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The novel is told from the perspective of a young man living in Brisbane named Travis who wakes up one morning only to discover the entire city is covered in three feet of flesh eating strawberry jam. But, what if the apocalypse is caused by something we never even thought of? What if we woke up tomorrow morning to find that the world had been covered in a thick layer of flesh eating JAM!? Well, that’s exactly what happens in Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s latest novel, Jam. The best post apocalyptic media has a shocking and dramatic event occur that frightens the viewer and says something about the world we currently live in. There are a great many ways post apocalyptic media likes to go about destroying humanity, whether it be zombie hoards, a deadly virus, nuclear war, global warming, an alien invasion, asteroids, or killer robots. Unexpected Apocalypse: A Review of Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s Jam Seriously, we just love being entertained by the idea of our species being wiped out in our billions with just a few lone humans left to survive by any means.

We’re obsessed with the idea of humanity having to fight for survival from The Walking Dead, The Last of Us, The Road, The Book of Eli, Fallout, The Hunger Games, Planet of the Apes, shall I continue? Okay, The Stand, World War Z, I Am Legend, The Matrix, Terminator, Mad Max, 28 Days Later, Reign of Fire, Tank Girl, Judge Dredd, Blindness, Resistance, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, The Day After Tomorrow, Gears of War, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Almost every entertainment medium is awash with depictions of humanity struggling to survive after some terrible apocalypse that has destroyed life as we know it.