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> GAMECENTER:

> What about the voodoo doll?

> N. N.: It picks the closest target to the player and hurts it. Some monsters are more...affected by voodoo magic. Zombies, for instance, are greatly affected by the voodoo doll and disintegrate when destroyed by its power. In Bloodbath [multiplayer] play, the voodoo doll attacks have a different effect. For instance, a stab to the groin does a monumental amount of damage. Stabbing the voodoo doll in the eye will blind your victim for a short time. Fun gameplay is still important, though, so we don't just blank the screen to blind the other player. Blood darkens the screen cumulatively, so the more eye shots you get in, the more blind the victim becomes. Sometimes you can even make the other player lower his weapon by nailing him in the shoulder. The voodoo doll truly rocks in Bloodbath mode, but the napalm launcher and Hellstaff really have our attention right now.

> GAMECENTER: How many weapons will there be?

> N. N.: Ten, but many of them have alternate firing sequences. Some of them can be used with a Guns Akimbo power-up, which gives the player two of each weapon.

> GAMECENTER: I've read some things that stress the humor of the game. What makes Blood so humorous?

> N. N.: We've tried to strike a balance of extremes in Blood's gameplay. Single-player mode is a dark, haunting, and dangerous atmosphere created by the realistic levels and creatures that inhabit them. Bloodbaths are more fast, furious. I guess what I'm saying is that it's the play that is humorous, not just one thing like comments made by the character.

> GAMECENTER: Is the game divided into levels? How will players go from one level to the next?

> N. N.: For the most part, levels progress visually; in other words, each end-level area fits the theme of the next level.

> GAMECENTER: With a name like Blood, we're expecting some pretty gory stuff. What can we look forward to?

> N. N.: Lots of gibs and spurting blood. You can blow off the Zombie's head then kick it around like a soccer ball. The flying heads leave stringy trails of blood behind them. We even have a soccer field map for testing.

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