TORONTO, 5 March (Reuters) – if his classical routine to
run needs an boost of adrenaline, perhaps serve to add
carnivorous zombies.
An application called Zombies, Run!, is a narrated game in
that runners in the real world have to escape zombies and
gather supplies to keep alive. And the only way of
do is touring the streets at high speed.
“When it is running will be occasionally pursued by
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zombies and will need to run faster during the following
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minutes”, said Adrian Hon, one of the creators of the
application.
“This is very similar to a training at intervals, that
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is one of the best ways to get in shape and improve the
cardio (…) It is really hard to do alone (…) “But when
you are being chased by zombies, it is something else”, stated.
The application is available for devices iPhone and
Android.
History, performed by professional actors
takes place in shares of one or two minutes interspersed in the
music that the corridor has decided to carry on your device.
As the players progress in the game, begin to
discover the mystery of how this futuristic world came to be
full of zombies.
Each mission in which embark tough players
about half an hour and there are currently 13 missions
available and other 17 developing. The players progress in
the game to gather supplies such as medicines, batteries and water
for the rest of the human beings.
Created in collaboration with the award-winning novelist Naomi
Alderman, the motivation for the application was to use the
power of the stories narrated to make the race more
entertaining.
“For many people who wanted to get to run has
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been a very motivating tool. “But we also
we have people running for one or two hours only
because want something more interesting than the music or the radio”,
stated.
