[folder_nav][folder_nav] It sucks when you get knocked down by a flaming tank. He can stand over you and beat you to death at ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] Fighting the tank is a huge event in Left 4 Dead, and there are several schools of thought on how it should ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] TANK! Shamus Young is a programmer and writer by trade, videogame nitpicker by inclination. If you have the patience for more of ...

I experienced a rare moment of fanboy self-awareness earlier this week: Valve announced Left 4 Dead 2, the sequel to one of my ...

[folder_nav][folder_nav] I have done this, in-game. I taunted the AI director to prove he didn’t exist, and was rewarded with a tank. I ...

I recently overheard a conversation on Twitter — as much as a few tweets back and forth can be construed as a conversation ...

If there’s one genre that has never really caught my interest as much as some, it’s horror. I’ve never quite been able to ...

[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) ...