I played the demo of Resident Evil 5 and hated it. Having to be a statue while shooting felt fine in Resident Evil IV but now it feels very dated. We have Gears of War and Call of Duty and most importantly, Dead Space. All of them feel better, more fluid. Resident Evil 5 throws cement on your feet. Even the walking and running aspects of the game feel poorly done.

With all that being said, I rented the game so I could play with a friend (Jdsblackbox). I figured I’d get an hour or two in and the poor controls would make me throw in something fun. I was wrong. This game is great. Your inventory carries over from game to game so you can go and replay the earlier levels to collect ammo and the like and even when I’m grinding it out for ammo, I enjoy it. Right now I’m at work typing about it and wishing I was home killing zombies.

It’s a flawed game. The controls could be better. But it’s very fun. So if you’re like me and hated the controls, it’s still worth giving it a shot.

On March 13th, the Stroudburg, PA Best Buy will be making a haunted house. Originally they had planned to have a few workers dress up as zombies. This transformed slowly. They added some mad scientists who were ‘working’ on the zombie virus. Then the idea of the haunted house came to them. Then they went to the local recruiting station to ask for some fatigues. The recruiting station one-upped them and offered soldiers complete with M-16′s firing blanks.


Sounds like it’s turning into quite a party. I work 15 minutes from there so I’m thinking about stopping by. The only downside is that I hated the demo and didn’t want to buy the game…

Hordes of flesh eating Zombies…Check. B-Rated voice acting….Check. Impossible survival odds….Check. The T-Virus makes another appearance in an effort to turn the human race into mindless flesh eating Zombies. Our two favorite sexually tense male/female Zombie eradicating duo, Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield team up for another adventure together in Resident Evil:Degeneration.

Last we saw these heroines was in RE2. Leon and Claire were the last survivors in Raccoon City, due to an outbreak of the G-Virus(a modified T-Virus) that turns humans into the walking dead. Following their survival of Raccoon City, Leon worked for a government organization secretly investigating Umbrella(the company that manufactured the Virus), and Claire joined with a rogue group trying to stop Umbrella.Thus our story begins.

The T-Virus has hit the black market and a terrorists organization has obtained a sample of the virus and threatens to spread it if certain demands aren’t met. In comes the Zombie-wiki -knowing, perennial cool-guy Leon S. Kennedy, sporting his Resident Evil 4 makeover. Complete with leather bomber jacket and male model hairstyle, Leon is ready to take on hordes of the walking dead accompanied by a Desert Eagle and a few clips. Side Note – This is the war hardened Leon from RE4 and not the Rookie Cop Leon from RE2. The movie unfolds similar to the games, which will please Resident Evil fans. The plot is easy to follow for first time watchers, and is intriguing enough to encourage a Wikipedia search afterward. Noticeably absent is a cheesy love story. Oddly, love stories are synonymous with horror movies and survival horror games. There are hints of attraction, but the lack of affection holds the movie on it’s roller coaster track and keeps the excitement steady.

For the Zombie lover, this is a great addition to your collection in preparation for the Zombie-pocalypse. For the casual observer, this is a must add on the Netflix queue.