If there are mules smuggling drugs across countries, should they shut down airlines, jail the owners and sue the pilots? o_O

With SOPA and PIPA consistently losing support, I guess they’re back to their games of intimidation.

We’re firmly of the belief that SSDs are our future and Samsung would seem to agree. The Korean electronics giant has just announced that it’s selling its hard disk drive-manufacturing arm to Seagate Technology for a neat $1.375 billion in equal measures of cash and stocks.

As a result, Samsung Electronics will own approximately 9.6 percent of Seagate and get to nominate one new member to join Seagate’s Board of Directors, while the two companies have further agreed to deepen their strategic relationship with related cross-licensing and supply stipulations. Samsung will provision Seagate’s solid state drives with NAND flash memory, whereas Seagate will furnish Samsung’s PCs and consumer electronics products with hard disk storage.

Source : Engadget

So, besides the fact that I’m lacking sleep after only finishing the third week of the new semester with a full grid of classes, there are other reasons for calling this “zombie week”.

No healthpack for you!

Healthpackalypse mutation is back this week, after a week run of my all-time favorite mutation: Follow the Liter. This mutation was in my top list, though, cause it brings a high level of satisfaction when playing as infected, since the survivors can’t heal and throw all your efforts to waste.

So wrong… more, please!

So after a while, I randomly decided to visit explosm.net and their so-wrong-its-hillarious comic. Didn’t take long to stumble upon a zombie joke.

Bring out the nukes!

Highschool of the Dead, or Left 4 Dead – the anime, is coming to an end this monday. Okay, so technically, this isn’t part of this zombie week, but the last scene of this week’s episode has left me with high anticipation for the finale.

Mr. Positive

The much anticipated DLC for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 is drawing closer, and two confirmed related media will be a comic and a Teaser movie. The first of 4 issues of the comic is now available at l4d.com/comic. Storytelling is awesome so far, focusing this time on Louis and his unbridled optimism. All 4 issues will be out by October 5th.

So there you go. Zombies are here to stay

This new mutation brings, for the first time, what no other L4D game mode has brought before: the encouragement to backstab your teammates at the last moment. As cruel as it sounds, it’s actually a lot of fun… as long as you’re the one to get to the rescue vehicle first. ;D

After 30 years of nominations, the Academy finally acknowledges a Star Trek movie with an actual Oscar. Too bad neither Roddenberry lived to see this day.

Did you notice how you can now grab a fresh gun as soon as you shoot a bullet off the one you’re holding? No need to do a previous reload. That would make an infinite almost uninterrupted firing rate when you camp next to a weapon table (I predict it will be patched T_T).

Also a funny consistency glitch. You can now have a melee weapon instead of a sidearm, right? But did you notice how when you carry a machete/nightstick/guitar/etc and you get knocked down, you magically get a sidearm to defend yourself until someone helps you up, then you get your melee weapon back?