The annual Zombie Safe House competition challenges architects to design the best ghoul-proof home, and zombie "fun runs" are now regular events across North America.

WSJ: Why Zombies Are Everywhere

There are moments brief, valuable moments of exploration, discovery and fun, spaced between hours upon hours of smashing through the same zombie horde with the same blunt object to recover some new tan-colored Macguffin and return it to some new desperate survivor in exchange for the same old stick with a new skin.

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