But Zombie Panic Source was a forerunner. I expect everyone who played the Half-Life 2 mod can still hear the sound of 'Crackbone' in their heads: "I got them brain dawgs." ...

The Zombies kick off the Canadian leg of the Odessey and Oracle tour April 1 in Montreal before dates in Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. For full details go to zombiesmusic.com.

Half-Life has its fair share of gore and horror elements, but it was never the splatterhouse experience some shooters can be. Of course, part of that was due to graphical limitations in 1998 ...