<s>
Stubbs	B-Application
the	I-Application
Zombie	I-Application
in	I-Application
Rebel	I-Application
Without	I-Application
a	I-Application
Pulse	I-Application
is	O
a	O
reverse	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Wideload	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Aspyr	O
Media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
video	O
game	O
console	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
in	O
November	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
May	O
17	O
,	O
2007	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
removed	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
became	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
again	O
in	O
March	O
2021	O
following	O
an	O
update	O
which	O
fixed	O
several	O
major	O
compatibility	O
and	O
stability	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Marketplace	O
as	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Device
Originals	O
on	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
removed	O
late	O
2012	O
due	O
to	O
technical	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
the	O
retro-futuristic	O
version	O
of	O
1959	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
follows	O
Stubbs	O
rises	O
from	O
his	O
grave	O
as	O
a	O
zombie	B-Application
and	O
decides	O
to	O
get	O
his	O
revenge	O
by	O
eating	O
brains	O
of	O
the	O
inhabitants	O
of	O
the	O
Pennsylvania	O
city	O
of	O
Punchbowl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
moderate	O
success	O
garnering	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
and	O
sales	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	B-Language
was	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
since	O
Wideload	O
's	O
closing	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
since	O
declared	O
canceled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
16	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
a	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
THQ	O
Nordic	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
PC	O
(	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
)	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
,	O
featuring	O
modernized	O
controls	O
and	O
achievements/trophies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Stubbs	B-Application
the	I-Application
Zombie	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
plays	O
as	O
a	O
zombie	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
primary	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
kill	O
humans	O
and	O
devour	O
their	O
brains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eating	O
brains	O
gives	O
back	O
a	O
certain	O
amount	O
of	O
lost	O
health	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
converting	O
those	O
humans	O
into	O
zombies	B-Application
,	O
causing	O
them	O
to	O
fight	O
alongside	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
has	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
beating	O
an	O
enemy	O
to	O
death	O
with	O
melee	O
strikes	O
or	O
to	O
transform	O
them	O
into	O
zombies	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stubbs	O
 '	O
zombie	B-Application
state	O
prevents	O
him	O
from	O
wielding	O
any	O
conventional	O
weapons	O
,	O
and	O
instead	O
wields	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
improvised	O
weaponry	O
and	O
combat	O
techniques	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
done	O
using	O
a	O
specific	O
body	O
part	O
as	O
explosives	O
or	O
makeshift	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
improvised	O
weapons	O
,	O
excluding	O
Stubbs	O
 '	O
hand	O
,	O
will	O
convert	O
enemies	O
they	O
kill	O
into	O
zombies	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stubbs	O
can	O
herd	O
zombies	B-Application
which	O
are	O
in	O
range	O
by	O
whistling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
limit	O
to	O
how	O
many	O
zombies	B-Application
will	O
follow	O
him	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
Stubbs	O
can	O
guide	O
the	O
rest	O
by	O
sending	O
whole	O
groups	O
of	O
zombies	B-Application
in	O
a	O
direction	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
shove	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stubbs	O
 '	O
zombie	B-Application
followers	O
can	O
kill	O
humans	O
and	O
eat	O
their	O
brains	O
,	O
just	O
like	O
Stubbs	O
can	O
,	O
and	O
any	O
human	O
killed	O
by	O
one	O
of	O
his	O
minions	O
will	O
also	O
turn	O
into	O
a	O
zombie	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enemy	O
that	O
fires	O
upon	O
a	O
zombie	B-Application
in	O
a	O
group	O
will	O
attract	O
the	O
attention	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
zombies	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crowds	O
of	O
zombies	B-Application
serve	O
as	O
a	O
great	O
shield	O
when	O
approaching	O
enemies	O
armed	O
with	O
ranged	O
weapons	O
and	O
are	O
needed	O
for	O
sowing	O
the	O
necessary	O
chaos	O
and	O
confusion	O
into	O
a	O
difficult	O
melee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
hovercars	O
,	O
laser	O
weaponry	O
,	O
a	O
monorail	B-Language
,	O
and	O
robots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
opening	O
ceremony	O
,	O
deceased	O
traveling	O
salesman	O
,	O
Edward	B-Application
"	I-Application
Stubbs	I-Application
"	I-Application
Stubblefield	I-Application
,	O
rises	O
from	O
his	O
grave	O
as	O
a	O
Zombie	B-Application
and	O
begins	O
to	O
consume	O
the	O
brains	O
of	O
Punchbowl	O
's	O
inhabitants	O
,	O
quickly	O
creating	O
his	O
own	O
army	O
of	O
the	O
undead	O
,	O
and	O
causing	O
increasing	O
amounts	O
of	O
havoc	O
as	O
the	O
Zombies	B-Application
clash	O
with	O
the	O
various	O
militant	O
factions	O
of	O
