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Bottom entry, here
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/column_index.php?story=8570
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ZPC (Zombie, 1996): "My favorite Zombie game. I load it on every new Mac I upgrade to - I use a Mac at home to see if it will run and end up playing again. ZPC is a cult FPS we designed and developed in 1996 with the Bungie Marathon engine.
You play Arman, the "War Messiah", returned to earth end a global genocide campaign. Aidan Hughes, best known in the US for all the KMFDM album covers and t-shirts, literally drew the entire game. And the soundtrack was by Roland and Paul Barker from Ministry. It's a completely over-the-top, nihilistic game.
Adian used to pitch it as Jesus versus the Nazis. Before ZPC released, GT Interactive ran a print ad campaign that had Jesus, Hitler and Stalin in it - this would never happen today! And, of course, we got some email complaints. But one day we came in to work to find a long voicemail message from some nutcase in the general mailbox that was just epic. So we sampled and edited it and created a level in the game around it called the Propaganda Stadium. It's still hilarious when you get to the level and you hear this guy shouting about the "angry Jesus" game.
I think it's not just Aidan's work but the whole spew that makes the game stand out. This game could never be made now; the outsider art, the industrial music, the nihilistic storyline. I think [Rockstar Games president] Sam Houser said it best when he described this style of design to me as "media terrorism". Not terrorism in the post 9/11 sense, but as a mash-up - mixing interactive art in an aggressive and original way.
If Marilyn Manson ever designed a game, it would be ZPC. Hey, that's not a bad idea..."
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http://www.mobygames.com/game/zpc
I need to get this. now.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/column_index.php?story=8570
[quote]
ZPC (Zombie, 1996): "My favorite Zombie game. I load it on every new Mac I upgrade to - I use a Mac at home to see if it will run and end up playing again. ZPC is a cult FPS we designed and developed in 1996 with the Bungie Marathon engine.
You play Arman, the "War Messiah", returned to earth end a global genocide campaign. Aidan Hughes, best known in the US for all the KMFDM album covers and t-shirts, literally drew the entire game. And the soundtrack was by Roland and Paul Barker from Ministry. It's a completely over-the-top, nihilistic game.
Adian used to pitch it as Jesus versus the Nazis. Before ZPC released, GT Interactive ran a print ad campaign that had Jesus, Hitler and Stalin in it - this would never happen today! And, of course, we got some email complaints. But one day we came in to work to find a long voicemail message from some nutcase in the general mailbox that was just epic. So we sampled and edited it and created a level in the game around it called the Propaganda Stadium. It's still hilarious when you get to the level and you hear this guy shouting about the "angry Jesus" game.
I think it's not just Aidan's work but the whole spew that makes the game stand out. This game could never be made now; the outsider art, the industrial music, the nihilistic storyline. I think [Rockstar Games president] Sam Houser said it best when he described this style of design to me as "media terrorism". Not terrorism in the post 9/11 sense, but as a mash-up - mixing interactive art in an aggressive and original way.
If Marilyn Manson ever designed a game, it would be ZPC. Hey, that's not a bad idea..."
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http://www.mobygames.com/game/zpc
I need to get this. now.