{"id":8712,"date":"2011-09-05T17:51:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T00:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=8712"},"modified":"2011-09-05T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T00:58:10","slug":"dead-island-are-you-having-a-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2011\/09\/05\/dead-island-are-you-having-a-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Island: are you having a laugh?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"8712\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Dead_Island_laugh.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8713\" title=\"Dead_Island_laugh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Dead_Island_laugh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You learn to listen for zombies.  The walkers are the more lugubrious zombie noises, although you never know when they&#8217;re going to show up.  Sometimes they stir awake at your feet.  The infected are the more shrill zombie noises.  They&#8217;re just yelling, really.  Just someone yelling and running directly at you.  You can always hear them coming.  They&#8217;re the opposite of a surprise.  They&#8217;re all, like, &#8220;<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Hey, I&#8217;m way over here<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">and I&#8217;m on way so I&#8217;m going to give you plenty of advance notice <em>to prepare the weapon of your choice<\/em><\/span> <em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">and even to throw it at me if you&#8217;re so inclined<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>!<\/strong><\/span><\/em>&#8221;  If you want to illustrate the Doppler effect for someone, just drive past one of the infected.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m scrounging around the streets of Moresby &#8212; this game is so very Fallout 3 &#8212; when I hear a walker.  He&#8217;s close.  Really close.  I check the bodies at my feet.  No movement.  I look around the corner.  Nothing.  I check for nearby non-fake doors.  Nope, all fake.  It seems to be coming from behind a truck.  I look all around the truck.  No.  I check in the cab.  Nothing.  It seems to be coming from <em>inside<\/em> the truck&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ah, I finally notice what kind of truck it is.  Audio bug?  Joke?  Vignette?  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