This just seems superfluously insulting to me:

Zombie Duck Hunt, developed by 2010 W3 Innovations, LLC, is now available from the App Store and has made Apple’s Top 300 iPad/iPod applications list. The app was last released on May 05, 2010 and sells for Free.

The application developer’s description of the application is, “Zombie Duck is the #1 FREE ZOMBIE APP! What flies south in the winter and quacks “cruummbbbssss”? Zombie Ducks! And they’re invading your iPhone and iPod Touch! Only you can stop them, so it’s time to go on a Zombie Duck Hunt.

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Don’t wait; pick up your trusty gun and make these zombies wish they were dead. Again. Otherwise, it’s breadcrumbs today, your brains tomorrow.

First, naturally, we get the brain-eating stereotype. How exactly are ducks, Zombie or not, supposed to eat brains? They don’t have TEETH! Actually, it seems that all modern birds lack teeth. Beaks = no teeth.

So what, are the ducks going to patiently peck you to death, and gnaw, softly, to get to your delicious grey matter?

Pfft. Hardly that menacing.

Second you’ll note that they’re literally GIVING this offensive and bizarrely unscientific title away for free, no doubt as part of some sinister plan to get people hooked on killing Zombies of any stripe. (The first hit’s free, as they say).

Sure, you start out just killing a few Zombie birds, who as mentioned above are obviously harmless. Then you get the itch and you move on, maybe play a couple rounds of Resident Evil, I mean, your cousin does it and he’s all right.

Next thing you know you’ve completed a 36 hour gaming marathon with Dead Rising 2 and 3 cases of Jolt, suffering semi-permanent damage to your bladder as a result.

The horror, the horror…

Be forewarned, America: the Anti-Zombie videogaming gateway drug is here, and its name is Zombie Duck Hunt.

Tags: Videogames

This entry was posted by John Sears on Monday, January 10th, 2011 at 11:17 pm and is filed under Zombie Media. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.