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Last Stand ... or: Resident living evil dead zombie night
Mmmm, we do like our zombie killin'! We've been lacking in good ol' fashioned survivor horror for a while, but The Last Stand delivers with its casual simplicity. You're one of the living remnants in a 28 Days Later scenarios and are held up in a barricade. After surviving an onslaught, you'll be able to divide your daylight time between repairing your barricade, hunting for weapons or searching for survivors. We recommend the latter.For some downtime in your workday, or just something to pass a lazy afternoon away, the game doesn't disappoint. We actually enjoyed it so much we'd wish it could go beyond 20 days. We politely request The Last Stand 2: Standing Taller.
Stringer: The Xbox 360 is an "obsession"
Well, you know what they say about what to do when you have nothing nice to say ... erm, say that the competing gaming platform (in this case, the 360) is an "obsession"?That's exactly what Sony CEO Howard Stringer had to offer in an interview with Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal recently. While sharing how The Da Vinci Code from Sony beat up on "X-Men 3" (aka The Last Stand) over in Europe, he seemed to mistakenly throw in "Xbox 3" in the stead of Fox's great summer blockbuster hope. Following Mossberg's correction, Stringer is reported to have retorted, laughing, "There's an obsession!"We don't know if he's referring to the media's obsession with the corporate gaming rivalry, his own obsession with the console that would dethrone the PlayStation, or some combination of the two (irony really doesn't help here), but he does seem to at least outwardly admire Bill Gates' salesmanship (as well as his hypocrisy in delaying Windows Vista while lambasting the PS3 delay). Of course, a lot of supposed compliments could go both ways, so we've provided a few handy links below to check out what other "nice" things hardware execs have had to say about their competitors lately. We're sure it's all in good fun.[Thanks, JC & SickNic; also via GameDaily BIZ]See also: Nice words -- "Thanks," "flattered," and "flattering." Not-so-nice words -- "Plagiarism," "no need for PC," "not mainstream for most games," and "same old experiences with new graphics."
Dell gaming preview: X3 special edition XPS
What's shiny, expensive and way too geeky for the masses? A special edition gaming desktop from Dell which is boasting a fancy facade that X3 enthusiasts will appreciate, that's what. Only one of these exists in the whole world (the thing pictured is just prototype, surprise!) and they want to give it away to one lucky gamer.Starting tomorrow, you can enter in the sweepstakes for their XPS X-Men: The Last Stand Collector's Edition rig. You'll need to check out their E3 site, but it won't be live until tomorrow. Good luck to anyone desperate interested enough to enter!
