Some of the best games I get my hands on are passed to me through AIM conversations with buddies. Today's special: Streetview Zombie Apocalypse -- a game that actually is what it sounds like and worth every minute I spent on it today.
The"game"uses Google Maps' streetview functionality to create a character for the user. Then, it creates"zombie"characters in the surrounding neighborhood that move toward wherever your marker is on the map. You escape by moving down different streets with the arrow keys or with mouse clicks. If the zombies catch up to you, they eat you.
I know it looks a little rough, but it's a nifty proof of concept and a great way to waste 10 minutes in the office (which adds up to about five play-throughs for me– my average Time Alive score is 2 minutes). Even better, there's a natural social game element to it because you find yourself asking your friends how long they survived and which addresses they used as starting points.
Seems like I have an advantage over some of my suburban-dweller friends because I get to use the GamePro San Francisco office as my starting location, which is right by a freeway onramp that the zombies can't seem to spawn on. My Oakland apartment location (pictured, right), on the other hand, is a death trap. Curse you, street gird city planning!
Check out Streetview Zombie Apocalypse for yourselfhere.
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