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Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ) is a game of moderated tag commonly played on college campuses. Human players must remain vigilant and defend themselves with socks and Nerf guns to avoid being tagged by the growing zombie horde. Read more, or watch the documentary.

Since beginning at Goucher College in 2005, Humans vs. Zombies has developed an international fan base and received prominent press coverage from the Washington Post, NPR, the Associated Press, FOX "News", USA Today, the Globe and Mail, the Chronicle of Higher Education and SlashDot.

Someone made us a Wikipedia page. Stephen Colbert has declared us the "number one threat to America."

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October 10th, 2009

Community Video Project: WE NEED YOUR HELP!

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We’re working on a new community film project, and we need you to take a few minutes and tell us how Humans vs. Zombies has affected your life.

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September 20th, 2009

Fall Contest – Operation CNN iReport

Holy Contest Batman!

Do you have some sweet clips of your HvZ game? Send it to CNN and if your video gets shown not only will you get some street cred that is redeemable at your favorite web forums, we‘ll even send you some funky fresh HvZ merch. Who knows? Anything could happen.

Wolf Blitzer doesn‘t know what‘s coming!

To be eligible for funky fresh merch please send a copy of your iReport submitted video or post it in this thread!

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September 1st, 2009

Coolest HvZ Game… EVER!

By: Adam Longwill

Truman State’s Fall 2008 game of Humans Versus Zombies is the stuff of legends. While many moderators find it difficult to run even the most barebones game, Truman’s Cody Sumter and his band of moderators created what would go down as the most complicated, well-designed, and exhausting implementation of plot and missions Humans Versus Zombies has ever seen.

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August 23rd, 2009

GET TO THA CHOPPA! – An Argument for the “Helicopter Mission”

by Josh “Sandpaper” Harris

In the fall of 2008, Goucher College’s Human Resistance won its third game of Humans Vs. Zombies, its second in a row, and just as with the previous victories the mood was far from celebratory. Human victories inevitably create a divide within the player community that Zombie victories do not. Where a Zombie victory unites all of the players under the brain-craving banner of the Horde, Human victories divide the player base into survivors (winners) and infected (losers). This schism manifests itself in name-calling, accusations of cowardice, and disunity. The Zombies are unhappy that they have been kept out of the winner’s circle and relegated to a mass of losers. However, the Humans cannot really enjoy their victory. In a game where respect is the ultimate currency, those who chose to outlive the Horde end the game with empty wallets (or worse, in debt).

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August 11th, 2009

Quick Mod #2: Two Easy Maverick Modifications

By Grant “Mod-Masta” Knud-Hanson

Materials:

  • 1X Nerf Maverick (duh)
  • 2X pennies
  • 1/2 CPVC (not PVC)
  • Tools:

  • Dremel (with sander bit)
  • Hack saw
  • Plumbers Goop (in toothpaste looking tube)
  • Screw driver
  • Pipe cutter
  • Hot Glue gun
  • Alright, I will do my best to break this down, but if I lose you feel free to leave a comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible. We have to work together to defeat the Zombie Horde!

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