Location: OMG Zombies! (Zombie Theme Park—I don’t make this stuff up, gentle readers)
By Drax Marksman, Guest Writer

Iggy’s Note: Thus begins a series of dispatches from my students…enjoy.

I have been to all kinds of place in Second Life®, including Dublin, Milan, the International Space Station, Richmond, and Hell. I’ve seen it all, or so I thought. Given my recently rekindled interest in zombies I thought it appropriate that I go look for zombies in Second Life…and I found them!

In fact, all it took was typing “zombies” into the Second Life search engine. The very first result that showed up was a location boasting masks, games, and zombie hunting. I had to check this out. The zombie game I chose to try was “omg zombies.“

Iggy’s note: Dare you teleport to this location?  Here’s the direct link.

When I clicked on the link I was taken to a shed in the woods on the outskirts of town. Inside the shed were posters and a pumpkin head. There was also a weapons stand where I could purchase weapons that would help me take out the undead. If I so desired, I could also become one of the undead.

I first tried my hand at zombie hunting. Sadly, the weapons all cost $L100 or more. There was, thankfully, one free weapon…a rock. After collecting my hand full of rocks and attaching the zombie hunter combat interface I set out to kill the undead. I must admit. If I ever have to fight zombies I most certainly don’t want to have to use rocks to do it. It took quite a bit of effort to kill zombies with a rock, and I sustained many injuries in the process. There were even a few instances in which I died while attempting to stone a zombie to death.

After tiring of zombie killing I decided to switch sides. This was much better than zombie hunting. All I had to do was run into the zombie hunter and some of his life was taken away. Run into him enough times and he died.

The game could be improved with cheaper weapons to lure more zombie hunters to play.  Until I can get friends to join me, I’m off to join the undead army.

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