No Uudders isn’t dead; it’s merely in a state of torpor. The head chefs (Logan and myself) are going through a busy RL patch at present; with Loge’s currently in the death-rattle stages of pre-release beta for a Dreamworks title, and myself currently readjusting lifestyle to the strange new customs of a foreign land (even though New Zealand is about as foreign to Australia as Canada is to the States).

We hope that you will remain patient with us over the next month or two as we attempt to gradually build it back up to a steady hum once again, and know that our separation doesn’t in any way spell the end times for armature nerd on nerd action, I myself plan to start posting regularly again and once I’ve got my workstation back online I also hope to be remotely adding to our video features.

So stay tuned, come make some spam posts on our website if you like, tell us how gay we are and let us know you’re still out there lurking. In the mean time though, on behalf of Uudders -salute!.

~R

Ah… nothing like a zombie march to get the blood pumping. Does it really matter if it’s flowing from an exposed wound? I don’t think so.

Zombie marches are held everywhere, but Melbourne’s own undead shuffle is taking place this weekend on May 1. The horde will start at the Carlton Gardens north of the city at 1PM, and shamble its way to the metro core, bringing all the fake corpulent skin you could ever want with it. Even if the only shooting will be done with cameras, I’m sure it’ll be fun for everyone who doesn’t instantly drop a potato in their underdaks. If the photos from previous years are anything to go by, it should be a blast.

And, despite being an amateur affair, some of the makeup and effects are quite good… more than good enough to find their way into a certain zombie survival simulator…

Melbourne Zombie Shuffle 2010 [that's melbourne]

The GDAA has posted a program for this year’s Game Connect Asia Pacific, and the lineup isn’t half bad.

Tim Stellmach of Vicarious Visions and Eat, Sleep, Play’s David Jaffe headline the conference, while the sidelines (depending on your priorities) contain Farbs of Captain Forever fame, Screenplay’s Jason Hill and fast-talking, British-tinged game critic, Yahtzee.

A PDF of the program is available at the GCAP website. So, if your interests are tickled pink or some other fleshy colour by these names, get a-clickin’.

Press release after the fold.

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