MW3 Zombies Proved I Wouldn’t Survive the Apocalypse

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I have to be honest; I’m not much of a first-person shooter kind of gamer. Still, when Modern Warfare 3 came out, I figured I’d give it a go. It had been a while since I’d tried to play Call of Duty, and surely I couldn’t be as terrible at it as I remembered.

Plus, my husband was buying it either way, so what could be the harm in borrowing his Xbox for a few hours to see what this zombie business is all about?

Well, it turns out my ego and the possibility of my ever surviving the zombie apocalypse was at stake, at least if my performance in Call of Duty has any correlation to real-life survival tactics.

What Am I Doing Here Again?

I went in feeling relatively confident I could handle the whole zombie situation. Shoot zombies. Don’t die. Easy enough… right?

Well, it turns out that Modern Warfare 3’s zombie mode is a bit more complicated than that. You have objectives, but it’s hard to tell what they are exactly. They flashed up on the screen during load time, but by the time we landed, I had completely forgotten the list of three things we were ostensibly supposed to be doing while killing zombies.

Pretty much as soon as we landed, my teammates ran off with purpose while I lagged behind, shooting at (and missing) zombies. As I tried to survive, I asked myself whether I should follow them or divide and conquer.

I decided to shoot zombies and try to stay within sight of the little dots that indicated my allies until our little radio friends let us know what to do next. This probably would have worked out okay if I was any good at shooting zombies. I was not.

How Do You Reload This Thing?

Due to my lack of aiming ability in first-person shooters, I run through a lot of ammo pretty quickly. You’ll do that when you