me want eat ur brain!

where does the time go? oh right, i've been idling away the hours playing the last stand, a browser game of surprising complexity, with good solid graphics and eerily realistic sound. the goal--you've survived some sort of apocalypse, you've barricaded yourself into a building, and now you have to make one last stand... against the zombies who want to eat your brains! if you can survive long enough, the u.s. army will come and rescue you, and the game is over.

you start out with a simple automatic, and you have to survive until dawn against the first wave of zombies, shooting them down. the grunts and cries of the zombies are accompanied by the satisfying squelch of dead flesh giving way to the bullets, and the death cries as the zombies squirt blood and collapse to the ground. okay, now you have 12 hours before nightfall, and you've got some options. you can divide up your time searching for survivors, who will help you shoot the zombies and can make your days more efficient, you can look for weapons--better than the little pea shooter you start off with, and you'd better spend some time fixing your barricade, because if that goes down, it's brain taco time.

okay, we all know that shotguns are the best weapon against zombies, but in this case, i found the reloading time aggravatingly slow, even with the powerful shot. normally, if you can escape or withdraw, this wouldn't be a problem, but in a game where you as stuck, it spells death pretty quickly. you actually get two weapons, a primary and a back up. i sadly put away the shotgun and chose, for my primary, a nice uzi, upgrading to an ak47 when it was available, with a chainsaw for a back up. sweet, blessed chainsaw! turn those mf-ers into meatloaf! it never runs out of gas. the only drawback is, of course, the lack of range, but when they're right in front of you tearing apart your barricade, you kind of want something mroe direct, anyway.

sadly, despite the hours i've logged on this game, i have yet to really figure out consistently how to aim. you move with the wasd keys, aim and fire with the mouse, but i couldn't get the hang of it.