5 Reasons We’ll Be Disappointed By The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse

By Nina Cresswell /

We are truly obsessed with zombies. Zombie games, films, comics, zombie mugs, zombie killing tees, zombie condoms€ okay I€™m pushing the last one, but you can€™t deny it€™s not probable. So why do we love them so much: is it the thrill of the apocalyptic unknown? The frenzied scramble for survival? Or do we just want to blast our bosses' brains out with a sawn-off shotgun? The Walking Dead: Season Two launches this month: the new apocalyptic adventure game picking up where award-winning original Walking Dead left off. Confirmed for release on December 17th by Telltale Games, it brings with it more of that zombie survival practice in preparation for that inevitable invasion of corpses, when what we really should be doing is practicing our cardio. The general consensus amongst us humans is that the hardest part of a zombie apocalypse would be pretending not to be excited. Have you seen my rounds on COD Black Ops Zombies, dude? Bringing in enough points to send the PlayStation network into meltdown. Not to mention the fact that I€™ve devoured more zombie movies than I have pizza. I€™ve read Max Brooks Zombie Survival Guide twice and watched all four seasons of The Walking Dead. Seriously, if zombie hordes were frothing and clawing at my patio windows right now, they wouldn€™t stand a chance. Really, though? Have we thought about what a genuine, manic bunch of rabid lunatics wanting to bite our faces off would be like? The painful reality is that we wouldn€™t be unlocking a new weapon after each headshot, we€™d be needing a fresh underwear inventory instead. Sorry to be a zombie buzzkill, but here€™s a list of reasons you€™re going to be seriously bummed out if the walkers did take over...