Monthly Archives: April 2014

Zombies, Run! Season 3

Zombies, Run! Season 3 is out now. It is an update to the ZR app, so you should be able to continue progress. If not, wipe the cache, relogin and setup the install again.

ZR3 appears to break gmusicfs, so I’m tinkering with settings to see if I can get it back, and it does appear to be VERY laggy at first start.

On the plus side, you can download the first two missions of Season 3, the Season 3 Radio, AND get a season pass for Season 3 at the moment. The update is backwards compatible so you can still play Season 1, Season 2, Race, Radio, Supply, and Airdrop missions.

Stats-philes will enjoy being able to see their stats on the app now.

The app seems to be pretty volatile, and I’ve had it ANR (App Not Responding) many times on me already.

Zombies, Run! | The Story So Far…

A recap of the story behind Zombies, Run! Seasons 1 and 2, the Race Missions, and the Side Missions.

Zombies, Run! | The Story So Far….

Chromebleed Notifies You if a Visited Site was Hit by Heartbleed Bug

The Heartbleed bug is among the major security vulnerabilities we have seen in recent times. It’s one of those cases where precaution is the order of the day. You could manually check sites or use Chromebleed, an extension that tells you if the site you’re on was affected by the bug.

Chromebleed uses Filippo Valsorda’s little tool to test if the page was hit by Heartbleed and hasn’t issued a patch yet. You’re going to be safe on the bigger websites like Yahoo, but there’s a chance that some of the smaller sites haven’t yet patched their servers, so this little protection will help. If you do visit some such site, Chromebleed will throw a notification warning you, in which case it’s best to exit and notify the site’s developers to fix their issue.

Chromebleed Notifies You if a Visited Site was Hit by Heartbleed Bug.

This is one way to handle someone who has parked their car terribly | Metro News

 

This is one way to handle someone who has parked their car terribly | Metro News.

Weekend Run #2

Today’s weekend run. Target 15K. Achieved 5.13K. Still trying to shift this cold and its unfortunately having an effect on my running due to reduced lung capacity.

Tracks: Endomondo, ZR, Nike+

What if you were invited to your own funeral?

Some chronic speeders were, and found the result very difficult to handle.

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Zombies, Run! | New in Season 3: Player Choice!

Some interesting news about Zombies, Run Season 3 from the blog:

It’s been months in the planning – we started talking about our plot arcs and returning characters back in October 2013 – and we’ve got some fantastic surprises coming up, both in plot and in the guest writers we’ve managed to snag for this season. One thing we’ve wanted to do for ages was to introduce a bit of choice into the game for players. I know we’ve already got the base builder, and many of our Runner Fives have made amazing and beautiful Abel Townships. I thought it’d be fun to extend this kind of choice just a little bit, and give Runner Five a couple of options about what they’re actually going to do during the game. It’s this kind of thing that makes games-writing so dynamic and engaging. So, once or twice this season, you’ll be asked to make a decision. We had to think carefully about how to do this – for one thing, you don’t want to be having to stop and press a button while running! And it’s been a design principle from the beginning that we’ll never ‘punish’ the player too much. After all, you’re already out there running, so you’re already a hero! All this means that you won’t be able to destroy Abel with a single bad decision – but some of the things you do will have knock-on effects later in the game. And I’m excited to hear what you make of what we’ve done!

via Zombies, Run! | New in Season 3: Player Choice!.

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Weekday Run #7

Today’s weekday run. Target 8K. Achieved 5.39

I think I’m coming down with some kind of cough. Possibly brought on as a result, or partially as a result of, the recent air pollution. It’s making me wheeze, and I’ve noticed a definite shortness of breath, or apparent reduced lung capacity.

Tracks: Endomondo, ZR, Nike+