#Typing of the dead pc how to#

The tutorial mode is pretty much what you'd expect, telling you where to put your fingers, what finger you should type a given letter with and so on, all dictated to you by your main character, James the AMS agent.

#Typing of the dead pc how to#

Here, TotD's real agenda becomes clear: it wants you to learn how to touch-type, and if battling against hordes of vicious demons is the best way to accomplish that then by God that's what you're going to be doing.

Typing of the Dead is surprisingly generous in the amount of game modes and options available to you, but your first port of call will probably be the tutorial mode. Quickly and precisely typed words, to be specific. Brave agents of the AMS battle against the mysterious Goldman and his hideous army of ghouls, so far so normal, except instead of guns they use words. The game itself is a modified version of Sega's undead-blastin' lightgun classic The House of the Dead 2. That may sound about as good a mix as a jam-coated baby and a swarm of wasps, but trust me on this: it's good. If you haven't heard of it, it's a typing tutor that thinks it's an arcade lightgun game. You might have heard of Typing of the Dead, possibly referenced in some 'top ten weirdest videogames' chart, derided as an example of that particularly Japanese brand of oddness. Instead of some grand tribute, here's a look at something some people might not consider a videogame at all: Sega's 2000 touch-type-em-up, The Typing of the Dead. Get out your party hats and miniature sausage rolls, because this is the 100th entry here at VGJUNK.