As you may remember, the Kotaku offices were invaded by a horde of awesome members of the Kotaku community bearing gifts. Turns out the gifts weren’t just for us — Kotaku Kristmas Project leader Chuloopa actually gathered up loads of extra stuff to giveaway to Kotaku readers, today he’s giving away copies of Space Pirates and Zombies!
Take it away Chuloopa!
Ahoy there, my brain-loving astronauts! It is I, your friendly neighborhood Chuloopa!
Today is a glorious day!
Why? Because thanks to the good people at MinMax games i have 5 Steam codes for the breakout hit Space Pirates and Zombies, or the acronym i love ever so much, S.P.A.Z!
Don’t know what Space Pirates Versus Zombies is all about? That’s ok, i’ll let the good people at MinMax break it down for you…
IN A NUT SHELL At its core, Space Pirates and Zombies is an action based, skill oriented, top down space combat game. It’s similar to the ones we knew and loved in years past, but now using full physics simulation and modern graphics for those oh so pretty explosions. But as you dig deeper, SPAZ becomes much more.
KEY FEATURES -33 ships to research, build, outfit and pilot. -70 unique components to discover and customize your fleet’s performance. -Totally physics based combat system. -Fight Zombie infestations, battling a full zombie ecosystem comprising four stages of un-life. -Explore a persistent randomly generated galaxy containing hundreds of star systems. -Freedom to explore the galaxy and take on challenges at your own pace. -Aid, flee, or exploit the warring factions in each star system.
Now, i don’t know about you guys – but that sounds like more fun than i can poke an astro-stick at!
What do you have to do to score yourself a copy of the very-awesome S.P.A.Z?
It’s simple – I’m bringing back the Limerick competition!
For those who don’t understand what a limerick is, it’s all explained here.
The catch? Your limerick must start thusly:
“There once was a pirate named Zed”
One entry per person, so make it a goodun – the best 5 entries as judged by the staff at Kotaku win themselves one steam code for Space Pirates and Zombies.
Best of luck, ladies and gents!
Drop your entries into the comments below and we’ll announce the winners next week! Good luck everyone!
Terms and conditions can be found here.
Got this game myself and it is totally worth the price I paid.. very free-from and challenging top-down space RPG/Action game.
There once was a pirate named Zed,
Who couldn’t tell his heart from his head.
Fell in love with a Zombie,
And then became naughty,
Now he’s doing the nasty with undead.
There once was a pirate named Zed
With a fat, juicy brain in his head.
A zombie boarded his ship,
took one little nip,
and now poor Zed’s undead!
There once was a pirate named Zed,
Who chewed on an astronauts head,
He fell to the floor,
with blood covered gore,
then spasmed and splashed in the red.
There once was a pirate named Zed,
Who lived in a ship made of lead,
He fought undead minions,
Of which there were trillions,
Because no-one would work in his stead!
There once was a Pirate named Zed
Who got an idea in his head
He hiked up his pants
And started to dance
From sheer horror, the zombies all fled
There once was a pirate named Zed
set his phasers to “make things dead”
shot himself in the ass
gave us quite a laugh
He now has to sit on his head.
not a true limerick, but was bored and wanted to join in 😛
There once was a pirate called Zed
He doesn’t breathe when he is in bed
Zed went for a ride
To the other side
Because we all know that ZED IS DEAD.
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who raided ships on his mighty great sled
He killed many a crew
Till his heart finally grew
And now he’s a space cop instead
There once was a pirate named Zed
Through space, in his ship, he fled
One day, zombies came
“With presents”, they claim
“Come dear, today we’ll be wed”
Epic game is epic! Grats to whoever wins a copy; and to whoever doesn’t:
Buy it. It’s freakin’ awesome!
This game PC or Mac?
PC Buddy
Why no Mac love?
No problems then, I shall gracefully bow out and allow someone else a chance at this epic prize 😀
sorry dude – this is on their website
WHAT PLATFORMS WILL SPAZ BE RELEASE FOR?
For now, SPAZ is on the PC, since that’s the platform we’re developing on. We’d like to do a Mac version, and even possibly an Xbox version at some point in the future.
So there is still hope
There once was a pirate named Zed,
With a most delectable head.
But he soon felt such torture
Fearing zombie “La Nourriture”,
And thus resolved to curb-stomp the undead.
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who tried to fly a ship with his head
Crashed into more pirates
His body did Girate
Now Zed has to fight off the undead
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who had a run in with the undead
But he began to fear
that his life story was near
to being a Johnny Depp-film retread.
There once was a pirate named Zed
Whose hand was eaten by the undead
The day after that happened
Zed saluted the captain
And put his new hook through his head
Bahahaha, nice
There once was a pirate named Zed,
Happy and carefree was the life he led,
thanks to a movie with Depp,
a number of sequels lacking real depth.
