A sequel to an excellent flash game came out this week. The game is called Last Stand 2, and its a lot of fun. It's all about shooting massive zombie armies with guns, and occasionally, chainsawing zombie dogs into little pieces. It was made by Con Artists Productions, which, as far as I can tell, is one guy.

The game came out last week and has been played over 250,000 times already on the flash games site, Armor Games.

Here's the games premise: You stand behind a barricade on the right of the screen. The unstoppable zombie hordes come from the left. You shoot the zombies before they eat you. That's the basic premise, anyways. There is also a bit of strategy in the mix as you try to make your way to Union City, before a rescue evacuation boat leaves. You have to search towns for weapons (shotguns, AK's, rifles etcetera) and for anyone who survived the zombie menace. 

Why should you check this game out? Well, it'll take about 30 seconds to download, and its a lot of fun. If you aren't convinced, maybe some of these semi-literate endorsements left on the game's feedback page will convince you: "increadable, even beter than the first one.  if anyone is reading this and hasn't played yet then make sure to stop off at the fort at the end, you can get high power weapons of war to play around with until you need to head to the goal," says tyranoseanus; and "you've crafted the ultima thule of zombie survival games" says ninjasuperspy.

Flash games are like a whole art-form in themselves. The best flash games are usually the ones that are really easy to start playing, yet have a depth that goes beyond a simple premise. This is one of those games.

If you played Last Stand 1, expect a far greater challenge in the sequel. I was playing this game for a couple hours last night, and here are some tips I can pass on:

• Protect the survivors as well as you can. You can't take the zombie hordes on alone. Any zombie that is carrying a weapon is able to waste a survivor, so try your best to shoot the zombies with weapons first.
• In regards to guns, the new guns you get aren't going to be necessarily better than your old ones.
• Your best bet is to aim for the head -- but when things get really hairy and you don't have time to aim, the next best thing to go for are the legs.
• The chainsaw is a good stand-by backup weapon. This time around though, the chainsaw requires refuelling every once in a while, so keep that in mind.
• If your going to try to finish the game, don't leave the towns as soon as you can. Your better off making sure you check the entire town for supplies before you take off.

Well, that's all the advice I can give. Reload often and go kill some zombies!