Get Your Zombie On!

This weekend Glasgow is home to a mass of zombies, victims and survivors with 2.8 Hours Later hitting the city! 2.8 hours later is an interactive zombie game and is coming to Glasgow not once this year, but twice, due to popular demand. The game is loosely based on the 2002 Danny Boyle film, "28 Days Later", based on a deserted Londoner running from the "infected"; a group of people who are, essentially, zombies. The film's plot parallels with the game : your aim is to find survivors and avoid being infected by the zombies roaming your city.

Previously only running in England, the company behind 2.8 Hours Later decided to expand and our very own Glasgow was voted the place where people most wanted the game! It's running from the 28th March- 31st and is even returning on the 5th April for another 3 nights because the first games sold out so quickly!

On Wednesday night, the starting position was even at Glasgow Caledonian University and from there masses of people, dressed up in zombie gear or not ran across the city. You play in teams of 6 or 8 and your final aim is to get to "Resistance HQ" using only a map and signs hidden across the city, but before you do you have to find pockets of survivors who are hidden around the city, all with a story to tell. Locations used in other cities include shopping malls, which would be particularly terrifying when empty at night and Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries would probably be perfect for it! The creators of the game have also said all the old Victorian architecture in Glasgow sets the city up for a perfect zombie apocalyptic world!

If you are "caught" by zombies in the game you are tagged, but keep on playing, meaning the fun doesn't stop if you're caught too quickly. When you finally reach Resistance HQ, you are then scanned to see if you are infected, even if you had been caught by a zombie,you may not be infected so it keeps up the suspense. If you have fallen ill to the zombie disease you can, if you agree, be made up like a zombie and still get to go to the disco at the end! Zombies and survivors alike all join the disco where a burger, beer and entry are all included in the ticket price and everyone can relax.

The game is coming at just right the time to Glasgow; after the excitement over World War Z in summer it seems like zombies are the next big thing. It looks incredibly terrifying and although you would need a fair bit of stamina for it, seems like something the majority of people could do! Tickets are £28 which seem steep at first, but it includes a whole nights entertainment and a burger and a beer back at Resistance HQ! For anyone playing, good luck!

Check out the official site for your tickets and an incredibly scary trailer here