Dead Island Riptide (Collector's Edition)

Drink to the apocalypse. The Dead Island Riptide Collector's Edition on Playstation 3 takes a hard left from traditional collector's edition fare and hands you a flask and a lighter, because apparently surviving the zombie apocalypse requires hydration and fire. Plus the DLC Survivor Pack, but let's be honest, we're here for the flask.

A Dead Island Riptide branded flask is the kind of collector's item that lives in the overlap between gaming memorabilia and barware. It's functional, it's themed, and it's the sort of thing that gets a double-take at a party when someone reaches for it and realizes it's zombie merchandise. The lighter follows the same survival logic, a small, practical tool that fits the game's tone of scrappy resourcefulness on a doomed island. Together they paint a picture of a collector's edition designed by someone who asked "what would you actually grab during a zombie outbreak?" and then put those things in a box. The PS3 generation saw publishers experiment wildly with what a collector's edition could contain, and Dead Island Riptide's flask-and-lighter combo is one of the more memorable swings. It's not a statue. It's not an art book. It's gear. For Dead Island collectors who appreciate the series' refusal to take itself too seriously, this edition fits right in. Pour one out for Banoi. Use the flask.