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Dead Rising 2: What's With The Duct Tape?

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Controller in hand, standing inches away from a flat panel running Dead Rising 2 at an event in a Tokyo cantina, the thing that most intrigued me about the game wasn't the ability to slice zombies with a sword or beat them with anything from a wheelchair to a golf club, it was the duct tape.

The first time I got a substantial look at the game, back in April, Capcom showed us how Dead Rising 2 lead Chuck Greene could ride a dirt bike to plow through a sea of zombies. Better still, the Canadian developers for the famed Japanese game also showed us how Greene could ride a dirt bike equipped with chainsaws on the handlebars.

What held the chainsaws in place? Duct tape.

Playing through a section of Dead Rising 2 today, I couldn't help but notice it was duct tape that strapped two chainsaws to a wooden pole and that it was duct tape that held a virtual armory of assault weapons to a motorized wheelchair. Duct tape, it seems, is going to play an important role in Dead Rising 2.

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We know from interviews with Capcom's Keiji Inafune that Greene will have another skill, one not directly connected to shooting or slicing.

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With the increased presence of duct tape in the game I can't help but wonder if that new skill will be the ability to craft your own weapons by attaching things together with duct tape.

There's also a strong possibility, with recent news that at least part of the game will take place in a Running Man game show of sorts, that players may be able to capture video of game play.

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My sources won't tell me if either of these guesses are accurate, but there was certainly a lot of eyebrow raising and chin rubbing when I asked.