'House of the Dead: Overkill' (Wii)
If there’s one good thing that came out of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s financial flop Grindhouse, it’s Rose McGowan in gold hot pants.
If there’s two good things that came out of it, the other would be the inspiration for House of the Dead: Overkill, a reboot of the zombie-blasting rail gun franchise that swaps out Japanese-style weirdness for the sleaze and grain of 42nd Street.
Ramming its tongue straight through its rotting cheek, the game casts the player in the double role of Detective Washington and Agent G as they try to stop the lunatic Papa Caesar from unleashing his army of marauding mutants (don’t call them zombies) on the world. Top that off with one of the greatest soundtracks ever for a video game, and you’ve got a seventies-flavored romp that will satisfy even the most slavish of rail-shooter junkies.
$19.96 at Amazon
