Inafune has a storied career, ranging from work on the original Street Fighter, to the more recent Dead Rising.

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Capcom waited until August, more than half a year after Microsoft launched its new Xbox, to roll out its first title for the console, zombie thriller Dead Rising.

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Inafune, who is also working on neat titles like the upcoming PS Vita game Soul Sacrifice, apparently has a penchant for zombies given his past work on Dead Rising.

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In Egypt, they are placed on their sides facing Mecca, and even in pre-Islamic times the bodies of Egypt's dead faced east to the rising sun.

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Moreover, rising oil prices can do nothing to keep inflation dead and buried with what we thought was a stake through its heart.

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Let's face it -- HomePlug AV has had a pretty rough go of it, and while we wouldn't consider the technology dead just yet, we can't imagine it ever rising to prominence at this point.

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Even worse is the sad little noise thermometer which surges with rising decibels, as if to confirm the audience isn't dead or passed out from too many hot pretzels.

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Demonstrators marched in countries around the world, with fury in Europe over austerity measures and rage in Asia over relentlessly low pay, the rising cost of living and hideous working conditions that have left hundreds dead in recent months alone.

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