The Influential Living Dead

The Influential Living Dead is a quick rant of how the popularity of George A. Romero's zombies have completely infected every aspect of pop culture today.

 From television to movies, zombies have made
there way from small independent short films to high budget feature films like World War Z. The living dead have always been a huge favorite of the video game industry. Nowadays games have very successful sales due mostly to the trend of their bonus zombie levels. Such as, Black Ops. 1 & 2, or the countless mods to games going all the way back to Zombie Panic for Counter Strike 1.6. These mods can be found, and are available for much more popular titles like Grand Theft Auto IV, and San Andreas. Adding the zombie mods to these games gives you the open world game play you have come to expect from Rockstar, mixed with the adventure many game modders seek from evading the living dead.  If you enjoy the promise of this combination but lack the patience to go patching, or modding your PC game files,  then you could check out State of Emergency. Newly released for PC on STEAM, This game offers you the chance to explore an open world much like the ones you would find in the Grand Theft Auto, or the slightly less famous Saints Row. That is not nearly it thought. This world has been infected like the rest of our society today with zombie mania. This is a perfect example of how this macabre genre has used its decayed zombie hands to climb from the barricaded cult following, to the higher level of mainstream media. Even breaking into the romantic comedy market with cute laughable zombie movies for couples like, Warm Bodies. We could go on forever, but I am sure you have also seen what I am writing about, first hand.

 As you may be able to tell, I am a huge zombie fan. So it should not surprise any one that I am just delighted about the zombie mania that has swept the world over the past several years. I have, for a very long time now, been posing a question to all my friends and family. A question that over these years has also spread across the globe, "what would you do if the zombies came?". I feel this question too has become much more than what it started out to be. Maybe this question has people thinking about what they would do to protect loved ones if the world became a place where our lives, future, and safety were in our own hands. This makes me think of the over all survival of me and mine, and I am sure I am not alone. I have decided that from survival kits, and bug out bags, to prepped weapon, and food storage, my family would do whatever it takes to get, and stay ready. So I'm going to leave you today with one
question, "Are You ready for the zombies?".

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