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The News Tribune in Tacoma, WA has an article about the recent Video Games Live show that played in Seattle and Vancouver, after similar shows elsewhere around the country were delayed or cancelled.

The Halo part of the performance was well-received. The organizers are attempting to put together a string of dates in 2006, but since the collection of musicians used for each show is assembled ad hoc, it is difficult.

The syndicated column tech.life@play has a short feature on Halloween-themed games. Among them, they took a special shine to Stubbs the Zombie:

How can such a thing be funny? The game plays it for laughs - and succeeds - by displaying an impeccable sense of comic timing, off-the-wall comments uttered by Stubbs' victims, and the dutiful ministrations of a robot guide that wants only to give Stubbs a detailed tour of Punchbowl.

Yahoo Video Games gave Wideload's Stubbs the Zombie 3.5 stars out of 5 overall. They liked the concept and the humor, but thought the Halo engine "hasn't aged well" and felt the brain-eating mechanic was used too often.

Wired magazine has reviewed Wideload's Stubbs the Zombie; they liked the humor and the soundtrack, as well as finding the game fun to play:

It's quite like the world of Destroy All Humans, but this one is dirty enough to snag a Mature rating. (One scene sees Stubbs infiltrating the "Knobb Cheese Farm.") Running quips from public-address systems and the dying words of your hapless victims ("Now I'll never get into college!") keep the laughs coming at a constant clip.