if you change your mind. It's great fun, well produced and, possibly, the start of a whole new… Continue

Monster Island is a novel posted in blog format. It is set in Manhattan, one month after New York has been overrun by zombies. The novel is complete and commenting is closed (to prevent spam) but you may still contact us via email.



Monster Island is the first volume in a trilogy. The second volume, Monster Nation, is also online. Monster Nation tells the story of how the epidemic began and how it spread so rapidly, and is… Continue

Urban Dead is a *free* MMORPG. It's easy to play and way too much fun.

"In death, the city stirs. Its borders still locked down after a sudden government quarantine two years ago, Malton's trapped civilians make their way through the derelict buildings, surviving the changing seasons to rebuild their fragmented society from the rubble upwards. Military cleanup squads patrol the empty streets, stationed in the city for the long haul, while embedded scientific groups…

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