Comments on: Left 4 Dead Official Blogginess

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:51:52 +0000

We’ve been waiting years, and we can wait a couple months more – you wouldn’t want Valve to rush anything, anyway. Look at Team Fortress 2 and Portal for examples of what happens when you let them slow-cook a game to moist, juicy perfection.

By: phuzz

phuzz — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:59:31 +0000

Been waiting for this game for what seems like years now (in fact, thinking about it, it has been years), and I’m starting to get a little bored of the wait.
Come one, come on, come on Valve! I want to shoot zombies in the face!

By: DarthS

DarthS — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:40:32 +0000

I played have been playing L4D all night at the showdown if they hadn’t closed the booth at 5. :(

That build was 2 months old, but you could see where the graphics still needed work; a bit of clipping and the flame effects were quite basic in contrast to Episode 2.

By: Lacobus

Lacobus — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:58:54 +0000

This blog won’t work, no matter how many times you tell people testing games ‘is not actually that fun you know’, they don’t listen. Anyone here felt like gouging out their own eyballs?

By: Tertiee

Tertiee — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:12:01 +0000

@Alex: Doug said in an interview that Turtle Rock refused to leave the California sun and instead turned into Valve South

By: SPEEDCORE

SPEEDCORE — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:30:37 +0000

“Until you have to play it 30 times in a row as fast as you can and also get the “Collect All the Grubs” achievement or you’re fired. ”

Fun times!

By: Y3k-Bug

Y3k-Bug — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:24:08 +0000

As I remember it, they work out of California.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:07:49 +0000

So do you RPS sleuths know if the Turtle Rock guys have been completely absorbed into the Seattle office, or if they’re still doing their own thing in California?

By: RichPowers

RichPowers — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:23:37 +0000

hahah “tighten up the graphics.”

I really dig the Valve blogs. The latest TF2 entry is simply titled “Gentlemen,” which I find hilarious simply due to the number of absurd spy-related sprays that plaster most pub servers.

By: Nimic

Nimic — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:22:27 +0000

I WANT MARRY VALVE.

By: Del Boy

Del Boy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:45:43 +0000

It’s always made me wonder how games developers actually remain subjective about their game after playing through it for the 50th time.

I suppose it just boils down to self belief. It must be the same with comedians, they write a great gag, repeat it over and over again and it ceases to be funny….to them.

By: changeling

changeling — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:40:08 +0000

great looking blog – i like the tf2 one as well

Sort of unrelated, but Valve have indeed changed the box art ( it’s now a left hand with severed thumb, not right) to take advantage of all possible punniness! yay!