the	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Stubbs	O
continues	O
his	O
path	O
of	O
destruction	O
,	O
he	O
comes	O
across	O
Otis	O
,	O
a	O
paranoid	O
,	O
trigger-happy	O
leader	O
of	O
a	O
local	O
redneck	O
militia	O
called	O
"	O
The	O
Quaker	O
State	O
Irregulars	O
"	O
who	O
believes	O
the	O
Zombie	B-Application
outbreak	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
Communist	O
infiltration	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stubbs	O
follows	O
Otis	O
back	O
to	O
his	O
farm	O
where	O
he	O
gives	O
a	O
rousing	O
speech	O
(	O
consisting	O
of	O
only	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
Brains	O
"	O
in	O
various	O
cadences	O
)	O
to	O
his	O
fellow	O
Zombies	B-Application
in	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
the	O
war	O
film	O
Patton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
cornering	O
Otis	O
,	O
Stubbs	O
seems	O
to	O
be	O
at	O
a	O
disadvantage	O
,	O
as	O
Otis	O
has	O
prepared	O
a	O
large	O
stockpile	O
of	O
TNT	B-Protocol
which	O
he	O
intends	O
to	O
detonate	O
,	O
killing	O
them	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
gives	O
Stubbs	O
the	O
chance	O
to	O
light	O
the	O
TNT	B-Protocol
himself	O
and	O
escape	O
to	O
a	O
safe	O
distance	O
before	O
the	O
house	O
is	O
blown	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
causes	O
the	O
dam	O
to	O
explode	O
by	O
having	O
the	O
other	O
Zombies	B-Application
use	O
themselves	O
as	O
electrical	O
conduits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
arriving	O
at	O
City	O
Hall	O
to	O
confront	O
Andrew	O
,	O
Maggie	O
(	O
Andrew	O
's	O
very	O
attractive	O
mother	O
)	O
,	O
realizes	O
the	O
Zombie	B-Application
looks	O
familiar	O
and	O
stops	O
Andrew	O
from	O
shooting	O
him	O
,	O
proclaiming	O
her	O
love	O
for	O
Stubbs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stubbs	O
survives	O
the	O
battle	O
and	O
attempts	O
to	O
murder	O
Andrew	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
stopped	O
by	O
Maggie	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
Zombie	B-Application
herself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stubbs	B-Application
the	I-Application
Zombie	I-Application
was	O
Wideload	O
Games	O
 '	O
first	O
game	O
after	O
its	O
founding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
onset	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
concept	O
intended	O
to	O
innovate	O
the	O
horror	O
genre	O
by	O
letting	O
the	O
player	O
play	O
as	O
a	O
zombie	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
contrast	O
with	O
what	O
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
the	O
general	O
idea	O
of	O
zombie	B-Application
games	O
,	O
changing	O
the	O
"	O
straightforward	O
good	O
guys	O
versus	O
zombies	B-Application
"	O
format	O
found	O
in	O
games	O
like	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Character	O
dialogue	O
and	O
game	O
mechanics	O
were	O
designed	O
so	O
that	O
"	O
funny	O
results	O
"	O
are	O
directly	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
action	B-Application
,	O
preventing	O
them	O
from	O
becoming	O
repetitive	O
or	O
stale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xbox	B-Device
version	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eurogamer	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
version	O
had	O
"	O
lots	O
of	O
reasonable	O
ideas	O
that	O
do	O
n't	O
quite	O
work	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
general	O
lack	O
of	O
cohesion	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
's	O
voice	O
acting	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
element	O
that	O
"	O
set	O
the	O
game	O
apart	O
"	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
claiming	O
that	O
"	O
Never	O
before	O
have	O
the	O
sounds	O
of	O
zombie	B-Application
moaning	O
been	O
done	O
so	O
well	O
in	O
a	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Detroit	O
Free	O
Press	O
gave	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
all	O
four	O
stars	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
chaos	O
that	O
ensues	O
is	O
as	O
lighthearted	O
as	O
a	O
blood-soaked	O
zombiefest	O
can	O
be.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
CiN	O
Weekly	O
gave	O
the	O
same	O
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
78%	O
and	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Sure	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
the	O
most	O
action-packed	O
or	O
finely	O
tuned	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
enough	O
clever	O
attacks	O
and	O
humorous	O
elements	O
in	O
Pulse	O
to	O
keep	O
you	O
playing	O
through	O
to	O
see	O
what	O
other	O
goodies	O
-	O
or	O
appendages	O
-	O
they	O
'll	O
toss	O
your	O
way.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
The	O
Sydney	O
Morning	O
Herald	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
three-and-a-half	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
brief	O
ride	O
and	O
the	O
action	B-Application
can	O
become	O
repetitive	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
sharp	O
humour	O
keeps	O
you	O
smiling.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Magazine	O
presented	O
Stubbs	B-Application
the	I-Application
Zombie	I-Application
with	O
their	O
2005	O
"	O
Best	O
Soundtrack	O
"	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stubbs	B-Application
the	I-Application
Zombie	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
F.E.A.R.	O
,	O
encountered	O
controversy	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
regarding	O
cannibalism	O
in	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wideload	O
Games	O
responded	O
by	O
saying	O
that	O
Stubbs	O
is	O
a	O
zombie	B-Application
,	O
not	O
a	O
human	O
cannibal	O
.	O
</s>
