Two sides of the horror coin part 1:Stubbs the Zombie

It's not easy being a zombie. Just ask Stubbs. All he wants is a little brain juice. It's what keeps him alive. Or undead. Whatever. However, the citizens of Punchbowl don't really care for having thier skulls bitten open. But hey, what's a zombie gotta do to get a drink around here? Stubbs the Zombie:Rebel without a Pulse for the original XBox is a breath of fetid air in a time where every other game has you shoot zombies in the face. They are the villians. In Stubbs, you are the (anti) hero, simply in search of brains and perhaps, a little love. Isn't that what all zombies really want? I really love this game, and not just because it's different. It's very much like a dark comedy; there is plenty of gore, but also some comedy. Stubbs will rip the arm off a random policman and he will exclaim "But that was my favorite arm!" Stubbs is a silent protagonist but the humans around him will say the funniest things. As Stubbs shuffles around Punchbowl (did I mention the game is set in the 50's?) and snacks on humans, they will not take kindly to this and fight back with batons, guns and rocket launchers. However, Stubbs has various methods of fighting back himself. He has a vicious...well, fart attack that will stun anyone around him. He can use his own rotting organs as makeshift grenades. He can tear off his own arm, which is ambulatory, and use it take over humans minds so that they will do things for him (such as shoot guns at others. Stubbs can't see that well since he came back to life.) Finally, Stubbs can take off his own head and use it as a bowling ball, which then explodes. Stubbs arm and head will grow back (zombies can do that, right?) Stubbs "health" will regenerate if he stops taking abuse for a short time. Best of all, all the humans whose brains he has feasted on come back to life as zombies themselves, so that Stubbs can create his own zombie army that will follow him around. Who would'nt want their own zombie army? It's really too bad there aren't any games like this anymore, and in this point in time it's very unlikely there will ever be a sequel. So if you ever find for the original XBox, give it a whirl. You'll find being undead isn't so bad, after all.