[folder_nav][folder_nav] The safehouse marks the end of a level in Left 4 Dead. They are not nice places, although I suppose that’s relative. ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Death in Left 4 Dead is surreal even by videogame standards. If you die, you respawn in a nearby closet, bathroom, or ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] The game is full of these fences that block player access to certain areas but allow infected in, and I am always ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] If you are one of the blessed few to have escaped this particular aspect of multiplayer internet gaming, then allow me to ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Francis is my Mary Sue here, wielding a weapon I only wish I could obtain. An instantly reloading shotgun would change (break) ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] If the Boomer pukes on you, or explodes on you, you’re blinded and a generous helping of zombies will converge on you. ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] The underlying gameplay of Left 4 Dead is old-school simple: Bad guys rush you and you gun them down. If this was ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] New players always seem to be the most aggressive. A few hunter pounces is normally all it takes to teach players that ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] You will never suffer from friendly fire incidents if all your teammates have is pushbrooms. It would bring sweeping changes to the ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Am I the only one who has noticed that some of the safe areas of Left 4 Dead are actually pretty good, ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] There is nothing I can add here that Francis hasn’t already said better than I ever could. Shamus Young is a programmer ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] This is the first in a long series. Buckle up. Shamus Young is a programmer and writer by trade, videogame nitpicker by ...