If you're unfamiliar with House of Horrors, it is a show usually hosted by Jess McDonell and myself and sees us tackle all manner of games in the horrors genre. We alternate playing each week and choose games based on requests from our audience and availability.
With Jess currently on holidays, GameSpot Australia's video director Edmond Tran agreed to jump in and co-host with me.
For this episode I chose ZombiU, a game I had wanted to tackle on the House of Horrors stream for some time. I hoped to have the gamepad setup on a different camera so that our viewers could see what I was doing in-game, but unfortunately it was not meant to be.
I quite enjoyed the game. Its pacing made me feel genuinely tense and forced me to be cautious wherever I went. That I took my time to carefully round each corner and approach open areas was of much amusement to Ed, who commented that he's never seen me like that before.
My response was that I treated the game as I would a real zombie apocalypse - approach with caution, kill everything that moves, kill everything that doesnt move, and be wary of your surroundings. Death in the game was permanent, something I kept in mind. I'm quite proud to say that I only died once, at the very end of our stream.
I've picked out some of my favourite tweets for this week's show. If you'd like to join in the conversation, be sure to use the hashtag #HoHLive on Twitter!
If there's anything playing zombie games has taught me Larry, its that you can never be too careful.
10/10 would definitely buy. I'm a fan of Brisco.
I feel that as an Australian, I should be more affronted by the idea of a zombie Queen Elizabeth. Instead I find the notion rather amusing!
Thanks to everybody who tuned in for the show!
Unfortunately I do not own a Wii U so I won't be continuing this game at home. Edmond is in the driver's seat next week, I look forward to what madness he'll bring onto the show. I think Michigan: Report from Hell set the bar pretty high for entertainment value.
Take care everyone, and remember to always double-tap.
Fear is a choice,
Zorine