Saturday, July 21, 2012

Typing of the Dead

So the theme of the day was apparently zombies.  We weren't necessarily singing the song by The Cranberries, but Daddy's high school friends were over to visit today in order to celebrate a few birthdays.  One of the guys turns 40, in fact, which did not go unnoticed by his wife, who put together a surprise party back in White County that had the theme of ... you guessed it... zombies.  I have no idea why.

But it just so happens that we were playing a couple of zombie games today.  These are games that Daddy does not regularly play.  Mommy and Daddy aren't ones to invest much in the horror genre.  Except for one game, and that is "The Typing of the Dead."  This one is a classic - and old game that features plenty of zombies.  Here's the catch:  your character is armed with computer keyboards, as you see here in this picture below.


Suddenly a zombie appears!  In front of him are random sentences, like "I don't have to go shopping anymore," and "I was on my last piece of raisin toast, when I made a startling discovery."  The object is to type them on your keyboard as fast as you can - before the zombie gets to you!

It's a pretty epic game, obviously.  And really hilarious!  Things get so tense as this massive monster is bearing down on you, and you're desperately trying to type out "The other day I saw this anteater.  He was really overweight."



Here's a photo that Madison took herself - it's of Daddy's friend Alan, who appears as if he just saw a zombie himself!  Alan and Daddy go back a long ways, and it was good to have he and the other friends over for a bit.  They enjoyed Madison's company, each playing games with her and letting her have her turns with the video games.  Although no games with zombies while she was around:  it was largely Street Fighter games, which she really likes for some apparent reason!

Daddy downloaded the pictures on her small camera a little later, and found a couple pictures also taken today with her camera.  Here's one that Daddy took when Madison asked him to snap a photo:


And here's another self-portrait she took using the camera:


It's a neat little camera!  She'll probably be bringing it with her next week on the cruise.  There'll be no zombies there!

I hope...


Q: What do vegetarian zombies like to eat? 
A: GRAAAAAAAAAAINS

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