Zed walked the plank and drank with The Quick and The Dead
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who on occasion is known to have said
Infinity and beyond
Is just a wave of my wand
That connects with the side of your head
I already have it, truly a great game so if I win give my copy to the next placed person
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who was sadly turned undead
Twas at his behest
Sent zombies to quest
So brains he can be fed
There once was a pirate named Zed
His best friend was Ed his ted
A zombie popped in without fear
With nothing but a sneer
Zed went and cut off its head
There once was a pirate named Zed
whom when tired returned to his bed
already there it seemed
was a zombie drag queen
whom he only so recently wed
There once was a pirate named Zed
Down on his luck and low on cred
He fired a looting magnet
His target was our planet
Now he’s rolling in dough It is said.
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who needed his tires retread
He said with a moan
While on his on his cell phone
I’ll call a mechanic instead.
Crap, I put on his twice!
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who needed his tires retread
He said with a moan
While on his cell phone
I’ll call a mechanic instead.
There once was a pirate named Zed
He decided to stay in bed
From here he dreamed of a pirate named Zed
Who also decided to stay in bed
and thus ends the tale of Zed
because it turns out he was actually just dead
There was once a priate named Zed
Who wanted to get ahead
So he went looking for evil
And found an intergaltic weevil
So now he uses grain as his cred
There once was a Pirate named Zed,
He woke with a very sore head.
He drank some Berocca,
Was still off his rocker,
said screw it I’ll have rum instead.
– Reposted with my handle 🙂
There once was a Pirate named Zed,
He woke with a very sore head.
He drank some Berocca,
Was still off his rocker,
said screw it I’ll have rum instead.
Your real name is easier to pronounce 😛
There once was a Pirate named Zed
There once was a Pirate named Zed
He was a Pirate
His name was Zed
There once was a Pirate named Zed
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who was eaten by the undead
But to the zombies’ dismay
It was a small brain buffet
“Too many videogames”, it was said
There once was a Pirate named Zed
Who got an idea in his head
He hiked up his pants
And started to dance
From sheer horror, the zombies all fled
There once was a pirate named Zed
whose wife just divorced him and fled
the next romance for her
was a philosopher
That’s the story of Ex, Why and Zed
There once was a pirate named Zed
whose wife just divorced him and fled
the new husband for her
was a philosopher
That’s the story of Ex, Why and Zed.
There once was a pirate named Zed,
Whose real name was Axelbeeltejuicesquash Stratfordlangbockington The Third, Lord of The Fifth Semiring of The United Empire of Low Life City Scum from Ked,
Was sick of his name,
His friends felt the same.
But they wanted to call him bug-juice-face instead…
There once was a pirate named Zed,
“Away with tradition!” he said,
So he flew into space,
A look of shock on his face,
For he’d found an army of un-dead!
There once was a pirate named Zed,
Who hated writing limericks as it hurt his head.
So I said that’s because you got no pizzazz
So looks like you won’t be winning the SPAZ
So he went crying off to bed.
Damn I suck.
This game had better be worth the pride I once had…
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who painted his blue spaceship red.
His phasors were green
His attitude mean
But ran off to be with a Triffid instead.
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who was riding his brand new moped
The cop’s sirens did wail
They threw him in jail
Oh how he regrets that he sped
There once was a pirate named Zed
He f$%ked his wench hard now she’s dead
Through her neck he did cut her
Like a hot knife through butter
He claims she still gives really good head!
Welbot! I was just thinking it was great we’d managed to keep this relatively clean so far…and then I got to yours. Son, I am disappoint. 😛
There once was a pirate named Zed,
It was known he occasionally said,
There’s nothing to do,
But to drink some Irn Bru,
And so now he’s the Scottishmen’s head.
There once was a pirate named Zed
Who got in a fight ’till he bled
So he got sent to live there
With his aunt and uncle in Bel-Air
And then everybody walked the dinosaur
Fun in short bursts but exploration is biring as all solar systems are essentially the same, and the quests get old quickly.
I got this game when it first come out.
I’ve spent a lot of money on Steam over the years on a lot of games and this is hands down, one of my best purchases.
It’s amazing.
There once was a pirate named Zed,
So good, he stole Santa’s sled.
While flying through space,
Rudolph bit his face,
and now he’s the living undead
There once was a Pirate named Zed,
Who really hated the undead.
While out on a quest,
He… crap, forgot the rest…
Boy, is my face ever red.
There once was a pirate named Zed,
who’s name inspired dread,
’til as his crew watched,
he took a cannonball to the crotch,
now all fear Pirate Zedessa instead