When I was much younger than I am now, I used to have a real passion for "choose your own adventure" books. The idea was you read a few paragraphs, and then you had a choice, for example: "You come to a cliff. If you would like to jump off, turn to page 64. If you want to find another way down, turn to page 136" – you turn to page 64: "You break both of your legs and spend the last few moments of your conscious existence screaming in agony. The end".
I liked the Steve Jackson and Ian Livingston Fighting Fantasy books, and the Cal Phoenix Freeway Warrior series, but my personal favorite series was "The Way of the Tiger". This series was far better than all the others thanks to playing the same character throughout. And probably because you got to be a ninja…with shurikens…and other ninja coolness.
What's better than ninjas? Zombies! It looks like Dead Ends is a "choose your own adventure" book with zombies! They've just published chapter 5. I just fell at the first hurdle, but I've bookmarked it for another go later…
Now they were a wonderous thing. I was also quite fond of the Fighting Fantasy books that Steve Jackson did. My brother and I always expected the next line of text on Page 46, having taken the route down the pass as opposed to having entered the cave and turned to Page 78, to read “Sorry, you died”.
I just completed all of what has been published at the “Dead Ends” site. I was enjoying the story, so it was dissapointing when it ended with a “stay tuned for the next chapter”. Even though it has not been completed, I highly recommend playing through what’s available.