Dead Island or bust
Like the Kübler-Ross grief cycle, my reaction to the Dead Island Riptide: Zombie Bait Edition hit me in several stages.
- Holy shit, the East London Decapitator strikes again!
- Seriously, though, THIS is how they follow up one of the most empathetic game ads I've ever seen?
Someone, somewhere, is masturbating to this. - Worse, they were clearly intended to. The mutilated torso's large (and completely undamaged) breasts are obviously meant to be titillating, which suggests publisher Deep Silver was targeting the lucrative "18-35 male necrophiliac" demo.
- Googling "necrophiliac" to double-check your spelling is the worst thing you could ever do. Ever.
- Wait, isn't this the same company that included a Feminist Whore skill in their last game?
- These guys aren't doing gamers any favours by perpetuating the stereotype of socially maladroit serial killers in training.
- If you want to play a fantastic zombie game made by people who don't hate women, gamers and Greek statuary, I can't recommend The Walking Dead highly enough. It's ridiculously good.
- Graham
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