For a while, zombies were the talk of the media world, inserted into everything from films, to TV, to games and even books. From the hit seriesWalking Dead, toValve’s co-op shoot-em-upLeft 4 Dead, to even a reworking of Jane Austen’s classic novel entitledPride and Prejudice and Zombies, it seemed it was nearly impossible to escape them. However, there was one zombie game which some will remember, but largely seemed to slip through the cracks:Typing of the Dead.
Originally a spin-off of the arcade classicHouse of the Dead,Typingof the Deadwas basically the same thing: an on-rails shooter in which one or two players would battle against hordes of zombies in creepy mansions, or laboratories. Only whatTypingdid was remove the guns entirely and introduce words. The basic premise was that each zombie or enemy would have a word appear above them and when a player typed that word, preferably as quickly as they could, it would kill said zombie.
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Now, a new mod has been released for it which takes that concept one step further by changing the words to reflect classic submissions from theYahoo! Answers community, which is sadly being shut down soon. The modification will preserve the nonsensical and often hilarious questions and answers that users have been posting for years. Some of these have become notorious memes in their own rights, with such hits as, “How is babby formed?” “What is bitcoin and why?” “I saw a man so beautiful I started crying?” and hundreds more like it being added to the mod.
On the one hand, it’s a hilarious mod that takes the cheesy B-movie styling of the original game, and the spin-off, and gives it that internet meme vibe. On the other, it almost immortalizes the archives of Yahoo! Answers in a way that only games can. With aHouse of the Deadremake supposedly in the works, it looks as though the franchise may make a bit of a comeback at some point. TheTyping of the Deadmay have only been a small modification to the original series, but it certainly wasn’t the last, with the likes ofZombie RevengeandThe English of the Deadadding new flavors to the games.
Zombie mods are a tried and true method for extending a game’s lifespan. Games such asRed Dead RedemptionandCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warare popular partly for adding hordes of the undeadto their stories. With this newTyping of the Deadmod being released, maybe the world of gaming isn’t ready to say goodbye to zombies just yet.
TheTyping of the DeadYahoo! Answers mod is available for free now on Steam.
