Ultimate zombie rifle

[Psychosplodge]

lol, makes sense but a lot of weight to carry...

[Aldramelech]

Shotguns are the way to go.

[Psychosplodge]

I'd want a carbine of some sort...

[MaltonNecromancer]

Zombies are boring.

Agreed.

Is this zombie meme not dead yet? Seriously, zombies are nowhere near as frightening as humans.

And are we really discussing the best weapons for a zombie apocalypse?! It's 2012! This was old hat back in 2003!

Plus, is no-one else sick of every FPS having human shaped and sized enemies? We used to have cyberdemons, monsters, bosses begger than the pyramids. Now it's an increasingly interchangable set of generic, strangely non-denominational terrorists from Madeupistan, or else cliched bloody zombies. And if there aren't zombies in the game, you can guarantee they'll be in the DLC. Cowboy game awesome? Not without a bloody zombie level it's not! Hey, that WW2 sim great? Not unless I get some moaning Axis kommandos who can't use their guns any more!

They're the herpes of geek, the Mills and Boon of nerdom; always showing up to drag everything down to the Lowest Common Denominator.

Ugh.

[DarkLink]

Just so everyone knows, mall ninja is a derogatory term for civilian types to like to think they're cool and tactical, and buy expensive guns and slap every single tacti-cool accessory they can find on them, while the actual pros take one look at the weapon and shake their heads and walk away. Hence the 3 sights, 3 lasers, and 4 flashlights.

[Psychosplodge]

They're the herpes of geek, the Mills and Boon of nerdom; always showing up to drag everything down to the Lowest Common Denominator.

Ugh.

We could do with a quote of the week thread for stuff like this ^

[Wildeybeast]

Reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons where Homer joins the gun club and Moe is demonstrating how, with a few simple modifications, you can turn one gun into five guns. Ah, Americans and their gun obsessions. Everyone with any sense knows that guns are noisy which will attract more Zombies and have limited ammo. You need bows backed up by swords. If it works on Frenchmen, it'll work on Zombies (the two having about the same fighting prowess and tactical nous). Besides, zombie apocalypse is very unlikely as the practicality of a virus animating dead flesh and preventing decomposition means it will never happen (unless magic suddenly turns out to be real). It's the rise of the machines we need to be worried about.

[Psychosplodge]

Surely the cricket bat is now the weapon of choice anyway?

[Wildeybeast]

More widely available and easier to wield true, but more tiring. A nice sharp sword will go clean a zombie head with hardly any effort at all. Still, swords and bows will be difficult to access for many, so cricket bats and record collections make a handy substitute.

[Mr Mystery]

I intend to survive the Zombie Apocalypse by simply sitting in my flat.

I have a good stockpile of food (months worth) and frankly, bacteria and the elements will knacker the Zombies before I run out of scran, water and power.

Zombies. Not all they're cracked up to be.