Obsession of the Week

I've always loved video games. I love me some Super Mario, Donkey Kong, Kirby and Zelda, and I always try to beat every game I can. I'm not really into the shooter type games like Halo, mainly because I find the controls far too confusing and I just end up spinning in a circle.

My newest game obsession just came out on XBox Live on Wednesday and I've already beaten one round of adventure mode:



The basic idea is this:
You own a house. It is being attacked by waves of killer zombies who want to eat your brain. How do you protect your house and brain? Why, you have seed packets that grow plants equipped with defensive maneuvers that kill off the zombies. You collect little suns that fall from the sky to trade in for these seed packets, and then you plant them strategically on the lawn.

Some examples:
Peashooters shoot out peas to hurt the zombies



Corn throws pats of butter to hit the zombies, which causes them to stand still for a few seconds:



Walnuts distract the zombies and are very tough. The zombies can spend awhile standing still eating on the Walnuts, allowing other plants to attack accordingly.



Here's you neighbor, Crazy Dave:



All in all, it is a really fun, addicting game. I'm looking forward to getting home and playing it all weekend (when I'm not at work).