Humans vs. Zombies: Protecting Our Future?

FINALLY, someone’s prepping our nation’s youth for the inevitable zombie invasion! You laugh, but it’s coming! And college campuses across the U.S. are in agreement, obviously - Humans vs. Zombies, a live-action role playing game has become a huge hit. What is it, you ask? Essentially, it’s just a big game of “Tag” played with Nerf guns. But this one is for the future of the human race.

It’s pretty basic, really. You start with a pool of players, and one person is picked to be the Original Zombie. Every person he tags from then on becomes a zombie, and the infection spreads. Zombies wear headbands to differentiate themselves, and they can be “stunned” for 15 minutes if they are shot with a Nerf Gun or…hit with a sock. Okay, I may need to lodge a formal complaint with the HVZ community about how seriously they’re taking a possible Zompocalypse if they think a sock is going to help…

To win the game: Either the zombie team wins by turning all the humans, or the humans win by waiting out the zombies (they can “starve” if they don’t feed every 48 hours). All in all, it sounds like a lot of fun – too bad you can’t play it at work. Oh wait, most of the office folks have already been turned? That explains a lot…

For a better overview, go to the Humans vs. Zombies web site, and for a local look at things check out the UMass HVZ site.