The Future Of The Walking Dead Is Bleak And Full Of Shock Value Over Story
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The Future Of The Walking Dead Is Bleak And Full Of Shock Value Over Story

The Walking Dead returned for its seventh season premiere – and much like the taste of Marmite, it has divided the planet on whether it was a good episode or not.

Well, you can put me in the “not good” category because not only the televisual equivalent of being slowly dragged through broken glass, it pretty much guarantees that the screenwriters have waved a fond farewell to meaningful stories in favour of shock value.

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The Walking Dead: Episode Five – No Time Left Review

The concluding part to Telltale Games' The Walking Dead presents not only an end; but a beginning. 

This may seem like the generic vague statement that; but its relevance is strong.  One of the best games this year has come to its explosive finale, and a revolution of in-game storytelling has been introduced with it.

Lee Everett's narrative in No Time Left is emotional, terrifying, exciting, and tense all at once, making for a fitting conclusion that will affect even the most hardened of players.

*EDITOR'S NOTE:* While the storyline of No Time Left will not be spoiled in this review, I do write about key plot points from the previous episodes.  If you have not played any of the series, you may want to refrain from reading, in order to keep it a surprise.

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The Walking Dead: Episode Four – Around Every Corner Review

 

The Walking Dead has been the epitome of Telltale's vision of episodic gaming, and Around Every Corner has the particularly difficult task of playing out the penultimate chapter to this: the first of (what we hope to be) many seasons to come.  Book of Eli writer Gary Witta leaves his dark signature upon the piece, tackling child endangerment, burying the dead, and a society where the idea of "survival of the fittest" is taken to inhumane lengths.  But the one question remains: does this setup make for an episode that lives up to the finely tuned creations of past?

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Hyundai Introduces The World's First Zombie-Proof Car

There are a few essential items you'll likely need to acquire when the zombie apocalypse hits. Cricket bat a la Shaun of the Dead? Perhaps. A lifetime supply of Super Noodles for the inevitable starvation period? Most probably. But when it comes to getting away from the hordes of undead roaming the streets, there's little else out there that can match the brute strength and zombie-bashing capabilities of a zombie-proof car.

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