I've been intrigued with Touch the Dead ever since I heard about it. The concept is bizarre: a zombie killing, jail breaking FPS for the Ds that utilizes the touch screen for it's controls. Sure, the possibility of it sucking is rather high, but I'm holding out hope. Besides, looking at this week's rather anemic list it seems like the best bet for a purchase. Flynn De Marco

• Touch the Dead (DS) The first Zombie FPS for the DS. Feel that rotting flesh!
• Resident Evil 4 (PC)
  Resident Evil 4 continues to shamble it's way on to every system. The Wii is next.
• MLB 07: The Show (PS3)
  Major League Baseball action. Hit one out of the park.
• Shrek the Third (PS2, X360, WII)
  Why?
• FreeStyle Street Basketball (PC)
  The world's first basketball MMO.
• SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm (PC)
  An all new expansion pack for SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars.
• Etrian Odyssey (DS)
  The world population of turn based RPGs gets another citizen.
• Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (PSP)
  Take care of daily business on your farm... in the future!

Nintendo is starting to take their "Mature" DS audience seriously and take some some of the traditional cuteness out of the equation where it doesn't fit. Artist Arthur Suydam has recently created an exclusive piece of cover artwork for Nintendo's Touch the Dead zombie point-and-shoot which is set to come out in May 2007 (that's next month!).

Suydam is most famous for his creations that recently graced the covers of "Marvel Zombies" a collection of classic Marvel Comic issues that he has"zombifyied".

I'm not into gore or horror, but it's nice to see that a DS box might not just get thrown in the garbage like so many before. Maybe I'll put it on the bedside table and see if I can freak myself out in the middle of the night. Kim Phu

Marvel Zombies Artist Inks Dead Game Cover [Geeks of Doom]