Hordes of Zombies Storm London's Docklands

Hordes of zombies stormed London's Docklands on Thursday night, in a life-size 'zombie survival' game already hosted in several British cities to a sold out crowd of players.

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8 months ago

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Seriously?

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London, United Kingdom

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SHOTLIST: LONDON, NOVEMBER 1, 2012. SOURCE: AFPTV -VAR players walking past Canary Wharf skyscrapers SOUNDBITE 1 Simon Johnson (man), co-founder and director of Slingshot (English, 27 sec): "2.8 hours later came about because of the cuts, so when Cameron announced this nationwide policy of cutting a lot a public spending, we thought, how do you represent that in a game, how do you make a commentary on that, and the obvious choice was zombies. So this is where 2.8 hours later came out of, this idea of a greed virus, and this is why it's a pleasure to be doing it in the shadow of Canary Wharf." -VAR of players running from zombies in a parking lot SOUNDBITE 2 VOX POP, volunteer zombie (English, 13 sec): "It's just so exciting, whatever role you're doing, whether you're a player, or a Marshall, or a zombie, you just get to be like a kid, and dress up and run around like an idiot, you don't get to do that much as an adult anymore." -VAR players kidnapped by character to obtain a code for the next zone -VAR players walking past Canary Wharf skyscrapers -Zombie at a bus stop ---------------------------------------------- NO AFP TEXT STORY