{"id":6614,"date":"2015-03-24T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=6614"},"modified":"2015-03-24T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:14:08","slug":"zombies-invade-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/24\/zombies-invade-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombies invade Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Zombies1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6620\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Zombies1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Zombies1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6620\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Zombies1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Zombies1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><strong>It\u2019s a cold, clear night in Cardiff, just after 7pm.<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of people are edging their way nervously down a narrow alley \u2013 occasional floodlights splashing strange shadows on the corrugated walls of Butetown warehouses.<br \/>\n<strong>&#8216;A twitching silhouette&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\nA rattling moan punctuates the quiet night \u2013 the group freeze, apprehensive grins contorted on flushed faces.\u00a0A twitching silhouette is spotted ambling towards them \u2013 the group gesture in silence at the figure, adrenaline hitting the pits of their stomachs. Another moan.<br \/>\nThe figure stumbles into a pool of light and raises its head \u2013 eyes glazed and unfocused, mouth contorted into a snarl, its visage splattered with blood. It lets out an unearthly scream, and breaks into a run. The group scatter headlong into the night \u2013 the chase is on\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>Zombing<\/strong><br \/>\nWelcome to 2.8 Hours Later. Created by zombie-aficionados Slingshot Effects, 2.8 Hours Later is a fully immersive city-wide zombie chase game. Think of it as zombie tag, but a with a storyline, a mission, actors to guide you on your way, and of course, those bloody zombies.<br \/>\nWith Cardiff playing host to hordes across a 2.8 mile circuit running through Queen Street and the Millennium Stadium, we sent some intrepid reporters to live (or die) a night on either side of the undead divide. Some people get beauty, some people get brains.<br \/>\nMy evening started with standing in a blood-booth in hospital scrubs to be smeared and splattered with fake blood. Particularly gruesome when combined with the white contact lenses.<br \/>\n<b>Zone 10, do not panic<\/b><br \/>\nI was ready to chase the living. Our chase area was Zone 10 \u2013 the home stretch, a long, patchily lit stretch between two warehouses in Butetown. The runners were channels past the intervening Type 1\u2019s (shambling, Romero-style brain-eaters) towards us \u2013 the Type 2\u2019s. By far the most physical assignment, we were the 28 Days Later screaming and sprinting undead, ready to infect our victims by marking them with UV pen. And screaming in their face, obviously.<br \/>\nBy the time the first runners arrived, I was warmed-up and waiting. Orange jumpsuit-clad boss zombie Alex Noble split the group with an unearthly pig-squeal scream, while I broke from the bushes to make a killing.<br \/>\nAnd so it began. Although sprinting in bursts for two or three hours was tiring, the atmosphere was incredible. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d ever feel proud at almost making a girl cry. I have to admit a competitive streak, so I really got into it.<br \/>\nLie on the ground and rise at the slightest sound? Face away and let them pass before chasing? Arrive screaming from the shadows when they thought they had made the finish line?<br \/>\nI tried it all. There\u2019s something about genuinely terrifying people which is really \u2013 satisfying. The screams, the panicked eyes, the macho men in army gear running for their lives\u2026who knew being dead could make you feel so alive?<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/GV_Cut-out-Tom-Carter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-6622 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/GV_Cut-out-Tom-Carter-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"GV_Cut out Tom Carter\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-6622 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/GV_Cut-out-Tom-Carter-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"GV_Cut out Tom Carter\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>Survivor &#8211; Tom Carter<\/strong><br \/>\nAs a survivor, I took upon myself the noble title of humanity\u2019s last hope with a little uncertainty.<br \/>\nIt didn\u2019t take long for me to lose that uncertainty \u2013 out here, you hesitate, you die.<br \/>\nKitted out in running gear, or leotards, we were divided into our groups, given armbands, maps, our first rendezvous and our mission \u2013 get to a lab, grab a experimental antidote, get back.<br \/>\n<strong>Seems simple, right?<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen we were pushed out into the evening, it seemed that way. We wandered around with people who didn\u2019t know the apocalypse was upon us, just going about their normal business.<br \/>\nBut after our first zombie encounter, things became a little less simple. I became paranoid about the people around us.<br \/>\nIs that a zombie? No, that\u2019s a drunk guy. No wait! That\u2019s a zombie! Run!<br \/>\nIt was very immersive, but it snuck up on me \u2013 halfway through you realise you\u2019re listening very seriously to everything this actor is saying, right before a zombie breaks through a door and chews on his jugular.<br \/>\nIt was surprisingly tiring, but I guess that\u2019s what it takes to survive \u2013 and survive I did! Come the zombie apocalypse, I\u2019m ready.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>I don&#8217;t fully understand why there are zombies roaming the streets of Cardiff tonight. Twitter, can you help?! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/asktwitter?src=hash\">#asktwitter<\/a><br \/>\n\u2014 Natasha Cody (@NatashaCody) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaCody\/status\/579372709748060160\">March 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a cold, clear night in Cardiff, just after 7pm. A group of people are edging their way nervously down a narrow alley \u2013 occasional floodlights splashing strange shadows on the corrugated walls of Butetown warehouses. &#8216;A twitching silhouette&#8217; A rattling moan punctuates the quiet night \u2013 the group freeze, apprehensive grins contorted on flushed faces.\u00a0A twitching silhouette is spotted ambling towards them \u2013 the group gesture in silence at the figure, adrenaline hitting the pits of their stomachs. 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