Zombie Game Opens Butchery to Sell 'Human' Meat

People-shaped cuts are edible, but aren't people

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Having released almost two dozen games since 1996, all with the same basic zombie-virus plot line, it must be tough for the Resident Evil series to keep its marketing fresh. So, to promote Resident Evil 6 (actually the 23rd iteration in the franchise), game maker Capcom is going truly barbaric, opening an actual meat market that purports to be selling human flesh. The kicker: It is indeed real meat. It's just not actually human meat.

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