{"id":2753,"date":"2009-05-18T19:15:58","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T08:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=2753"},"modified":"2009-05-19T08:15:05","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T21:15:05","slug":"stalin-vs-martians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/05\/18\/stalin-vs-martians\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalin vs Martians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Year 1942. Summer. The Martians landed somewhere in Siberia and attacked the glorious people of Holy Mother Russia. It was a hard time for USSR, as you might know from the history books if the whole thing hadn’t been suppressed by the decadent West. The situation was so f**ked up that comrade Stalin took the anti-ET military operation under his personal control. The campaign was top secret and virtually nobody knows about the fact of extraterrestial intervention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interesting idea? Well, bizarre anyway, the sort of thing that gets my interest — if I played video games.<\/p>\n

In fact, it’s the background scenario of a new real-time interactive strategy game called Stalin vs Martians<\/strong>. It is released by Mezmer Games.<\/p>\n

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The makers describe it thus: “Our game is unique. Trashy and absolutely over-the-top, arthouse kitsch production in its finest.” What’s more, in the FAQ an interesting daikaijuesque facet of the game is revealed, when, in response to the question: “Can we play Stalin?” they answer:<\/p>\n

Yes, but not from the start. Stalin is our commander and he gives us orders. Closer to the grand finale he will appear on the battlefield as a playable unit — a huge colossus, five times higher than any other creature. Just like it was in the real life.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile here’s a rock video for a song used in the game, by the heavy-metal band Firelake<\/strong> — with lots of nice visuals:<\/p>\n

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God knows if the game’s any good, but I like the packaging…<\/p>\n

There’s lots more of it on the website<\/a>, including another music video that seems to involve zombie Stalins.<\/p>\n